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== Manufacturer ==
 
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The Orionflex is usually attributed to a "Kikawa Optical Works",<REF> {{SUG}}, item 2207, {{MK}}, p.465. </REF> certainly a wrong name for [[Kigawa|Kigawa Kōgaku]]. No original document mentioning the camera has been found yet. The attribution to Kigawa is certainly based on the similarity between the main body of the Orionflex and that of the [[Tsubasaflex]] or [[Graceflex]].
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The Orionflex is usually attributed to a "Kikawa Optical Works",<REF> {{SUG}}, item 2207, {{MK}}, p.465. </REF> certainly a wrong name for [[Kigawa|Kigawa Kōgaku]].<REF> Kikawa and Kigawa are both correct readings of 木川. </ref> No original document mentioning the camera has been found yet. The attribution to Kigawa is certainly based on the similarity between the main body of the Orionflex and that of the [[Tsubasaflex]] or [[Graceflex]].
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==

Revision as of 13:36, 15 April 2009

The Orionflex is a Japanese 6×6 TLR camera, about which little is known.

Manufacturer

The Orionflex is usually attributed to a "Kikawa Optical Works",[1] certainly a wrong name for Kigawa Kōgaku.[2] No original document mentioning the camera has been found yet. The attribution to Kigawa is certainly based on the similarity between the main body of the Orionflex and that of the Tsubasaflex or Graceflex.

Description

The Orionflex is an ordinary TLR, with externally geared lenses. The film advance is by a knob on the photographer's right, and is certainly controlled by a red window. The L-shaped back is locked by a latch at the bottom. The plain viewing hood has no sports finder. The name ORIONFLEX is inscribed on a nameplate placed above the front plate.

The camera has Orion Anastigmat 8.0cm f/3.5 lenses. The shutter is unnamed and reportedly gives B, 25–100 speeds; it is synchronized via a pin at the bottom, and tripped by a lever on the side.

The only surviving example observed so far is pictured in Sugiyama.[3]

Notes

  1. Sugiyama, item 2207, McKeown, p.465.
  2. Kikawa and Kigawa are both correct readings of 木川.
  3. Example pictured in Sugiyama, item 2207.

Bibliography

The Orionflex is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.