Seves
The Seves (セベス) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera made in 1936 by GRC Gōmei-gaisha.[1] It is a strut-folder, with scissor struts on each side of the front standard. The back is hinged to the right. The folding optical finder is centred above the top plate and the advance knob is on the left. There is a button on the right of the viewfinder, that might be a body release or the release of the front standard.
It seems that the camera was only advertised in the July 1936 issue of Shashin Salon.[2] It was offered for ¥17, with a simple two element lens. It is said that the lens is fixed-focus and has a maximal aperture of f/11, and that the shutter only has B and I (Bulb and Instant) settings.
Notes
- ↑ Date: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 337.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 77.
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. Item 137.
