Prince Flex

The Prince Flex, was the first Japanese TLR in 1937, before the Minoltaflex. It was made by Neumann & Heilemann and sold by the Fukada Shōkai (深田商会) company. Some sources also give Fujimoto Seisakusho (藤本製作所) as the maker of the Prince Flex, this is probably a mistake as discussed in the Prince page.

The Prince Flex 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.

This camera has nothing to see with the later Princeflex camera made by Toyo Seiko.

Links

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