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Template:127 Japan The Light is a Japanese camera distributed in 1940 by Sasaki Shōten and Yamamoto Shashinki-ten.[1] It is a dual-format camera, taking 4×6.5 and 3×4 exposures on 127 film. The lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube. The body has a chrome top plate, with a knob at each end. The finder is slightly offset to the left and is contained in a rectangular housing, attached to the top plate and supporting an accessory shoe. It seems that the bottom plate is chrome too.
In an advertisement dated June 1940[2], the camera is offered with a Light Anastigmat f/6.3 lens and a Colt shutter giving B, 25, 50, 75, 150 speeds. The shutter plate is marked NEW-COLT at the top, and it seems that the shutter is everset. A "Light" logo appears in the advertisement, made to look like the contemporary Leica engravings.
Notes
- ↑ Date and mention of Yamamoto: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 342.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 100.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 290.
