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The '''Seikosha-MXL''' is a variant equipped with the light value system, introduced in 1956 in [[Shutter size|#00 size]] only.<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.&nbsp;10. </REF>
 
The '''Seikosha-MXL''' is a variant equipped with the light value system, introduced in 1956 in [[Shutter size|#00 size]] only.<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.&nbsp;10. </REF>
  
== #00 size ==
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== Seikosha-MX in #00 size ==
 
Only known with B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 speeds.
 
Only known with B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 speeds.
  
Variants and cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):
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Incomplete list of cameras (not all variants have a Seikosha-MX):
* Seikosha-MX
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* [[Arco 35|Arco 35 Junior]] by [[Arco]]
** [[Olympus Flex A3.5 II]] by [[Olympus]]
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* [[Arco 35 Automat|Arco 35 Automat f/3.5, f/2.8 and D]] by [[Arco]]
** Primoflex Automat by Tokyo Optical (Automat L uses MXL variant)
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* [[Olympus Flex A3.5 II]] by [[Olympus]]
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* Primoflex Automat by [[Tōkyō Kōgaku]]
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* [[Auto Terra]] by [[Teraoka]]
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* [[Auto Terra II and Super|Auto Terra II and Auto Tera IIB]] by [[Teraoka]]
  
== #0 size ==
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== Seikosha-MXL in #00 size ==
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Incomplete list of cameras (not all variants have a Seikosha-MXL):
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* Primoflex Automat L by [[Tōkyō Kōgaku]]
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* [[Auto Terra II and Super|Auto Terra IIBS and IIL]] by [[Teraoka]]
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== Seikosha-MX in #0 size ==
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

Revision as of 07:36, 22 October 2007

The Seikosha-MX is a leaf shutter made by Seikōsha, the manufacturing branch of Hattori Tokei-ten. It is an evolution of the Seikosha-Rapid, with added MX synchronization. It appeared in 1955 in #00 size and in 1956 in #00 size.[1]

The Seikosha-MXL is a variant equipped with the light value system, introduced in 1956 in #00 size only.[2]

Seikosha-MX in #00 size

Only known with B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200, 500 speeds.

Incomplete list of cameras (not all variants have a Seikosha-MX):

Seikosha-MXL in #00 size

Incomplete list of cameras (not all variants have a Seikosha-MXL):

Seikosha-MX in #0 size

Notes

  1. Dates: Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 9.
  2. Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 10.

Bibliography

  • Kamera no mekanizumu sono I: "Hai! Chīzu" Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten (カメラのメカニズム・そのⅠ・「ハイ!チーズ」瞬間をとらえ続けるシャッター展, Camera mechanism, part 1 "Cheese!" Exhibition of instant taking shutters). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number)