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Hit type camera. Made by Tôkô Shashin K.K. (東興写真株式会社), 1947.
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The '''Mighty''' is a [[Hit-type cameras|Hit-type camera]] for 17.5mm paper-backed roll film, made in the late 1940s and early 1950s by [[Tōkō Shashin]].
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Compared to other ''Hits'' it has several advantages: 3 f-stops (f/4.5 , f/6.3 and f/8), two finders (one of reflecting type), and an optional tele-converter. Maybe its name derives from its "mighty" looking when the converter is used. Other attributes are standard: non-focusable 25mm lens, 14×14mm frame size, and B and I mode as shutter settings. The camera is usually marked "[[Made in Occupied Japan|MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN]]".
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{Showa10}} Item 844.
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* {{Lewis}} P.68 (brief mention only).
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* {{McKeown12}} P.933.
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* {{Pritchard}} Pp.75–6.
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* {{Zukan}} Item 5067.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://mycro.jp/mighty/jp/index.html Mighty camera page, reference site in Japanese]
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In English:
* [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/mighty.shtml Mighty at Scott's photographica collection]
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* [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/mighty.shtml Mighty] at [http://www.vintagephoto.tv/ Scott's photographica collection]
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* [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/mighty/index.htm Mighty] at [http://www.submin.com/ Submin.com], which also has the [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/manuals/mighty.htm English instruction manual]
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* [http://www.cameraquest.com/mighty.htm Mighty] at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]
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* [http://members.tripod.com/Nigel_Richards/Submin/mighty.htm Mighty] in [http://members.tripod.com/Nigel_Richards/ Nigel Richards' website]
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* Mighty among [http://www.subclub.org/shop/175mm.htm 17.5mm film cameras] at [http://www.subclub.org/ Subclub.org]
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In Swedish:
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* Mighty among [https://web.archive.org/web/20170319222221/http://www.fotomuseetiosby.nu/hit.html Hit-type cameras] (archived) at [http://www.fotomuseetiosby.nu/ Fotomuseet i Osby]
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In Japanese:
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* [http://mycro.jp/mighty/jp/index.html Mighty camera page] at [http://mycro.jp/ Mycro.jp]
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[[Category: Japanese 17.5mm film]]
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[[Category: M]]

Latest revision as of 06:36, 7 February 2022

Japanese subminiature
on paper-backed roll film and round film (edit)
17.5mm film Arrow | Baby Flex | Baby-Max | Barlux | Beauty 14 | Bell 14 | Blondy | Baby Colon | Comex | Corona | Croma Color 16 | Epochs | Fuji Kozet | Gamma | Gem 16 | Gemflex | Glico Lighter | Halmat | Hit | Hit-II | Hit-type | Hobby 16 | Homer No.1 | Homer 16 | Honey | Hope | Jenic | Kiku 16 | Kent | Kolt | Kute | Lovely | Mascot | Meteor | Micky | Midget | Mighty | Mini | Moment | Mycro | Myracle | Nikkobaby | Peace | Peace Baby Flex | Peace Small Lef | Pet | Petit | Petty | Prince 16-A | Prince Ruby | Robin | New Rocket | Rubina | Rubix | Saga 16 | Saica | Septon Pen | Sholy-Flex | Snappy | Spy-14 | Sun | Sun B | Sun 16 | Sweet 16 | Tacker | Takka | Tone | Top Camera | Toyoca 16 | Toyoca Ace | Tsubame | Vesta | Vista | Vestkam
20mm film Guzzi | Mycroflex | Top
round film Evarax | Petal | Sakura Petal | Star
unknown Hallow | Lyravit | Tsubasa
cine film see Japanese cine film subminiature
110 film see Japanese 110 film

The Mighty is a Hit-type camera for 17.5mm paper-backed roll film, made in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Tōkō Shashin.

Compared to other Hits it has several advantages: 3 f-stops (f/4.5 , f/6.3 and f/8), two finders (one of reflecting type), and an optional tele-converter. Maybe its name derives from its "mighty" looking when the converter is used. Other attributes are standard: non-focusable 25mm lens, 14×14mm frame size, and B and I mode as shutter settings. The camera is usually marked "MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN".


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 844.
  • Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.68 (brief mention only).
  • 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.933.
  • Pritchard, Michael and St. Denny, Douglas. Spy Cameras — A century of detective and subminiature cameras. London: Classic Collection Publications, 1993. ISBN 1-874485-00-3. Pp.75–6.
  • 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 5067.

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