Minoltaflex Automat

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See also the 1937 Minoltaflex (I) and the postwar Minoltaflex II and III.

The Minoltaflex Automat (advertised in 1942) is a TLR (twin lens reflex) cameras for 120 film made by Chiyoda Kōgaku. has a Crown II shutter and a Promar 7.5cm f/3.5 taking lens; film is wound by a crank and the shutter is self-cocking. This too is simply marked Minolta.

Further reading

• 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. Items 279, 280, 921–4. (See also the picture on p.13.)
• The Japanese Historical Camera. 2nd ed. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2004. Pp.33, 60.
• Yoshikawa Hayao (吉川速男). Watakushi no Minorutafurekkusu (私のミノルタフレックス, My Minoltaflex). Tokyo: Genkōsha, 1951.

Links

In English:

• Minolta TLR cameras at TLR Cameras
• Minolta TLR cameras at Minman

In Japanese:

• Minoltaflex Automat in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
• Minoltaflex Automat and more pictures in Miyazawa Noriyuki's camera site