Oscar Six and Renown Six
The Oscar Six (オスカーシックス, Osukā Shikkusu) Ia is a folding 6×6 camera with non-coupled rangefinder, made by Fujiwara Seisakusho (藤原製作所) in late 1953.
The camera has a diecast body and front-cell focusing Yamasaki Congo 75mm f/3.5 lens, and a バリオ shutter (B, 25, 50, 100).
In an advertisement in the October 1953 issue of Shashin Saron (写真サロン), Fujiwara describes it as an introductory camera (入門カメラ), and prices it at ¥8,300 (including leather case).[1]
The Renown Six (レナウンシックス, Renaun Shikkusu) is a folding 6×6 camera with non-coupled rangefinder, made by Fujiwara Seisakusho (藤原製作所) in the early 1950s. It has a front-cell focusing Yamasaki H Congo 75mm f/3.5 lens.
The Renown Six 1a has a shutter with speeds of B, 25, 50, 100. It was advertised in the January to May 1954 issues of the Japanese photo magazines.
The Renown Six IIa has a Renown shutter with speeds of B, 1–200. It was advertised in the May to December 1954 issues of the Japanese photo magazines.
In an advertisement in the May 1954 issue of Sankei Kamera (サンケイカメラ), the distributor of the Renown Six 1a is named as San'yō Shōkai (三陽商会; address Tōkyō-to, Minato-ku, Shibata Murachō 2–2, and it is priced at ¥8,800. In an advertisement (with no mention of a distributor) in the August 1954 issue of Camera Mainichi the hard-coated Congo lens from Yamasaki, with its thirty-year history, is made a sales point of the IIa; the camera is priced at ¥9,800.[2]
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Source / 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 432 and 1041–2.