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| − | The camera is mainly known from an advertisement for the '''Shinko Super I''' (シンコースーパーⅠ型) dated February 1942 and reproduced in {{Kokusan}}.<REF> Advertisement published in ''Shashin Bunka,'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 74. </REF> It was also mentioned in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 100. </REF> The maker's name is unfortunately missing from the document, but the maker of the lens is mentioned as [[Shinkō Seiki|Shinkō]], the same company which made the [[Rorox|Shinko Baby]] and [[ | + | The camera is mainly known from an advertisement for the '''Shinko Super I''' (シンコースーパーⅠ型) dated February 1942 and reproduced in {{Kokusan}}.<REF> Advertisement published in ''Shashin Bunka,'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 74. </REF> It was also mentioned in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 100. </REF> The maker's name is unfortunately missing from the document, but the maker of the lens is mentioned as [[Shinkō Seiki|Shinkō]], the same company which made the [[Rorox|Shinko Baby]] and [[Shinkoflex|Shinkoflex]].<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, lens item M3. </REF> |
No surviving example has been observed so far, but there is a record of an online auction for a Shinko Super I with body n°304 and lens n°311.<REF> Extract of a Marktplaats auction found in Google's cache. </REF> | No surviving example has been observed so far, but there is a record of an online auction for a Shinko Super I with body n°304 and lens n°311.<REF> Extract of a Marktplaats auction found in Google's cache. </REF> | ||
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The Shinko Super is a Japanese 6×6cm viewfinder camera with a focal plane shutter, advertised in 1942 by Yamashita Shōten and probably made by Shinkō Seiki (see below).[1]
Contents
Sources
The camera is mainly known from an advertisement for the Shinko Super I (シンコースーパーⅠ型) dated February 1942 and reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.[2] It was also mentioned in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.[3] The maker's name is unfortunately missing from the document, but the maker of the lens is mentioned as Shinkō, the same company which made the Shinko Baby and Shinkoflex.[4]
No surviving example has been observed so far, but there is a record of an online auction for a Shinko Super I with body n°304 and lens n°311.[5]
Description
The Shinko Super has a metal body with rounded edges. It looks somewhat like the Ricohl 3×4cm camera. The top housing contains an eye-level finder offset to the left. The advance knob is at the top left. It seems that there is a flush accessory shoe in the middle of the top plate. The speed selecting knob is offset to the right and a button is visible further to the right, certainly the shutter release. The focal plane shutter gives B, 10, 25, 50, 75, 100, 200 speeds, and the lens is a collapsible four-element Shinko Anastigmat 80/3.5.[6]
Notes
- ↑ Date: advertisements listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 337.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 74.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), item 100.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), lens item M3.
- ↑ Extract of a Marktplaats auction found in Google's cache.
- ↑ Four elements: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), lens item M3.
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 122.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7. Item 100.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.
