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The '''Special Camera''' is a Japanese folding camera reportedly taking {{meishi}}-size (5.5×8cm) exposures on glass plates.<REF name="sugiyama 4070"> {{Sugiyama}}, item 4070. </REF> It is only known from a single example pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, where it is attributed to a company called "Best Camera Co.", for some reason.<REF name="sugiyama 4070" /> It might be related to the [[no-need-darkroom]] [[Best Camera (no-need-darkroom)|Special Best Camera]] pictured in the same source, and attributed to the same "Best Camera Co."

== Description ==
The camera itself is a regular plate folder with a wooden body. Its front standard is manually pulled out of the body and slid back and forth by hand on two rails for focusing. There is a distance scale and a [[brilliant finder]] on the photographer's left, and a handle at the top. The shutter plate is inscribed ''Special Camera'' above the lens, and has other markings, which are illegible on the available picture. The lens has a diaphragm; the aperture range reportedly goes from 6.3 to 32. The shutter is said to provide <u>B</u>ulb and <u>I</u>nstant exposures, and the word "Handol" is reportedly inscribed on the release lever, probably a typo for the English word "handle".

== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{Zukan}} Item 4070.

[[Category: Japanese 5.5x8 folding]]
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