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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.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 354. </REF> The advance knob is on the left of the top plate and the folding finder on the middle. | 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.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 354. </REF> 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}} attributes it to Asahi Shōten (朝日商店) and mentions that it appeared in a Japanese magazine dated January 1949<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 354. </REF>, | + | 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. 354. </REF>, whereas [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|Chūō Shashin-yōhin]]. |
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Revision as of 22:16, 13 January 2007
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], whereas this page of the AJCC website says that it is dated 1947 and that it was sold by Chūō Shashin-yōhin.
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 354.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 354.
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 584.
Links
- Semi Dak in a page of the AJCC website (it is the box on the left in the picture)
