Lyrax
The Lyrax (ライラックス) was a 4.5×6 camera made from 1939 by Fuji Kōgaku. The lens and shutter assembly was mounted on a telescopic tube. It had an uncoupled rangefinder on the top plate, marked Lyrax in handwritten style on the front between the two round windows. The folding optical finder was on top of the rangefinder housing. The advance knob and body release were on the left of the top plate, and on the right there was another knob, obviously to look like the rewind knob of a 35mm camera. The lens was a front cell focusing Fuji-kō Anastigmat Terionar and the shutter plate was marked FUJIKŌ.
It was advertised in the Oct 1939 issue of Asahi Camera together with the Lyra Six (see this page). At least two versions were offered, as reported by the text of the web page:
- f:4.5 lens, Fujikō B shutter with B, 5–250 speeds, ¥185
- f:3.5 lens, Fujikō A shutter with B, 1–250 speeds, ¥210
