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{{Japanese Semi}}
 
{{Japanese Semi}}
The '''Semi Renky''' is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera that was made by [[Rengo Koki]] between 1939 and 1941. It looks like the [[Olympic]].
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The '''Semi Renky''' is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera that was made by [[Rengo Koki]] between 1939 and 1941. It looks like the [[Olympic]]. The lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube.
  
There were at least two versions:
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The '''original model''' of the Semi Renky has a body made of some sort of plastic. A tubular optical finder is mounted on the center of the top plate, with an accessory shoe on the right and the advance knob on the left. The hinged back opens to the right, and has two red windows at the bottom to control film advance. At the base of the telescopic tube there is a massive metal ring engraved ''RengoKoki'' on the top and ''Tokyo'' at the bottom. On the body's front left, there is a metal plate marked ''SEMI RENKY'' in capital letters (this plate looks similar to the one marked ''The Olympic Camera Works''on the Olympic cameras).
* '''Semi Renky''' with bakelite body, 25-50-100-150-B-T shutter, f/4.5 lens and accessory shoe, ''RengoKoki'' and ''Tokyo'' on the helical ring, ''Semi Renky'' on the shutter plate and ''Semi Renky'' in capital letters on a body plate (similar to the plate marked ''The Olympic Camera Works''on the Olympic cameras), illustrated [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/OTH_SEMIRENKY.htm here at Japan Family Camera]
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The shutter has T, B, 150, 100, 50, 25 speeds, the lens is a 75/4.5 maybe called Renko<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' レンコー. </REF>, and the aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate. The latter has a small plate screwed at the top and written ''Semi Renky''.
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There was another version:
 
* '''New Semi Renky''' with a different metal body, same shutter, Tenobar Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens
 
* '''New Semi Renky''' with a different metal body, same shutter, Tenobar Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens
 
** marked ''RengoKoki'' (and ''Tokyo''?) on the helical ring, ''New Renky'' on the shutter plate, no body plate (illustrated in McKeown)
 
** marked ''RengoKoki'' (and ''Tokyo''?) on the helical ring, ''New Renky'' on the shutter plate, no body plate (illustrated in McKeown)
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
In Japanese:
 
In Japanese:
* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/OTH_SEMIRENKY.htm Semi Renky] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/ Japan Family Camera], with [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/OTHERS_LIST.htm another page] that gives the name of the maker in Japanese
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/OTH_SEMIRENKY.htm Semi Renky (original model)] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/ Japan Family Camera], with [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/OTHERS_LIST.htm another page] that gives the name of the maker in Japanese
  
 
[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder]]
 
[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder]]

Revision as of 11:57, 27 July 2006

Japanese Semi (4.5×6)
Prewar and wartime models (edit)
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collapsible
Semi Kinsi | Lord | Lyrax | Nippon | New Olympic | Semi Olympic | Semi Renky | Auto Victor | Well Super
stereo
Sun Stereo
unknown
Semi Elka | Semi Keef | Napoleon
Postwar models (edit)
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rigid or collapsible
Semi Dak | Semi Hobix | Super Semi Plum | Rocket Camera | Tomy
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The Semi Renky is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera that was made by Rengo Koki between 1939 and 1941. It looks like the Olympic. The lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube.

The original model of the Semi Renky has a body made of some sort of plastic. A tubular optical finder is mounted on the center of the top plate, with an accessory shoe on the right and the advance knob on the left. The hinged back opens to the right, and has two red windows at the bottom to control film advance. At the base of the telescopic tube there is a massive metal ring engraved RengoKoki on the top and Tokyo at the bottom. On the body's front left, there is a metal plate marked SEMI RENKY in capital letters (this plate looks similar to the one marked The Olympic Camera Workson the Olympic cameras).

The shutter has T, B, 150, 100, 50, 25 speeds, the lens is a 75/4.5 maybe called Renko[1], and the aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate. The latter has a small plate screwed at the top and written Semi Renky.

There was another version:

  • New Semi Renky with a different metal body, same shutter, Tenobar Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens
    • marked RengoKoki (and Tokyo?) on the helical ring, New Renky on the shutter plate, no body plate (illustrated in McKeown)
    • marked New Semi Renky and Rengo Koki Tokyo? on the helical ring, Semi Renky on the shutter plate, no body plate (observed at ebay auction)

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In Japanese:

  • Inferred from the katakana レンコー.