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The '''Minoltaflex''' is a series of [[TLR]] (twin lens reflex) cameras for 120 film made by Chiyoda Kōgaku (later [[Minolta]]) from 1937 until the 1950s. ''This page is about the postwar models, see also the 1937 [[Minoltaflex (I)]] and the [[Minoltaflex Automat]].''
 
The '''Minoltaflex''' is a series of [[TLR]] (twin lens reflex) cameras for 120 film made by Chiyoda Kōgaku (later [[Minolta]]) from 1937 until the 1950s. ''This page is about the postwar models, see also the 1937 [[Minoltaflex (I)]] and the [[Minoltaflex Automat]].''
  
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== Links ==
 
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In English:
 
In English:
 
* [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/Minolta.html Minolta TLR cameras] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ TLR Cameras]
 
* [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/Minolta.html Minolta TLR cameras] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ TLR Cameras]
* [http://www.subclub.org/minman/mintlr.htm Minolta TLR cameras] at [http://www.subclub.org/minman/index.htm Minman]
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* Minoltaflex IIB in the [http://www.photoclubalpha.com/useful-and-vital-links/minolta-history-seven-decades/2/ 70th anniversary Minolta poster], reproduced at [http://www.photoclubalpha.com/ Photoclub Alpha]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/minolta/minoltaflex/minoltaflex.htm Minolta Flex II PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html]
  
 
In Japanese:
 
In Japanese:
* [http://ca.konicaminolta.jp/history/minolta/1950/1952.html Minoltaflex IIB] and [http://ca.konicaminolta.jp/history/minolta/1950/1953.html Minoltaflex III] in the [http://ca.konicaminolta.jp/history/index.html Konica Minolta official history site]
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* [http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/konicaminolta/history/minolta/1950/1952.html Minoltaflex IIB] and [http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/konicaminolta/history/minolta/1950/1953.html Minoltaflex III] in the [http://www.kenko-tokina.co.jp/konicaminolta/history/index.html Konica Minolta official history site]
* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/MINOLTA_2_PIC.htm Minoltaflex IIB (early)] and [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/MINOLTA_2B_PIC.htm Minoltaflex IIB (mid-period)] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/2GAN_LIST.htm Niganrefu]
 
 
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/BUN_MINOLTAFLEX.htm Minoltaflex IIB disassembly] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/ Japan Family Camera]
 
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/BUN_MINOLTAFLEX.htm Minoltaflex IIB disassembly] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/ Japan Family Camera]
* [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/html/p180.html Minoltaflex IIB restoration] at [http://kans1948-web.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index.html Kan's Room]
 
 
* [http://www.tlr66.com/klmno/minoltaflex3-main.html Minoltaflex III] at [http://www.tlr66.com/ TLR milestone]
 
* [http://www.tlr66.com/klmno/minoltaflex3-main.html Minoltaflex III] at [http://www.tlr66.com/ TLR milestone]
* [http://www.hayatacamera.co.jp/about/photo200508.html Minoltaflex III] at [http://www.hayatacamera.co.jp/ Hayata Camera]
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* [https://www.hayatacamera.co.jp/monthlyphoto/200508-2/ Minoltaflex III] at [http://www.hayatacamera.co.jp/ Hayata Camera]
 
* [http://fukumaden.web.fc2.com/Minoltaflex.html Minoltaflex III] at [http://fukumaden.web.fc2.com/ Fukumaden]
 
* [http://fukumaden.web.fc2.com/Minoltaflex.html Minoltaflex III] at [http://fukumaden.web.fc2.com/ Fukumaden]
* [http://www.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/minoltaflex/index.htm Minoltaflex III restoration] and [http://www.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/minoltaflex/sample/add20040104/index.html photographs taken with this] (and its [[Meopta]] Belar lens) at [http://ns.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/ Shiroto shashinki shūri kōbō]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060218165133/http://www.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/minoltaflex/index.htm Minoltaflex III restoration] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20040608225310/http://www.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/minoltaflex/sample/add20040104/index.html photographs taken with this] (and its [[Meopta]] Belar lens) at [https://web.archive.org/web/20060615210453/http://ns.kochi-med.net/moto/camera/ Shiroto shashinki shūri kōbō] (archived)
* [http://blog.mamachogo.com/?eid=525211 Minoltaflex] at [http://blog.mamachogo.com/ Kininaru News]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070630022059/http://blog.mamachogo.com/?eid=525211 Minoltaflex] (archived) at [http://blog.mamachogo.com/ Kininaru News]
 
* [http://tukuchan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/minoltaflex_iib/index.html Photos taken by a Minoltaflex IIb] at [http://tukuchan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/ Tsukuchan no daisuki no mono]
 
* [http://tukuchan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/minoltaflex_iib/index.html Photos taken by a Minoltaflex IIb] at [http://tukuchan.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/ Tsukuchan no daisuki no mono]
  

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Japanese 6×6 TLR
Postwar models (M–Z)
6×6cm
M–Z
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The Minoltaflex is a series of TLR (twin lens reflex) cameras for 120 film made by Chiyoda Kōgaku (later Minolta) from 1937 until the 1950s. This page is about the postwar models, see also the 1937 Minoltaflex (I) and the Minoltaflex Automat.

The postwar Minoltaflex (later termed the Minoltaflex II), advertised from the July 1950 until the July 1952 issues of magazines, has a Rokkor 75mm f/3.5 lens and a Konan Rapid shutter (B, 1–500).

The Minoltaflex IIB, introduced in May 1952, has semi-automatic film advance. It was advertised in magazines dated September 1952 until February 1954.

The Minoltaflex III has a Seikosha-Rapid shutter (B, 1–500). It was advertised in magazines dated December 1953 through November 1955.

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 922–4. (See also the advertisements for items 918–9 and 932.)
  • The Japanese Historical Camera. 2nd ed. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2004.
  • 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.681.
  • Mieno Tsuguharu (三重野二治). "Watashi no Minorutafurekkusu ni tsuite" (私のミノルタフレックスについて, About my Minoltaflex) and answer by Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). In Camera Collectors' News no.26 (August 1979). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.5–9.
  • 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.

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