Semi Keef
The Semi Keef (セミキーフ) is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera, about which little is known. It is mentioned in the official list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941, in the following versions: "Semi Keef III" (¥62), "Semi Keef IV" (¥74), "Semi Keef V" (¥85) and "Semi Keef VI" (¥98).[1] The Semi Keef III also appears in a similar price list dated November 1941, where it is attributed to Kazenderu Shōkai, the distributor of the Auto Keef made by Kokusaku.[2] The Semi Keef was perhaps made by Kokusaku as well.
Notes
- ↑ Template:Kakaku1940 short, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 7A.
- ↑ "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō", November 1941, type 3, section 3A.
Bibliography
- "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō" (カメラの公定価格官報発表, Official announcement of the set prices of the cameras), November 1941. Extract of a table listing Japanese camera production and setting the retail prices, reproduced in "Bebī Semi Fāsuto 'Kore ha bebī wo nanotta semi-ki da'" (ベビーセミファースト"これはベビーを名乗ったセミ機だ", Baby Semi First, 'this is a Semi camera called Baby'), an article by Furukawa Yasuo (古川保男) in Camera Collectors' News no. 277 (July 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P. 27. Type 3, section 7B.
- Template:Kakaku1940 Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 7A.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama nor in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
