Prince Flex

The Princeflex, made by Neumann & Heilemann was the first Japanese TLR in 1937, before the Minoltaflex. It looked a little like the first Ikoflex "coffee can" model. It had a 75/4.5 Neotar lens and a Neumann & Heilemann Perfekt shutter T-B-1-300. It was sold by the Fukada Shōkai (深田商会) company. This camera has nothing to see with the later Princeflex camera, made by Toyo Seiko. One source here gives Zōhon Seisakusho (藤本製作所) as the maker of the Princeflex.

Links

• The Princeflex at yume_camera
• The Princeflex at the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology