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− | The Mascot has a vertical shape, somewhat similar to a lighter. There is a tubular finder sunken at the top. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right. The shutter is tripped by a button at the top, on the right of the viewfinder. The lens is a fixed-focus Mascot Anastigmat 25mm f/4.5. The speed is selected by a pivoting index on the front plate, above the lens, with 100, 50, 25, B positions. The aperture is selected by a symmetrical index placed below the lens, with 8 and 4.5 positions. | + | The Mascot has a vertical shape, somewhat similar to a lighter. There is a tubular finder sunken at the top. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right. The shutter is tripped by a button at the top, on the right of the viewfinder. It is said that the mechanism provides double exposure prevention.<REF> Double exposure prevention: {{Kokusan}}, p.365. </REF> |
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+ | The lens is a fixed-focus Mascot Anastigmat 25mm f/4.5. The speed is selected by a pivoting index on the front plate, above the lens, with 100, 50, 25, B positions. The aperture is selected by a symmetrical index placed below the lens, with 8 and 4.5 positions.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.365, mentions f/4.5, f/8 and f/11, but the latter does not appear on the pictured camera. </REF> | ||
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Revision as of 16:02, 13 September 2008
The Mascot is a Japanese subminiature taking 14×14mm pictures on 17.5mm paper backed rollfilm, made around 1950 by Shimura.
Description
The Mascot has a vertical shape, somewhat similar to a lighter. There is a tubular finder sunken at the top. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right. The shutter is tripped by a button at the top, on the right of the viewfinder. It is said that the mechanism provides double exposure prevention.[1]
The lens is a fixed-focus Mascot Anastigmat 25mm f/4.5. The speed is selected by a pivoting index on the front plate, above the lens, with 100, 50, 25, B positions. The aperture is selected by a symmetrical index placed below the lens, with 8 and 4.5 positions.[2]
Commercial life
The Mascot was announced in Japanese magazines dated January 1950, and was still featured in the January 1951 issue of Photo Art on the national camera production.[3] The sources disagree on the maker's name, saying either "Shimura Kōgaku", "Shimura Koki" or "Shimura Seiki Co."[4] It was certainly not made in large quantities, and the only surviving example known so far, belonging to the Pentax Gallery, is pictured in Sugiyama and in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Double exposure prevention: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.365.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.365, mentions f/4.5, f/8 and f/11, but the latter does not appear on the pictured camera.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.365.
- ↑ "Shimura Kōgaku": Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.365 (surely the most reliable). "Shimura Koki": McKeown, p.890. "Shimura Seiki Co.": Sugiyama, item 5062.
- ↑ Sugiyama, item 5062; Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.365 and 432.
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 846 (see also the picture on p.432).
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P.890.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 5062.
Links
In English:
- Mascot (text only) at Submin.com
- Brief mention of the Jenic among 17.5mm film cameras at Subclub.org