Slick
The Slick[1] is a Japanese camera taking 3×4cm exposures on 127 film. It is only known from an entry in Sugiyama. It is said that it was made around 1943 by Tōa Kōki.[2]
Description of the body
The Slick seems to have a bakelite body. There is a telescopic tube supporting the lens and shutter assembly.
The advance knob is at the left end of the top plate and there is a smaller knob on the right. The tubular finder is in the middle.
The back is hinged to the right.
Lens and shutter equipment
The only known example of the Slick has a 50mm f/6.3 lens simply marked SLICK and an everset shutter giving B, 25, 50, 100 speeds, selected by turning the rim. The aperture is selected by an index at the bottom. The shutter plate is marked Slick at the top and Sugiyama at the bottom, with an S logo in a circle on the right.
Notes
Bibliography
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 4069.
This camera is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
