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The '''Peter''' (ピーター) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed in the mid-1930s by [[Kikōdō]], and about which almost nothing is known. It is briefly mentioned in Lewis as the "New Peter", a {{daimeishi}} (6.5×9cm) hand camera.<REF> Lewis, p.48. </REF> An advertisement in the December 1935 issue of ''[[Photo Times]]'' says that Kikōdō was the distributor of the [[Super plate folders|Super]], [[Kinka plate folders|Kinka]] and Peter cameras (ピーターカメラ発売元).<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.74. </REF> One source says that the manufacturer was [[Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho]], but this is unconfirmed.<REF> Yazawa, p.11 of {{CCN}} no.171. </REF>
 
The '''Peter''' (ピーター) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed in the mid-1930s by [[Kikōdō]], and about which almost nothing is known. It is briefly mentioned in Lewis as the "New Peter", a {{daimeishi}} (6.5×9cm) hand camera.<REF> Lewis, p.48. </REF> An advertisement in the December 1935 issue of ''[[Photo Times]]'' says that Kikōdō was the distributor of the [[Super plate folders|Super]], [[Kinka plate folders|Kinka]] and Peter cameras (ピーターカメラ発売元).<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.74. </REF> One source says that the manufacturer was [[Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho]], but this is unconfirmed.<REF> Yazawa, p.11 of {{CCN}} no.171. </REF>
  

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Japanese plate cameras, folding bed (edit)
No.0 (4×5cm) Alpha | Sweet | Pony Sweet | Taishō-shiki
atom (4.5×6cm) Monarch | Need | Palma
meishi (5.5×8cm) Eagle | Idea A | Idea B | Idea Snap | Idea No.1 | Iris | Lily (horizontal) | Pearl No.3 | Special Camera | Venis | X
daimeishi (6.5×9cm) Apollo | Arcadia | Crite | Special East | Eaton | Elliotte | First | First Etui | Gold | Happy | Hope | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Kinka | Kokka | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Tropical Lily | Lloyd | Lomax | Masnette | Mikuni | Need | Nifca Klapp | Nifca Sport | Ohca | Palma | Peter | Prince | Prince Peerless | Proud | Romax | Rosen | Rubies | Sirius | Sun | Super | Tokiwa | Venus | Weha Idea | Weha Light
tefuda (8×10.5cm) Eagle | Idea A | Idea B | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Iris | Lily (original) | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Palma | Pearl No.3, No.4 | Minimum Pearl | Special Pearl | Sakura Palace | Sakura Pocket Prano | Star | Tokiwa | Weha
nimaigake (8×12cm) Eagle | Idea | Idea Binocular | Sakura Prano | Sakura Binocular Prano | Star Premo
hagaki (8×14cm) Eagle | Noble | Pearl No.3, No.4 | Star
kabine (12×16.5cm) Idea | Noble | Sakura Prano | Star Premo
Japanese plate film: monocular, box, strut-folding and SLR ->
3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5, 4.5×6, 6×6 and 6×9 ->

The Peter (ピーター) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed in the mid-1930s by Kikōdō, and about which almost nothing is known. It is briefly mentioned in Lewis as the "New Peter", a daimeishi (6.5×9cm) hand camera.[1] An advertisement in the December 1935 issue of Photo Times says that Kikōdō was the distributor of the Super, Kinka and Peter cameras (ピーターカメラ発売元).[2] One source says that the manufacturer was Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho, but this is unconfirmed.[3]

Notes

  1. Lewis, p.48.
  2. Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.74.
  3. Yazawa, p.11 of Camera Collectors' News no.171.

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. Advertisement for items 124–5.
  • 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). P.48 (brief mention only).
  • Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (88) Modelā" (レンズの話[88]モデラー, Lens story [88] The Modelar). In Camera Collectors' News no.171 (September 1991). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.11–3.

The camera is not listed in Sugiyama.