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| − | The '''Light''' (ライト) is a Japanese camera using [[127 film]], distributed in 1940 by [[Sasaki|Sasaki Shōten]] and [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]].<REF> Date and mention of Yamamoto: {{Kokusan}}, p. 342. </REF> | + | The '''Light''' (ライト) is a Japanese camera using [[127 film]], distributed in 1940 by [[Sasaki|Sasaki Shōten]] and [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]].<REF> Date and mention of Yamamoto: {{Kokusan}}, p. 342. </REF> |
| + | == Description of the body == | ||
| + | The Light is a dual-format camera, taking 4×6.5 and 3×4 exposures. 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. | ||
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| + | == Lens and shutter equipment == | ||
In an advertisement dated June 1940<REF> Advertisement published in ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 100. </REF>, the camera is offered for {{yen|28|1940}} 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. | In an advertisement dated June 1940<REF> Advertisement published in ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 100. </REF>, the camera is offered for {{yen|28|1940}} 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. | ||
Revision as of 12:28, 30 December 2006
The Light (ライト) is a Japanese camera using 127 film, distributed in 1940 by Sasaki Shōten and Yamamoto Shashinki-ten.[1]
Description of the body
The Light is a dual-format camera, taking 4×6.5 and 3×4 exposures. 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.
Lens and shutter equipment
In an advertisement dated June 1940[2], the camera is offered for ¥28 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.
The Light is not listed in Sugiyama.
