Semi Kinka
Template:Japanese Semit The Semi Kinka is a Japanese 4.5×6 folder, made by Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho. It is an Ikonta copy with a folding optical finder. It is embossed SEMI-KINKA in the front leather.
The original model has no body release and is advertised in 1937[1] in three variants:
- Seronar[2] Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens and Super Rapid 1–300 shutter with selftimer (¥70), it has chrome metal parts;
- same lens and Felix 25–150 shutter (¥45), it has black metal parts and the shutter plate is marked FELIX;
- f:6.3 lens (¥35, available soon).
It is still featured in a 1938 magazine.
The Semi Kinka II is advertised in 1939[3], with a body release and the Super Rapid shutter. A Semi Kinka II is pictured in this page at Dora's blog with a Kadera Anastigmat 75mm f:3.5 lens. The shutter has 200–1, B speeds (top speed barely visible) and the shutter plate is maybe written Oriental in fancy letters. The aperture scale in on top of the shutter housing. The folding struts are engraved KINKA Y.C.W. (that could mean Yamamoto Camera Works). There is a key at the bottom right to wind the film.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Kinka, published in the November 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 68.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana セロナー.
- ↑ Mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi
Printed 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. Items 68–9.
