Difference between revisions of "Semi Sport"

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Known lens/shutter combinations:
 
Known lens/shutter combinations:
* 75/3.5 Lucky Anastigmat triplet & Rapidex T-B-1-300 shutter (both made by Fujimoto)
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* 7.5cm/3.5 Lucky Anastigmat & Rapidex T-B-1-300 shutter (both made by Fujimoto)
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The Semi Sport was advertised during the war (see [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html here], wartime post 1942) with a Rapidex T-B-1-300 shutter and a choice of three lenses:
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* 7.5cm/3.5 Lucky Anastigmat (188 yen)
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* 7.5cm/4.5 Lucky Anastigmat (142 yen)
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* 7.5cm/4.5 with name unreadable (3 kanji+ラックレグ+?+ット) (also 142 yen)
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Case available for an additional 7.7 yen.
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On the ad's picture there is a Semi Sport marking on the body, absent from the one shown at Japan Family Camera.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JAS_SEMI_SPORT_PIC.htm Semi Sport at Japan Family Camera]
 
* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JAS_SEMI_SPORT_PIC.htm Semi Sport at Japan Family Camera]
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* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Old Japanese ads]
  
 
[[Category: 4.5x6 folding]]
 
[[Category: 4.5x6 folding]]
 
[[Category: Japan]]
 
[[Category: Japan]]
 
[[Category: S]]
 
[[Category: S]]

Revision as of 22:46, 24 April 2006

The Semi Sport was a 4.5x6 folding camera introduced by Fujimoto in 1940. It was an evolution of the Semi Prince, essentially a copy of the Ikonta 520.

Known lens/shutter combinations:

  • 7.5cm/3.5 Lucky Anastigmat & Rapidex T-B-1-300 shutter (both made by Fujimoto)

The Semi Sport was advertised during the war (see here, wartime post 1942) with a Rapidex T-B-1-300 shutter and a choice of three lenses:

  • 7.5cm/3.5 Lucky Anastigmat (188 yen)
  • 7.5cm/4.5 Lucky Anastigmat (142 yen)
  • 7.5cm/4.5 with name unreadable (3 kanji+ラックレグ+?+ット) (also 142 yen)

Case available for an additional 7.7 yen.

On the ad's picture there is a Semi Sport marking on the body, absent from the one shown at Japan Family Camera.

Links