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Revision as of 04:47, 8 August 2006
Template:127 Japan The Tsubasa Arawashi[1] (ベビー・オーソ) is a 3×4 camera made by the Japanese company Optochrom in 1939–40.
It has a tubular optical finder centered on the top plate. The advance knob is at the bottom right of the body. The latter is surely metallic.
The Tsubasa Arawashi is advertised in 1939 in two variants:
- f:6.3 lens and Tsubasa B, 25–100 shutter (¥20);
- f:4.5 lens and Tsubasa T, B, 25–150 shutter (¥30).
The lens name is New Gold in an advertisement dated June[2] and Lucomar in another dated September[3].
The camera is still advertised in 1940[4], in both f:6.3 and f:4.5 variants. They are offered at the same price as before but the shutter speeds are not precised.
The Tsubasa Arawashi also appears in a later Japanese catalogue[5], together with the Tsubasa Chrome, Olympic Four and Vest Olympic. The only variant offered has B, 25, 50, 100 speeds and a Lucomar f:6.3 lens, and the price is ¥25 — case ¥6.70 extra.
Notes
- ↑ Arawashi means "wild eagle" or "ace pilot"; it can be written as 荒鷲 but it appears in katakana (アラワシ) in advertisements seen so far.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Arawashi, published in the June 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 148.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Arawashi and Tsubasa Super Semi, published in the September 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 148 and item 149.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa II Super Semi and Tsubasa Arawashi, published in the April 1940 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 150.
- ↑ Observed at a Yahoo Japan auction
Printed 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 148–50.
