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The '''Sakura''' is a very simple bakelite camera launched in 1937<REF>It was featured in the new product column of the Sep 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'' according to {{Kokusan}}.</REF> | The '''Sakura''' is a very simple bakelite camera launched in 1937<REF>It was featured in the new product column of the Sep 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'' according to {{Kokusan}}.</REF> | ||
by [[Konishiroku]] (today Konica). It was advertised the same year for ¥6.50<REF>{{Showa10ad|Sakura camera|120|Nov 1937|Asahi Camera}}</REF>. | by [[Konishiroku]] (today Konica). It was advertised the same year for ¥6.50<REF>{{Showa10ad|Sakura camera|120|Nov 1937|Asahi Camera}}</REF>. | ||
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== Web bibliography == | == Web bibliography == | ||
* [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371059&APage=6 The Sakura bakelite camera] in the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/set_brws_01.php?id=1033 Camera database] of the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/ Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371059&APage=6 The Sakura bakelite camera] in the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/set_brws_01.php?id=1033 Camera database] of the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/ Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] | ||
| + | * [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/gg04index.htm Sakura box and Sakura bakelite camera] at the [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/index.htm R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website] | ||
[[Category: 4x5 viewfinder]] | [[Category: 4x5 viewfinder]] | ||
Revision as of 13:35, 3 July 2006
Template:127 Japan The Sakura is a very simple bakelite camera launched in 1937[1] by Konishiroku (today Konica). It was advertised the same year for ¥6.50[2].
It takes 4×5cm pictures on 127 film. The front plate is mounted on a rectangular box sliding out of the main body. There is a folding frame finder, and a very simple shutter with B and I settings. The lens is only marked ROKUOH SHA and TOKYO, while SAKURA is molded in the front plate.
See also the Sakura box camera taking 4×6.5cm pictures on 127 film.
Notes
- ↑ It was featured in the new product column of the Sep 1937 issue of Asahi Camera according to Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Sakura camera, published in the Nov 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 120.
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 120.
