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The '''Semi Lyra''' are [[Japanese 4.5×6 folders]]. There are two distinct generations: one was made before and during the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], the other was made in the 1950s by [[Katsuma|Katsuma Kōgaku]].
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The '''Semi Lyra''' are [[Japanese 4.5×6 folders]]. There are two distinct generations: this page describes the models made before and during the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]].
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''The models made in the 1950s by [[Katsuma|Katsuma Kōgaku]] are described in the page [[Semi Lyra (postwar)]].''
  
 
== Prewar models ==
 
== Prewar models ==
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The prewar and wartime model (セミライラ) was made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]]. It is a vertical folder, copy of the [[Ikonta]], with a folding optical finder. There is a key at the bottom right to advance the film, and two red windows in the back, protected by a horizontally sliding cover. The camera is simply embossed ''LYRA'' in the front leather, a ''FUJI KŌGAKU'' logo is embossed in the back leather and ''FUJI KOGAKU'' logos are engraved in the folding struts.
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The prewar and wartime Semi Lyra (セミライラ) was made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]]. It is a vertical folder, copy of the [[Ikonta]], with a folding optical finder and a key at the bottom right to advance the film. The back is hinged to the left and contains two red windows, protected by a common horizontally sliding cover.
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The camera is simply embossed ''LYRA'' in the front leather, a ''FUJI KŌGAKU'' logo is embossed in the back leather and ''FUJI KOGAKU'' logos are engraved in the folding struts.
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The Semi Lyra is not uncommon, at least in Japan, and it is not renowned for its quality of construction, a hint of this being that many examples are found with torn bellows.
  
 
=== Semi Lyra ===
 
=== Semi Lyra ===
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The '''original model''' (sometimes called "Semi Lyra I"), introduced in 1936<REF> Date of the first advertisements mentioned by {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;342. </REF>, has no body release. In an advertisement dated September 1937<REF> Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}} in two parts, p.&nbsp;100. </REF>, four variants are listed:
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The '''original model''' (sometimes called "Semi Lyra I"), introduced in 1936<REF> Date of the first advertisements mentioned by {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;342. </REF>, has no body release and has a leather handle over the back latch.
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In an advertisement dated September 1937<REF> Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}} in two parts, p.&nbsp;100. </REF>, four variants are listed:
 
* Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter ({{yen|35|1937}});
 
* Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter ({{yen|35|1937}});
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Noblo shutter ({{yen|43|1937}});<REF> This variant is pictured in ''Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten'', p.&nbsp;15. </REF>
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Noblo shutter ({{yen|43|1937}});<REF> This variant is pictured in ''Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten'', p.&nbsp;15. </REF>
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* Goldar<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' ゴールダー.</REF> f:3.5 lens and Noblo shutter ({{yen|70|1937}}).
 
* Goldar<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' ゴールダー.</REF> f:3.5 lens and Noblo shutter ({{yen|70|1937}}).
  
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The three first variants were already advertised in December 1936 by the distributor [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]], for the same price.<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/L1.jpg Advertisement] published in the December 13, 1936 issue of ''Sunday Mainichi'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-c.htm camera company page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF> The Goldar lens probably has four elements: a Goldar 75/3.5 lens is advertised as such with the original [[Lyra Flex]]<REF> Advertisement for the [[Lyra Flex]] published in the March 1938 issue of ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbp;101. </REF>. The Picco shutter has T, B, 25, 50, 100 speeds and also equips the [[Baby Lyra]]. The Noblo shutter has T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Both are everset shutters. The aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate. The shutter plate is also written ''NOBLO'' or ''Picco'' in handwritten style at the top, and on the right there is a logo with ''Fk'' in a circle (surely for <u>F</u>uji <u>K</u>ōgaku), meant to look like the ''FD'' logo of the [[Compur]] shutter.
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The three first variants were already advertised in December 1936 by the distributor [[Yamamoto Shashinki-ten]], for the same price.<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/L1.jpg Advertisement] published in the December 13, 1936 issue of ''Sunday Mainichi'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-c.htm camera company page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF> The Goldar lens probably has four elements: a Goldar 75/3.5 lens is advertised as such with the original [[Lyra Flex]].<REF> Advertisement for the [[Lyra Flex]] published in the March 1938 issue of ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbp;101. </REF>
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The Picco shutter has T, B, 25, 50, 100 speeds and also equips the [[Baby Lyra]]. The Noblo shutter has T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Both are everset shutters. The aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate. The shutter plate is also written ''NOBLO'' or ''Picco'' in handwritten style at the top, and on the right there is a logo with ''Fk'' in a circle (surely for <u>F</u>uji <u>K</u>ōgaku), meant to look like the ''FD'' logo of the [[Compur]] shutter.
  
 
The original model is still mentioned in an advertisement dated September 1938<REF> Advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera''. </REF> as a cheaper alternative to the newer model, with f:4.5 lens ({{yen|52|1938}}) or f:3.5 lens ({{yen|62|1938}}). At least one example has been observed with the newer Fujikō B shutter.
 
The original model is still mentioned in an advertisement dated September 1938<REF> Advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera''. </REF> as a cheaper alternative to the newer model, with f:4.5 lens ({{yen|52|1938}}) or f:3.5 lens ({{yen|62|1938}}). At least one example has been observed with the newer Fujikō B shutter.
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The '''New Semi Lyra''' (sometimes called "Semi Lyra II")<REF> This model is called "Semi Lyra II" by {{Kokusan}}, but the advertisement reproduced is only written 新型セミライラ, whose translation is "New Semi Lyra". </REF> is the same model with a body release, on the left of the top plate. Two new shutters are introduced, the Fujikō B (T, B, 5&ndash;250) and the Fujikō A (T, B, 1&ndash;300). The shutter plates are black, marked ''FUJIKō'' at the top and ''FUJIKŌGAKU'' at the bottom. The aperture scale is now above the shutter housing.
 
The '''New Semi Lyra''' (sometimes called "Semi Lyra II")<REF> This model is called "Semi Lyra II" by {{Kokusan}}, but the advertisement reproduced is only written 新型セミライラ, whose translation is "New Semi Lyra". </REF> is the same model with a body release, on the left of the top plate. Two new shutters are introduced, the Fujikō B (T, B, 5&ndash;250) and the Fujikō A (T, B, 1&ndash;300). The shutter plates are black, marked ''FUJIKō'' at the top and ''FUJIKŌGAKU'' at the bottom. The aperture scale is now above the shutter housing.
  
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Various lens/shutter combinations are reported<REF> The 1937 prices come from an advertisement for the Semi Lyra, published in the December 1937 issue of ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, item 293. &mdash; The 1938 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera''. &mdash; The variants with no price indicated are simply mentioned in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;342. </REF>:
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Various lens/shutter combinations are reported:
 
* Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter;
 
* Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter;
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Picco shutter;
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Picco shutter;
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* Goldar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō B shutter;
 
* Goldar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō B shutter;
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter ({{yen|70|1938}} in 1938);
 
* Terionar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter ({{yen|70|1938}} in 1938);
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* Terionar f:3.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter ({{yen|80|1938}} in 1938).
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* Terionar f:3.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter ({{yen|80|1938}} in 1938).<REF> The 1937 prices come from an advertisement for the Semi Lyra, published in the December 1937 issue of ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;100. &mdash; The 1938 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera''. &mdash; The variants with no price indicated are simply mentioned in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;342. </REF>
  
 
=== Semi Lyra F ===
 
=== Semi Lyra F ===
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The '''Semi Lyra F''' (セミライラＦ型) is equipped with a new Fujikō F 1&ndash;200 shutter. The shutter plate is now yellowish with black markings. These markings are almost the same as on the previous shutters, except that ''FUJIKō'' at the top is written in two parts: ''FUJ'' and ''IKō'', with a black arrow between both. Two variants are offered<REF> The 1941 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the May 1941 issue of ''Shashin Bunka'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, item 294. &mdash; The 1942 prices come from an [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki28.jpg advertisement for the Lyra range], published in the July 29, 1942 issue of ''Asahi Graph'', reproduced in a [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm page of prewar and wartime advertisements for Japanese cameras] at the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>:
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The '''Semi Lyra F''' (セミライラＦ型) has a new type of back latch consisting of a long sliding bar, with no leather handle.
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* Terionar f:4.5 lens ({{yen|88|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|101|1942}} in 1942);
 
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* Terionar f:3.5 lens ({{yen|98|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|112|1942}} in 1942).
 
  
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== Postwar models ==
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It is equipped with a new Fujikō F 1&ndash;200 shutter. The shutter plate is yellowish with black markings. These markings are almost the same as on the previous shutters, except that ''FUJIKō'' at the top is written in two parts: ''FUJ'' and ''IKō'', with a black arrow between both.
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The postwar model (セミライラー) was made by [[Katsuma|Katsuma Kōgaku]]. It is still a vertical folder, but the design is different, with straight folding struts. It appears in Japanese advertisements dated 1955 and 1956.
 
  
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=== Semi Lyra A ===
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Two variants are offered:
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The '''Semi Lyra A''' (セミライラーＡ型) is the viewfinder version. In some advertisements it is called simply '''Semi Lyra''' (or even "Semi Lira" with a typographical mistake). The viewfinder is enclosed in a top housing, with an accessory shoe. The advance knob is on the left, together with the shutter release, while the folding bed opening button is on the right, together with a decorative knob. The camera has a ''Semi Lyra'' marking on the top housing and a ''LYRA'' marking embossed in the front leather. It is offered in 1955<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Lyra and Semi Lyra SR|980|December 1955|Sankei Camera}} </REF> with a Terionar 75/3.5 lens and a Lyra U shutter (B, 1&ndash;200), synchronized and equipped with a selftimer, for {{yen|6,800|1955}}.
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* Terionar f:4.5 lens ({{yen|88|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|101|1942}} in 1942);
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* Terionar f:3.5 lens ({{yen|98|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|112|1942}} in 1942).<REF> The 1941 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the May 1941 issue of ''Shashin Bunka'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;100. &mdash; The 1942 prices come from an [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki28.jpg advertisement for the Lyra range], published in the July 29, 1942 issue of ''Asahi Graph'', reproduced in a [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm page of prewar and wartime advertisements for Japanese cameras] at the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>
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=== Semi Lyra SR ===
 
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The '''Semi Lyra SR''' (セミライラーＳＲ型) is the uncoupled rangefinder version. It has a different top housing with a squarer shape. The viewfinder window is rectangular and the rangefinder window is round. The advance knob has moved to the right end of the top plate. The camera has ''Lyra'' markings, in handwritten style, both on the top housing and embossed in the front leather. It is offered in 1955<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Lyra A and Semi Lyra SR|981|June 1955|Sankei Camera}} </REF> with a Terionar 75/3.2 lens (note the different aperture) and a Lyra SU shutter, for {{yen|9,500|1955}}. The Lyra SU shutter has the same features as the Lyra U mounted on the viewfinder model, and the advertisement's picture shows a ''LYRA-U'' marking on the shutter rim of the Semi Lyra SR. The "SU" name is possibly a mistake.
 
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* {{Showa10}} Items 292&ndash;4 and 980&ndash;1. (See also the advertisement for the item 164.)
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* {{Showa10}} Items 292&ndash;4. (See also the advertisement for the item 164.)
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* {{McKeown12}} Pp.&nbsp;328 and 456.
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* {{McKeown12}} Pp.&nbsp;328.
 
* ''Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten'' (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.&nbsp;15.
 
* ''Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten'' (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.&nbsp;15.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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In English:
 
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* [http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/fujilyra6.html Lyra Six and Semi Lyra] at [http://medfmt.8k.com/ medfmt]
 
 
In Japanese:
 
In Japanese:
 
* [http://www3.kiy.jp/%7Edaddy/semilyra.html Semi Lyra and other folders] at [http://www3.kiy.jp/%7Edaddy/dadtop.htm Puppy's Island]
 
* [http://www3.kiy.jp/%7Edaddy/semilyra.html Semi Lyra and other folders] at [http://www3.kiy.jp/%7Edaddy/dadtop.htm Puppy's Island]
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** [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki28.jpg Advertisement for the Semi Lyra], published in the July 29, 1942 issue of ''Asahi Graph''
 
** [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki28.jpg Advertisement for the Semi Lyra], published in the July 29, 1942 issue of ''Asahi Graph''
 
* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/05FallExb/05Fall-18matsuura.htm A sample picture taken by a Semi Lyra] at the [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/ AJCC website]
 
* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/05FallExb/05Fall-18matsuura.htm A sample picture taken by a Semi Lyra] at the [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/ AJCC website]
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* [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/fujiko/index.html Restoration] of a Semi Lyra F and [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/fujiko/sample/index.htm sample pictures] at [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/ Shiroto shashinki sh&#363;ri k&#333;b&#333;]
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* [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/fujiko/index.html Restoration] of a Semi Lyra F and [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/fujiko/sample/index.htm sample pictures] at [http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/ Shiroto shashinki shūri kōbō]
  
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[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder folding|Lyra (prewar), Semi]]
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[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 rangefinder folding|Lyra, Semi]]
 
 
[[Category: S]]
 
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The Semi Lyra are Japanese 4.5×6 folders. There are two distinct generations: this page describes the models made before and during the war by Fuji Kōgaku.

The models made in the 1950s by Katsuma Kōgaku are described in the page Semi Lyra (postwar).

Prewar models

The prewar and wartime Semi Lyra (セミライラ) was made by Fuji Kōgaku. It is a vertical folder, copy of the Ikonta, with a folding optical finder and a key at the bottom right to advance the film. The back is hinged to the left and contains two red windows, protected by a common horizontally sliding cover.

The camera is simply embossed LYRA in the front leather, a FUJI KŌGAKU logo is embossed in the back leather and FUJI KOGAKU logos are engraved in the folding struts.

The Semi Lyra is not uncommon, at least in Japan, and it is not renowned for its quality of construction, a hint of this being that many examples are found with torn bellows.

Semi Lyra

The original model (sometimes called "Semi Lyra I"), introduced in 1936[1], has no body release and has a leather handle over the back latch.

In an advertisement dated September 1937[2], four variants are listed:

  • Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter (¥35);
  • Terionar f:4.5 lens and Noblo shutter (¥43);[3]
  • Terionar f:3.5 lens and Noblo shutter (¥58);
  • Goldar[4] f:3.5 lens and Noblo shutter (¥70).

The three first variants were already advertised in December 1936 by the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten, for the same price.[5] The Goldar lens probably has four elements: a Goldar 75/3.5 lens is advertised as such with the original Lyra Flex.[6]

The Picco shutter has T, B, 25, 50, 100 speeds and also equips the Baby Lyra. The Noblo shutter has T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Both are everset shutters. The aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate. The shutter plate is also written NOBLO or Picco in handwritten style at the top, and on the right there is a logo with Fk in a circle (surely for Fuji Kōgaku), meant to look like the FD logo of the Compur shutter.

The original model is still mentioned in an advertisement dated September 1938[7] as a cheaper alternative to the newer model, with f:4.5 lens (¥52) or f:3.5 lens (¥62). At least one example has been observed with the newer Fujikō B shutter.

New Semi Lyra

The New Semi Lyra (sometimes called "Semi Lyra II")[8] is the same model with a body release, on the left of the top plate. Two new shutters are introduced, the Fujikō B (T, B, 5–250) and the Fujikō A (T, B, 1–300). The shutter plates are black, marked FUJIKō at the top and FUJIKŌGAKU at the bottom. The aperture scale is now above the shutter housing.

Various lens/shutter combinations are reported:

  • Pionar f:6.3 lens and Picco shutter;
  • Terionar f:4.5 lens and Picco shutter;
  • Terionar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō B shutter (¥60 in 1937 and 1938);
  • Terionar f:3.5 lens and Fujikō B shutter (¥70 in 1937 and 1938);
  • Goldar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō B shutter;
  • Terionar f:4.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter (¥70 in 1938);
  • Terionar f:3.5 lens and Fujikō A shutter (¥80 in 1938).[9]

Semi Lyra F

The Semi Lyra F (セミライラＦ型) has a new type of back latch consisting of a long sliding bar, with no leather handle.

It is equipped with a new Fujikō F 1–200 shutter. The shutter plate is yellowish with black markings. These markings are almost the same as on the previous shutters, except that FUJIKō at the top is written in two parts: FUJ and IKō, with a black arrow between both.

Two variants are offered:

Notes

  1. ↑ Date of the first advertisements mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 342.
  2. ↑ Advertisement published in the September 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi in two parts, p. 100.
  3. ↑ This variant is pictured in Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten, p. 15.
  4. ↑ Inferred from the katakana ゴールダー.
  5. ↑ Advertisement published in the December 13, 1936 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the camera company page of the Gochamaze website.
  6. ↑ Advertisement for the Lyra Flex published in the March 1938 issue of Ars Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.&nbp;101.
  7. ↑ Advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of Asahi Camera.
  8. ↑ This model is called "Semi Lyra II" by Kokusan kamera no rekishi, but the advertisement reproduced is only written 新型セミライラ, whose translation is "New Semi Lyra".
  9. ↑ The 1937 prices come from an advertisement for the Semi Lyra, published in the December 1937 issue of Ars Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 100. — The 1938 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the September 1938 issue of Asahi Camera. — The variants with no price indicated are simply mentioned in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 342.
  10. ↑ The 1941 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the May 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 100. — The 1942 prices come from an advertisement for the Lyra range, published in the July 29, 1942 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in a page of prewar and wartime advertisements for Japanese cameras at the Gochamaze website.

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 292–4. (See also the advertisement for the item 164.)
  • McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp. 328.
  • Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 15.

Links

In Japanese:

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