Tsubasa Chrome
Template:127 Japan The Tsubasa Chrome (ツバサ・クローム) was a dual format camera, taking both 4x6.5cm and 3x4cm format pictures on 127 film, made by the Japanese company Optochrom. Its lens and shutter assembly was mounted on a telescopic tube. There was a tubular optical finder, with delimitations for both formats. The leatherette was embossed TSUBASA on the left of the body. No focusing device is visible, maybe it was fixfocus.
It has been observed with a Lucomar Anastigmat 75/6.3 lens and a T-B-150-100-50-25 shutter marked WING ANCHOR at the top, MADE IN JAPAN at the bottom with a logo at the right (NE in a circle). Two variants have been observed:
- no shutter release visible, maybe the shutter is everset or only a soft release can be used (see at Mediajoy Cla_came)
- body release (at least there is a button on the body, pictured in McKeown)
It appeared in a 1938 ad (appeared in 9/1938 issue of Asahi Camera, visible at this page) as the Tsubasa Chrome New (ツバサ・クローム新型, means "New Model"). There is a body release in the picture, this might be the signification of the "new model". It was offered with a Tsubasa shutter, speeds maybe T-B-25-50-100-150 (barely readable). The lens name was maybe Lucomar (barely readable in the ad, but name observed on the cameras). The price was 25 yen with a f/6.3 (probably) lens, and 34 yen with a f/4.5 lens. The case was sold for 5 yen. On the ad's picture, the shutter plate could be the same as described above. Another Japanese catalogue, probably from 1942, listed the Tsubasa Chrome for 40 yen, with a Lucomar f/6.3 lens and a Tsubasa T-B-25-100-150 shutter (1/50 speed omitted maybe by mistake). The case was in supplement for 6.70 yen.
