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The '''Semi Dak''' (セミダック) is a Japanese 4.5&times;6 box camera, made around 1949 and attributed to Asahi Shōten (朝日商店). It has a metal body, a fixed-focus meniscus lens and a simple B & I shutter. The advance knob is on the left of the top plate and the folding finder on the middle.<REF> All: {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;354. It is the only mention found of this camera. Unlike most other cameras covered in this book, no advertisement is reproduced. </REF>
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The '''Semi Dak''' (セミダック) is a Japanese 4.5&times;6 box camera. It has a metal body, a fixed-focus meniscus lens and a simple B & I shutter.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;354. </REF> The advance knob is on the left of the top plate and the folding finder on the middle.
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Sources differ about the date and distributor: {{Kokusan}} attributes it to Asahi Shōten (朝日商店) and mentions that it appeared in a Japanese magazine dated January 1949<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;354. </REF>, while [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.24.htm this page of the AJCC website] says that it is dated 1947 and that it was sold by Chūō Shashin-yōhin (中央写真用品).
  
 
== Notes ==
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* {{Showa10}} Item 584.
 
* {{Showa10}} Item 584.
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== Links ==
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* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.24.htm#hayasi Semi Dak] in a page of the [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/ AJCC website] (it is the box on the left in the picture)
  
 
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Revision as of 20:41, 31 October 2006

Japanese Semi (4.5×6)
Prewar and wartime models (edit)
folding
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collapsible
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stereo
Sun Stereo
unknown
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rigid or collapsible
Semi Dak | Semi Hobix | Super Semi Plum | Rocket Camera | Tomy
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The Semi Dak (セミダック) is a Japanese 4.5×6 box camera. It has a metal body, a fixed-focus meniscus lens and a simple B & I shutter.[1] The advance knob is on the left of the top plate and the folding finder on the middle.

Sources differ about the date and distributor: Kokusan kamera no rekishi attributes it to Asahi Shōten (朝日商店) and mentions that it appeared in a Japanese magazine dated January 1949[2], while this page of the AJCC website says that it is dated 1947 and that it was sold by Chūō Shashin-yōhin (中央写真用品).

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