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The '''Pilot Six''' (パイロットシックス) is a Japanese 6&times;6 folder, made by [[Tachibana|Tachibana Shōkai]].<REF> Made by Tachibana: advertisements published in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' January and September 1941, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot cameras: "パイロツト写真用品'''製造'''発売元". This is also confirmed by the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 82&ndash;3. </REF> It was announced in 1940 and 1941 and sold from 1942.<REF> Dates : {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;339. </REF>
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The '''Pilot Six''' (パイロットシックス) is a Japanese 6&times;6 folder, made by [[Tachibana|Tachibana Shōkai]].<REF> Made by Tachibana: advertisements published in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' January and September 1941, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot cameras: "パイロツト写真用品'''製造'''発売元". This is also confirmed by the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 82&ndash;3. </REF> It was announced in 1940 and 1941 and sold from 1942.<REF> Dates : {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;339. </REF> It is said that the [[Adler Six]] is a rebadged version sold by [[Ricoh|Riken]].<REF> Tanaka, p.&nbsp;9 of {{KKS}} no.&nbsp;14. </REF>
  
 
== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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* {{Showa10}} Item 177.
 
* {{Showa10}} Item 177.
 
* {{Inquiry1943}} Items 82&ndash;3.
 
* {{Inquiry1943}} Items 82&ndash;3.
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* Tanaka Masao (田中政雄). "Rikō kamera no nagare" (リコーカメラの流れ, Evolution of the Ricoh cameras). {{KKS014}} Pp.&nbsp;8&ndash;11.
 
The Pilot Six is not listed in {{Sugiyama}}.
 
The Pilot Six is not listed in {{Sugiyama}}.
  

Revision as of 08:22, 15 April 2007

Japanese Six (6×6)
Prewar and wartime models (edit)
folding
Adler Six | Bonny Six | Clover-Six | Condor Six | First Six | Gelto Six | Gotex | Green | Lyra Six | Super Makinet Six | Mamiya Six | Miyako Six | Mulber Six | Mulix | National Six | Neure Six | Oko Six | Olympus Six | Pilot Six | Romax | Ugein | Vester-Six | Victor Six | Weha Six
collapsible
Ehira Chrome Six | Minolta Six | Shinko Super | Weha Chrome Six
unknown
Freude Six | Heart Camera | Konter Six | Tsubasa Six
Postwar models ->
Japanese 6×6 TLR, pseudo TLR and medium format SLR ->
Japanese Semi (4.5×6) and older 6×9 ->

The Pilot Six (パイロットシックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folder, made by Tachibana Shōkai.[1] It was announced in 1940 and 1941 and sold from 1942.[2] It is said that the Adler Six is a rebadged version sold by Riken.[3]

Description

The Pilot Six is a horizontal folding camera, copied from the Ikonta B. It has a folding frame finder in the middle of the top plate, a body release on the right and a key at the top left to advance the film. There are strap lugs at both ends of the top plate. The back is hinged to the right.

Advertisements and other documents

The camera was announced in late 1940.[4] It was mentioned as "available soon" (近日発売) with a choice of f/4.5 or f/3.5 lens in an advertisement dated January 1941.[5] In an advertisement dated September 1941, it was presented as "long awaited" (待望), with two lens options (f/4.5 and f/3.5, both called Pilot Anastigmat) and three shutter options (T, B, 5–200; T, B, 1–300 and T, B, 1–300 with selftimer, all three called Pilot).[6]

In advertisements dated February 1942, the Pilot Six was offered in two versions, both with a Pilot shutter giving T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds:[7]

  • Pilot Anastigmat f/4.5 lens (¥92);
  • Pilot Anastigmat f/3.5 lens (¥109).

The Pilot Six was still mentioned in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943, again in two versions with f/4.5 or f/3.5 lens and T, B, 5–200 speeds.[8] The two lenses have three elements and were made by Sugimoto, as well as the shutter called "Pilot Six I".[9]

Notes

  1. Made by Tachibana: advertisements published in Asahi Camera January and September 1941, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83, say that Tachibana was the maker and distributor of the Pilot cameras: "パイロツト写真用品製造発売元". This is also confirmed by the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), items 82–3.
  2. Dates : Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
  3. Tanaka, p. 9 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no. 14.
  4. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
  5. Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83.
  6. Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83.
  7. Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka February 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83. Advertisement published in Asahi Camera February 1942, visible in this page of Xylocopal's photolog.
  8. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), items 168–9.
  9. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), lens items Lb12 and Lc21, shutter item 18-U-8.

Bibliography

The Pilot Six is not listed in Sugiyama.

Links

In Japanese