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| − | The '''Masmirar''' is an auxiliary reflex finder made in the mid-1950s by [[Masmy]]. It is made of a small mirror box, with a two-element<REF name="column FAR80"> Column in the June 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.43. </REF> lens and a viewing hood. The name ''MASMIRAR'' is inscribed in front of the hood, above the lens. The whole device clips on the camera's accessory shoe, and can rotate for horizontal and vertical pictures.<REF name="column FAR80" /> It is said to have parallax | + | The '''Masmirar''' is an auxiliary reflex finder made in the mid-1950s by [[Masmy]]. It is made of a small mirror box, with a two-element<REF name="column FAR80"> Column in the June 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.43. </REF> lens and a viewing hood. The name ''MASMIRAR'' is inscribed in front of the hood, above the lens. The whole device clips on the camera's accessory shoe, and can rotate for horizontal and vertical pictures.<REF name="column FAR80" /> It is said to have parallax indications, presumably on the viewing screen.<REF name="column FAR80" /> |
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| + | || ''Masmirar. Pictures by Donald Masters. {{with permission}}'' | ||
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It is said that two versions were made, for 35mm cameras and for 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm cameras.<REF name="column FAR80" /> The price in 1955 was ¥980 (apparently the same for the two versions).<REF name="column FAR80" /><REF name="column FAR87"> Column in the October 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.45. </REF><REF name="ad FAR87"> Advertisement in the October 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.158. </REF> The device was supplied with a case and another accessory shoe.<REF name="column FAR80" /> | It is said that two versions were made, for 35mm cameras and for 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm cameras.<REF name="column FAR80" /> The price in 1955 was ¥980 (apparently the same for the two versions).<REF name="column FAR80" /><REF name="column FAR87"> Column in the October 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.45. </REF><REF name="ad FAR87"> Advertisement in the October 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}, p.158. </REF> The device was supplied with a case and another accessory shoe.<REF name="column FAR80" /> | ||
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|| ''Column on the Masmirar in the June 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}. {{public domain Japan new}}'' | || ''Column on the Masmirar in the June 1955 special issue of {{FAR}}. {{public domain Japan new}}'' | ||
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| + | || ''Advertisements by [[Masmy]] showing the Masmirar in special issues of {{FAR}}. Left: June 1955. Right: October 1955. {{public domain Japan new}}'' | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | * {{FAR80}} "Zukai: Akusesarī no mekanikku. 8: Akusesarī kurippu ue de mochiiru fuzokuhin. Masumirā." (図解・アクセサリーのメカニック・8・アクセサリー・クリップ上で用いる付属品・マスミラー. Drawings: accessory mechanisms. 8: Devices used on the accessory shoe. Masmirar.) P.43. | + | * {{FAR80}} |
| + | ** "Zukai: Akusesarī no mekanikku. 8: Akusesarī kurippu ue de mochiiru fuzokuhin. Masumirā." (図解・アクセサリーのメカニック・8・アクセサリー・クリップ上で用いる付属品・マスミラー. Drawings: accessory mechanisms. 8: Devices used on the accessory shoe. Masmirar.) P.43. | ||
| + | ** Advertisement by [[Masmy|Masmy Kōki Seisaku]] on p.125. | ||
* {{FAR87}} | * {{FAR87}} | ||
| − | ** "Kakubu no kikō to sono sōsa. 14: Kamera ni toritsukeru akusesarī no chishiki. c: Faindā." ( | + | ** "Kakubu no kikō to sono sōsa. 14: Kamera ni toritsukeru akusesarī no chishiki. Akusesarī kurippu ni. c: Faindā." (各部の機構とその操作・14・カメラに取付けるアクセサリーの知識・アクセサリークリップに・c・ファインダー. Mechanism and operation of all the parts. On the accessory shoe. 14: Knowledge of the accessories attached to the camera. c: Finders.) P.45. |
| − | ** Advertisement by Masmy Kōki Seisaku on p.158. | + | ** Advertisement by [[Masmy|Masmy Kōki Seisaku]] on p.158. |
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| Masmirar. From an advertisement in the October 1955 special issue of Photo Art. (Image rights) |
The Masmirar is an auxiliary reflex finder made in the mid-1950s by Masmy. It is made of a small mirror box, with a two-element[1] lens and a viewing hood. The name MASMIRAR is inscribed in front of the hood, above the lens. The whole device clips on the camera's accessory shoe, and can rotate for horizontal and vertical pictures.[1] It is said to have parallax indications, presumably on the viewing screen.[1]
 
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| Masmirar. Pictures by Donald Masters. (Image rights) |
It is said that two versions were made, for 35mm cameras and for 4.5×6cm or 6×6cm cameras.[1] The price in 1955 was ¥980 (apparently the same for the two versions).[1][2][3] The device was supplied with a case and another accessory shoe.[1]
The similar devices available in Japan at the same time were the more expensive Septonflex and the yet more sophisticated View-Arco, with automatic parallax correction.
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| Column on the Masmirar in the June 1955 special issue of Photo Art. (Image rights) |
 
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| Advertisements by Masmy showing the Masmirar in special issues of Photo Art. Left: June 1955. Right: October 1955. (Image rights) |
Notes
Bibliography
- Photo Art rinji zōkan: Kamera akusesarī zensho (フォトアート臨時増刊・カメラアクセサリー全書, Photo Art special issue: All the camera accessories). June 1955, no.80 of the magazine.
- "Zukai: Akusesarī no mekanikku. 8: Akusesarī kurippu ue de mochiiru fuzokuhin. Masumirā." (図解・アクセサリーのメカニック・8・アクセサリー・クリップ上で用いる付属品・マスミラー. Drawings: accessory mechanisms. 8: Devices used on the accessory shoe. Masmirar.) P.43.
- Advertisement by Masmy Kōki Seisaku on p.125.
- Photo Art rinji zōkan: Kamera no chishiki (フォトアート臨時増刊・カメラの知識, Photo Art special issue: Knowledge of cameras). October 1955, no.87 of the magazine.
- "Kakubu no kikō to sono sōsa. 14: Kamera ni toritsukeru akusesarī no chishiki. Akusesarī kurippu ni. c: Faindā." (各部の機構とその操作・14・カメラに取付けるアクセサリーの知識・アクセサリークリップに・c・ファインダー. Mechanism and operation of all the parts. On the accessory shoe. 14: Knowledge of the accessories attached to the camera. c: Finders.) P.45.
- Advertisement by Masmy Kōki Seisaku on p.158.
