Pilot Six
The Pilot Six (パイロットシックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folder, made by Tachibana Shōkai[1], that was announced in 1940 and 1941 and made in 1942.[2] It is a horizontal folding camera, copied from the Ikonta B. It has a folding frame finder, a body release and a key at the top left to advance the film.
The camera is announced in 1941[3] 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).
The camera is sold in 1942[4], in two variants:
- Pilot Anastigmat f:4.5 lens (¥41);
- Pilot Anastigmat f:3.5 lens (¥52).
The only shutter available is a Pilot with T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds.
Notes
- ↑ The fact that Tachibana was the maker of the Pilot cameras is confirmed by advertisements published in the January and September 1941 issue of Asahi Camera and reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83: "パイロツト写真用品製造発売元".
- ↑ Dates : Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Baby Pilot, Pilot Six and Pilot Ref, published in the September 1941 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 177.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Baby Pilot, Pilot Six and Pilot Ref, published in the February 1942 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 176.
Printed 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. Item 177.
