Pocket Prince
Template:127 Japan The Pocket Prince is a Japanese folding camera taking 4×6.5 pictures on 127 film. It was distributed in 1939–40[1] by Fukada Shōkai. Its name could indicate that it was made by Prince Camera Works, if the latter was indeed a camera maker.
The Pocket Prince is a vertical folder, with a folding frame finder and a key to wind the film. In an advertisement dated October 1939[2], it is announced as a new product, and the lens and shutter equipment is not mentioned. In advertisements dated April 1940 and August 1940[3], it is offered for ¥58 with a Baron 75/4.5 lens and a Kerio shutter giving 25, 50, 100, 150, T, B, speeds. (The same Kerio shutter is reported on a variant of the Doris (3×4) camera.) However the shutter visible in the advertising pictures is a Prontor II, and Kokusan kamera no rekishi also mentions the following two combinations[4]:
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 340.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 91.
- ↑ Advertisements published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 80.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 340.
- ↑ Shutter speeds: McKeown, p. 331. One such example appears in the book Kamera zukan by Sugiyama and Naoi according to Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 340. This is probably the source for McKeown.
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 230. (See also the advertisements for item 155.)
- 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. 331.
