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The '''Lyraflex''' is a Japanese 6×6 TLR that was made in the 1950s. The taking and viewing lenses are geared together for focusing. Film advance is by knob and is controlled by one red window in the back, protected by a vertically sliding cover. According to [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html this page at tlr-cameras.com], the book by Sugiyama and Naoi shows two examples, with Terionar lenses, and attributes them to Katsuma Optical Works.
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{{Japanese postwar 6×6 TLR (A–L)}}
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''For the prewar and wartime Lyra Flex, see [[Lyra Flex]].''
  
On the example presented in [http://kans1948-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/restore47.html#lyraflex this page at Kan's Room], the shutter is synchronized with 1/200 top speed.
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The '''Lyraflex''' is a Japanese 6×6 TLR made in the 1950s. It is attributed to [[Fuji Kōgaku|Katsuma Kōgaku]] by various sources. However the lens markings and shutter names seem to indicate that the company was still named [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at the time it made the Lyraflex.
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== Description ==
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The Lyraflex is an ordinary TLR. The taking and viewing lenses are geared together for focusing. Film advance is by knob and is controlled by a red window in the back, protected by a vertically sliding cover. The camera has a stepped nameplate written ''LyrafleX'' with a large "X" extended so that it underlines the rest of the word.
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== Versions ==
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{{McKeown}} says that there are two versions, both having a Terionar 80/3.5 lens: the early one with a Fujikō F shutter (B, 1&ndash;200) and the later one with a Fujikō P shutter (B, 1&ndash;200, synchronized).<REF> McKeown, p.&nbsp;456, probably after Sugiyama. [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html This page at tlr-cameras.com] cites the book by Sugiyama and Naoi and says about the same.</REF>
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Pictures of two examples have been observed, both with an ASA bayonet synch and a self-timer.<REF> One was presented in [https://kanscamera.ilma.cc/hp2/restore47.html#lyraflex a page at Kan's Room], another has been observed in an online auction. </REF> One of them is reported as having 1/200 top speed. No picture clearly shows the shutter name but the lens markings seem to be ''FUJIKOGAKU Terionar 1:3.5 f=80mm'' on the taking lens and ''LYRA Terionar 1:3.5 f=80mm'' on the viewing lens, only the taking lens having a serial number. The taking lens marking seems to indicate that the company had not yet changed its name to Katsuma Kōgaku and the viewing lens marking is similar to the marking observed on a postwar [[Lyra Six]].
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{McKeown12}} P.&nbsp;456.
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The postwar Lyraflex is not listed in {{Kokusan}}.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
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In English:
* [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html Other Japanese 120 (6x6) TLRs] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ tlr-cameras.com], the cameras illustrated are prewar [[Lyra Flex]].
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* [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html Other Japanese 120 (6x6) TLRs] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ tlr-cameras.com] (the cameras illustrated are prewar [[Lyra Flex]])
In Japanese:
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* [http://kans1948-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/restore47.html#lyraflex Lyraflex repair] at [http://kans1948-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Kan's Room]
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{{Fuji Kōgaku}}
  
 
[[Category: Japanese 6x6 TLR]]
 
[[Category: Japanese 6x6 TLR]]
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Latest revision as of 08:52, 8 February 2024

Japanese 6×6 TLR
Postwar models (A–L)
6×7cm Koni-Omegaflex M
6×6cm
A–L
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For the prewar and wartime Lyra Flex, see Lyra Flex.

The Lyraflex is a Japanese 6×6 TLR made in the 1950s. It is attributed to Katsuma Kōgaku by various sources. However the lens markings and shutter names seem to indicate that the company was still named Fuji Kōgaku at the time it made the Lyraflex.

Description

The Lyraflex is an ordinary TLR. The taking and viewing lenses are geared together for focusing. Film advance is by knob and is controlled by a red window in the back, protected by a vertically sliding cover. The camera has a stepped nameplate written LyrafleX with a large "X" extended so that it underlines the rest of the word.

Versions

McKeown says that there are two versions, both having a Terionar 80/3.5 lens: the early one with a Fujikō F shutter (B, 1–200) and the later one with a Fujikō P shutter (B, 1–200, synchronized).[1]

Pictures of two examples have been observed, both with an ASA bayonet synch and a self-timer.[2] One of them is reported as having 1/200 top speed. No picture clearly shows the shutter name but the lens markings seem to be FUJIKOGAKU Terionar 1:3.5 f=80mm on the taking lens and LYRA Terionar 1:3.5 f=80mm on the viewing lens, only the taking lens having a serial number. The taking lens marking seems to indicate that the company had not yet changed its name to Katsuma Kōgaku and the viewing lens marking is similar to the marking observed on a postwar Lyra Six.

Notes

  1. McKeown, p. 456, probably after Sugiyama. This page at tlr-cameras.com cites the book by Sugiyama and Naoi and says about the same.
  2. One was presented in a page at Kan's Room, another has been observed in an online auction.

Bibliography

The postwar Lyraflex is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.

Links

In English:


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