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== The Lyra Flex ==
 
== The Lyra Flex ==
  
The '''original model''' is offered in 1938<REF> {{Showa10ad|Lyra Flex|299|March 1938|Ars Camera}} </REF> and 1939<REF> Advertisements mentioned by {{Kokusan}}. </REF>, with a Fujikō A shutter (T, B, 1&ndash;300), a Goldar<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' ゴルダー. </REF> 75/3.5 four element taking lens and a Terionar 75/3.2 viewing lens, for &yen;190. The shutter release is on the right hand plate. The name plate is written ''Lyra Flex'', with another marking underneath, that perhaps begins with ''Fuji Kōgaku'', and the shutter plate is black with a ''FUJIKō'' marking at the top. There is probably a sports finder. The viewing hood shows a cross-like structure with the ''FUJI KŌGAKU'' logo at the center.
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The '''original model''' is offered in 1938<REF> {{Showa10ad|Lyra Flex|299|March 1938|Ars Camera}} </REF> and 1939<REF> Advertisements mentioned by {{Kokusan}}. </REF>, with a Fujikō A shutter (T, B, 1&ndash;300), a Goldar<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' ゴルダー. </REF> 75/3.5 four element taking lens and a Terionar 75/3.2 viewing lens, for &yen;190. The shutter release is on the right hand plate. The name plate is written ''Lyra Flex'', with another marking underneath, "Fuji kōgaku kikai seisakusho"; and the shutter plate is black with a ''FUJIKō'' marking at the top. There is probably a sports finder. The viewing hood shows a cross-like structure with the ''FUJI KŌGAKU'' logo at the center.
  
 
It seems that it also exists with a Terionar 75/3.5 lens<REF> {{Kokusan}} mentions that such an example is shown in the book by Sugiyama and Naoi. </REF>.
 
It seems that it also exists with a Terionar 75/3.5 lens<REF> {{Kokusan}} mentions that such an example is shown in the book by Sugiyama and Naoi. </REF>.

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The Lyra Flex is a Japanese 6×6 TLR that was made by Fuji Kōgaku between 1938 and 1944. The focusing knob is on the right when held by the photographer, and the whole front plate moves for focusing. There is automatic film advance, with a knob and an exposure counter.

See also the postwar Lyraflex.

The Lyra Flex

The original model is offered in 1938[1] and 1939[2], with a Fujikō A shutter (T, B, 1–300), a Goldar[3] 75/3.5 four element taking lens and a Terionar 75/3.2 viewing lens, for ¥190. The shutter release is on the right hand plate. The name plate is written Lyra Flex, with another marking underneath, "Fuji kōgaku kikai seisakusho"; and the shutter plate is black with a FUJIKō marking at the top. There is probably a sports finder. The viewing hood shows a cross-like structure with the FUJI KŌGAKU logo at the center.

It seems that it also exists with a Terionar 75/3.5 lens[4].

The Lyra Flex F and J

The Lyra Flex F and Lyra Flex J are offered between 1941 and 1944. The shutter release is now at the bottom of the front plate, falling under the left hand fingers. There are changes in the nameplate, marked LYRA FLEX in uppercase letters, in the viewing hood is different, with no cross structure and no logo, and in the strap lugs. There is an exposure table on the back.

The Lyra Flex F and Lyra Flex J are equipped respectively with a Fujikō F and a Fujikō J shutter. Both shutters have T, B, 1–200 speeds, but the J has a selftimer. It seems to be the only difference between the two models. The shutter plate is sometimes black with white markings and sometimes yellowish with black markings. It is written FUJIKō at the top (in two parts: FUJ and IKō, with an arrow between both), and FUJIKōGAKU at the bottom. McKeown presents a picture of a Lyra Flex J, identified by mistake as an original Lyra Flex.

The Lyra Flex F cost ¥230 in 1941[5] and the Lyra Flex J cost ¥252 in 1941[6] and ¥289 in 1942[7].

Notes

  1. Advertisement for the Lyra Flex, published in the March 1938 issue of Ars Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 299.
  2. Advertisements mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
  3. Inferred from the katakana ゴルダー.
  4. Kokusan kamera no rekishi mentions that such an example is shown in the book by Sugiyama and Naoi.
  5. Advertisement for the Lyra Flex F, published in the September 1941 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 300.
  6. Advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the May 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 303.
  7. Advertisement for the Lyra Flex J, published in the October 1942 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 301.

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