Pearlette

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The Pearlette (パーレット) is a Japanese camera taking 4×6.5cm exposures on 127 film, whose design is based on that of the Vest Pocket Kodak. It was made by Konishi (later Konica) between 1925 and the war and advertised again in 1946.

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 170–1 and 681. (See also the advertisements for items 167–8.)
• 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).
• 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). P. 544.
• Miyazaki Shigemoto (宮崎繁幹). Konika kamera no 50-nen: Konika I-gata kara Hekisā RF e (コニカカメラの50年：コニカI型からヘキサーRFへ, Fifty years of Konica cameras: From the Konica I to the Hexar RF). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 2003. ISBN 4-257-12038-X.
• Sugiyama Items 1135–48.

Links

In English:

• Pearlette at medfmt
• Pearlette in English and in Japanese at Cosmonet's Classic Camera website

In Japanese:

• Pearlette camera and box at the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website
• Pearlette at Aya's Camera
• Pearlette at Puppy's Island
• Pearlette at Kamera no Tabi
• Pearlette at S. Takagi's Shashinki no Mori
• Pearlette at Hayata Camera Laboratory
• Pearlette and Pearlette lens at Pleasure Classic Lenses
• Repair of a Pearlette and of another Pearlette at the Handmade and Classic Camera site
• Page with a picture of a Pearlette
• Pearlette, small picture at Ken's website