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The '''Semi Mihama''' is a folding camera for 6×4.5 on 120 film, produced by [[Mihama]] (or Suruga) during the 1950s. There were at least two models, of which one had variations: all control film advance via a red window on the back, and all have a "Mihama Anastigmat" 75mm f/3.5 lens. (Mihama does not seem to have been a lens maker, and "Mihama" lenses can be presumed to have been a mere matter of branding.) All had a vertical style folding body, and none had a rangefinder. | The '''Semi Mihama''' is a folding camera for 6×4.5 on 120 film, produced by [[Mihama]] (or Suruga) during the 1950s. There were at least two models, of which one had variations: all control film advance via a red window on the back, and all have a "Mihama Anastigmat" 75mm f/3.5 lens. (Mihama does not seem to have been a lens maker, and "Mihama" lenses can be presumed to have been a mere matter of branding.) All had a vertical style folding body, and none had a rangefinder. | ||
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The Semi Mihama is a folding camera for 6×4.5 on 120 film, produced by Mihama (or Suruga) during the 1950s. There were at least two models, of which one had variations: all control film advance via a red window on the back, and all have a "Mihama Anastigmat" 75mm f/3.5 lens. (Mihama does not seem to have been a lens maker, and "Mihama" lenses can be presumed to have been a mere matter of branding.) All had a vertical style folding body, and none had a rangefinder.
An advertisement in the May 1952 issue of the Japanese magazine Camera Fan by Mihama Seikō (三浜精工株式会社) shows the Semi Mihama as a cheaper alternative to the Mihama Six. It has a flat top, from which knobs and a rectangular viewfinder protrude. Surprisingly, three versions are advertised, each with a different shutter: "I", MHS shutter (B, 25–150); "II", MHS shutter (yes, the same name; B, 10–200); "III", NKS shutter (B, 1–200, with self timer).
An advertisement in the January 1955 issue of the Japanese magazine Shashin Salon by Mihama's successor Suruga Seiki (駿河精機株式会社) shows a different-looking Semi Mihama, with a more rounded top. This has an NKS shutter (B, 1–200, with self timer); it is not referred to as "III" or anything else beyond simply "Semi Mihama".
Source / further reading
- 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 In Japanese only. Pp. 198–9, 370.
