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| − | The '''Konica SF''' is a 4.5×6 [[SLR]] camera made as a prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] in 1967. It has exchangeable film backs for 15 <!-- yes, 15 --> frames on 120 or 30 <!-- yes --> frames on 220 film, a metal focal-plane shutter (1–1000, B), and through-the-lens metering for shutter-priority automatic exposure. The design allowed for interchangeable lenses and finders; the camera has been photographed and exhibited with a pentaprism finder and an f/2.8 standard lens. | + | The '''Konica SF''' is a 4.5×6 [[SLR]] camera made as a prototype by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] in 1967.<REF> Date: Hishida, p. 81 of {{KKS}} no. 10. However, Lewis, p. 125, says 1958. </REF> It has exchangeable film backs for 15 <!-- yes, 15 --> frames on 120 or 30 <!-- yes --> frames on 220 film, a metal focal-plane shutter (1–1000, B), and through-the-lens metering for shutter-priority automatic exposure. The design allowed for interchangeable lenses and finders; the camera has been photographed and exhibited with a pentaprism finder and an f/2.8 standard lens. |
| − | The Konica SF never went into full production. | + | The Konica SF never went into full production. It was the first Japanese 4.5×6 SLR, and one of the first Japanese medium-format cameras to have automatic exposure. The same year 1967, [[Minolta]] also made a prototype auto-exposure SLR in 6×6cm format, the [[Minolta SR66]]. |
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* Hishida Kōshirō (菱田耕四郎). "Konica History 11: Maboroshi no kamera to tokushu kamera" (幻のカメラと特殊カメラ, Phantom cameras and special cameras). {{KKS010}} Pp. 81–2. | * Hishida Kōshirō (菱田耕四郎). "Konica History 11: Maboroshi no kamera to tokushu kamera" (幻のカメラと特殊カメラ, Phantom cameras and special cameras). {{KKS010}} Pp. 81–2. | ||
* ''Konika-Minoruta-ten'' (コニカミノルタ展, Konica Minolta exhibition). Exhibition catalogue. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2005. | * ''Konika-Minoruta-ten'' (コニカミノルタ展, Konica Minolta exhibition). Exhibition catalogue. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2005. | ||
| + | * {{Lewis}} P. 125. | ||
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* [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] <!-- from the uninformative http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/no5.0508.html --> from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site] | * [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/image/1070148.jpg Photo of a Konica SF] <!-- from the uninformative http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/no5.0508.html --> from [http://www11.plala.or.jp/mikai2113/ Fukusenbankō's site] | ||
Revision as of 13:14, 19 September 2007
The Konica SF is a 4.5×6 SLR camera made as a prototype by Konishiroku in 1967.[1] It has exchangeable film backs for 15 frames on 120 or 30 frames on 220 film, a metal focal-plane shutter (1–1000, B), and through-the-lens metering for shutter-priority automatic exposure. The design allowed for interchangeable lenses and finders; the camera has been photographed and exhibited with a pentaprism finder and an f/2.8 standard lens.
The Konica SF never went into full production. It was the first Japanese 4.5×6 SLR, and one of the first Japanese medium-format cameras to have automatic exposure. The same year 1967, Minolta also made a prototype auto-exposure SLR in 6×6cm format, the Minolta SR66.
Bibliography
- Hishida Kōshirō (菱田耕四郎). "Konica History 11: Maboroshi no kamera to tokushu kamera" (幻のカメラと特殊カメラ, Phantom cameras and special cameras). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.10, September 1987. No ISBN number. Konishiroku kamera no rekishi (小西六カメラの歴史, special issue on Konishiroku). Pp. 81–2.
- Konika-Minoruta-ten (コニカミノルタ展, Konica Minolta exhibition). Exhibition catalogue. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2005.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 125.
