Mycro
The Mycro (マイクロ) is a Japanese subminiature camera.
Contents
Description
Notes
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. Items 248 and 841–2. (See also the picture on p.13.)
- Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Maikuro kamera (senzen-gata)" (マイクロカメラ[戦前型], Mycro camera [prewar type]). In Camera Collectors' News no.274 (April 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
- Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Maikuro sengo-gata (1)" (マイクロ戦後型[1], Mycro postwar type [1]). In Camera Collectors' News no.275 (May 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
- Awano Mikio (粟野幹男). "Maikuro sengo-gata (2)" (マイクロ戦後型[2], Mycro postwar type [2]). In Camera Collectors' News no.276 (May 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
- 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). Pp.62, 64 and 68.
- 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). Pp.869–70.
- 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. Items 5005–6 and 5098–101.
Links
In English:
- Mycro pages in English and in Japanese at Mycro.jp
- Mycro at Submin.com
- Mycro at Subclub.org
- Mycro in a page at Ioannis' camera collection
- Mycro IIIA at the Living Image vintage camera museum
- Mycro with sample pictures at Light of Day
In Japanese:
- Advertisement for the Mycro in Asahi Graph September 23, 1942, reproduced in the Japanese camera page and the small format camera page at Gochamaze
- Advertisement for the Mycro in Ars Camera December 1949, reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura