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The '''Semi Dak''' (セミダック) is a Japanese 4.5×6 box camera.
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The '''Semi Dak''' (セミダック) is a Japanese 4.5
 
 
== Description ==
 
The Semi Dak is inspired from the [[Kodak]] [[Baby Brownie]], but it has a metal body and takes 4.5&times;6cm pictures on [[120 film]]. It has a simple shutter and a fixed-focus meniscus lens engraved ''SEMIDAK'' and ''C.P.C.''<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;354, says that the shutter has B and I settings, but no such control is visible on the camera pictures in Sugiyama, item 584. </REF> The advance knob is on the left of the top plate and the folding finder on the middle. The camera has a curved film plate to compensate somewhat the lens aberrations.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;354. </REF>
 
 
 
== Date and attribution ==
 
Some sources say that the camera was released in 1947 but {{Kokusan}} mentions an occurrence in the January 1949 issue of ''Ars Camera''.<REF> 1947: Sugiyama, item 4175, and [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.24.htm this page of the AJCC website]. </REF> Sources also disagree on the distributor: {{Sugiyama}} and {{Kokusan}} mention Asahi Shōten (朝日商店) whereas [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.24.htm this page of the AJCC website] says [[Chūō|Chūō Shashin-yōhin]]. The ''C.P.C.'' marking on the lens could stand for <U>C</U>huo <U>P</U>hoto <U>C</U>ompany.
 
 
 
== Notes ==
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
* {{Showa10}} Item 584.
 
* {{Zukan}} Item 4175.
 
 
 
== Links ==
 
* [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)
 
 
 
[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 box]]
 
[[Category: S]]
 
[[Category: D|Dak, Semi]]
 

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