Semi Lyra
The Semi Lyra was a 4.5×6 folding camera, copy of the Zeiss Ikon Ikonta. It was made by the Japanese company Fuji Kōgaku.
An ad in the Sep 1938 issue of Asahi Camera showed all the Lyra range, with the Lyra Six, the Lyra Flex, the Semi Lyra and the Baby Lyra. The Semi Lyra was offered in three versions, each with a choice of two lenses:
- f:4.5 lens for ¥52 (bad scan, prices hard to read)
- f:3.5 lens for ¥52
- possibly model B (B型), f:4.5 lens for ¥60
- possibly model B (B型), f:3.5 lens for ¥70
- possibly model A (A型), f:4.5 lens for ¥70
- possibly model A (A型), f:3.5 lens for ¥80
The case was not included in the price.
The Semi Lyra also appeared in a 1938 price list of a dealer called Shinbi-Dō (眞美堂), offered in two versions, each with a choice of two lenses:
- f:3.5 lens, for ¥56
- f:4.5 lens, for ¥50
- model I, f:3.5 lens, for ¥52.05
- model I, f:4.5 lens, for ¥40
Apparently all four had a body release.
Yet another ad has been observed, from the 29 July 1942 issue of Asahi Graph (shown here), for a Lyra (not called "Semi") with a body release, a folding optical finder and LYRA embossed in the front leather. It was offered with a f:3.5 lens for ¥112 and with a f:4.5 lens for ¥101, the case costing an additional ¥7.70. The distributor's name was Fujikō Shōji K.K. (富士光商事株式会社), certainly a trading company associated with Fuji Kōgaku.