New Gold
The New Gold is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera, sold and perhaps made by Gold Camera Kōgyō-sho in 1944.[1] It is an Ikonta copy, with a folding optical finder and a body release. It is advertised in the May 1944 issue of Nihon Shashin[2] and in the June 21, 1944 issue of Asahi Graph[3]. Two variants are listed, both with a T, B, 5–200 shutter:
Notes
- ↑ Date: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 71.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in the small format camera page of the Gochamaze website.
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 104.
Links
In Japanese:
- Advertisement for the New Gold, published in the June 21, 1944 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the small format camera page of the Gochamaze website