Orchid

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The Orchid is a Japanese 6×6 SLR prototype. It is only known from an entry in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, itself based on an article in the January 1947 issue of Ars Camera.[1] The maker of the camera is mentioned as Nihon Shashin Kōgyō, a company which is otherwise unknown.

The design of the Orchid is said to be similar to that of the Reflex-Korelle, with a focal-plane shutter giving 5–1000 speeds and an instant-return mirror.[2] The lens is said to be a four-element unit-focusing 85/2.7 made by Tōhō Kōgaku.[3] No picture of the camera has been observed so far, and no surviving example is known yet.

Notes

  1. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.
  2. Body features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.
  3. Lens features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.

Bibliography

  • Ars Camera January 1947. "Mēkā ni kiku: Kokusan kamera no genjō. Nihon Shashin Kōgyō no shin'ei kogata ichigan-refu 'Ōkiddo'." (メーカーに訊く・国産カメラの現状・日本写真工業の新鋭小型一眼レフ”オーキッド”, Asking the makers: Current state of Japanese cameras. The "Orchid", latest small SLR by Nihon Shashin Kōgyō.) Pp.22–4.
  • 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 427.

The Orchid is not listed in Sugiyama.