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| + | This is a pocketable, small and lightweight aluminium [[half-frame]] camera, made in the late 1950s by one of the [[Tougodo#Postwar.2C_Yamanashi|post-War Tōgōdō]] companies. | ||
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| + | The camera shoots 72 frames on a roll of 36. | ||
| + | The shutter system is patented, and is cocked by film transport. It has only 2 settings: 1/60 and B, where B is also used to activate the flash connection. | ||
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| + | A fixed-focus 40mm f/8 Sankor lens is mounted, with 3 selectable stops: f/8, f/11 and f/16. | ||
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| + | According to the "Tanoshimu Toy Camera", there were 4 types of Meisupii HALF. Two were Meisupii HALF (right photo and shutter charge type), and others were MEI-HALF and Mei-Half EL. Mei-HALF and Mei-Half EL were the same as the original Meisupii HALF. | ||
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| + | *Meisupii HALF (1959) | ||
| + | *Meisupii HALF (Shutter Charge Type) (Unknown) | ||
| + | *Mei-HALF (1963) | ||
| + | *Mei-HALF EL (Unknown) | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | * Shimizu Terumasa ''Tanoshimu Toy Camera Tougodo Meisupii Half Mei Half (Japanese Edition)'' (楽しむ! トイカメラ 東郷堂 メイスピー･ハーフ [メイハーフ]) ASIN: B00E2UU9M8 (e-book written in Japanese) | ||
| − | + | ==Links== | |
| − | + | *[https://retinarescue.com/meihalf.html Mei Half user manual] at [https://retinarescue.com/ Chris's camera pages] | |
| − | + | [[Category: Japanese half-frame viewfinder]] | |
| + | [[Category: Tougodo]] | ||
| + | [[Category:M]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:20, 11 February 2022
This is a pocketable, small and lightweight aluminium half-frame camera, made in the late 1950s by one of the post-War Tōgōdō companies.
The camera shoots 72 frames on a roll of 36. The shutter system is patented, and is cocked by film transport. It has only 2 settings: 1/60 and B, where B is also used to activate the flash connection.
A fixed-focus 40mm f/8 Sankor lens is mounted, with 3 selectable stops: f/8, f/11 and f/16.
According to the "Tanoshimu Toy Camera", there were 4 types of Meisupii HALF. Two were Meisupii HALF (right photo and shutter charge type), and others were MEI-HALF and Mei-Half EL. Mei-HALF and Mei-Half EL were the same as the original Meisupii HALF.
- Meisupii HALF (1959)
- Meisupii HALF (Shutter Charge Type) (Unknown)
- Mei-HALF (1963)
- Mei-HALF EL (Unknown)
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| Meisupii HALF image by René Maly (Image rights) |
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| Mei Half EL image by Fausto Belchior (Image rights) |
Bibliography
- Shimizu Terumasa Tanoshimu Toy Camera Tougodo Meisupii Half Mei Half (Japanese Edition) (楽しむ! トイカメラ 東郷堂 メイスピー･ハーフ [メイハーフ]) ASIN: B00E2UU9M8 (e-book written in Japanese)
