Vesten
The Vesten (ベステン)[1] is a Japanese camera taking 4×5cm exposures on 127 film. No surviving example has surfaced so far and the camera is only known from Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
The camera was mentioned in the Template:Kakaku1940 short listing the official prices as of October 25, 1940, under the name "Star Vesten" (¥125), with no further detail.[2]
Advertisements dated December 1940 and January 1941 were inserted by the distributor Ueda Shashinki-ten.[3] No picture of the camera is shown and it is not known if it has a folding or rigid body. The advertising text mentions auto-stop advance, an f/3.5 lens and a Star-Rapid shutter with 1s low speed. The top speed is not mentioned but it is probably 1/500.[4] The price was ¥125, as indicated in the first advertisement.
Notes
- ↑ The name "Vesten" is unsure: it could as well be "Besten", "Besuten" or another variation.
- ↑ Template:Kakaku1940 short, type 1, section 10.
- ↑ Advertisements published in Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 72 and 77.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 341.
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 238. (See also the advertisements for items 108 and 136.)
- Template:Kakaku1940
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.