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* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.7.htm#hayashi Honestflex] in a page of the [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/ AJCC website] (beware, the Jokeflex pictured at the side is a joke)
 
* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.7.htm#hayashi Honestflex] in a page of the [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/ AJCC website] (beware, the Jokeflex pictured at the side is a joke)
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* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/VESTER_SPEC.htm Vesterflex specs] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera]
  
 
[[Category: Japanese 6x6 pseudo TLR]]
 
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Revision as of 14:19, 11 November 2007

Japanese pseudo TLR (edit)
Prewar and wartime models
4.5×6 Hansa Rollette Ref | Roll Light Ref | Union Ref
4×4 Pilot Ref (4×4)
3×4 Alma Baby Ref | Baby Ref | Baby Roll Ref | Chukon Ref | Clover Baby Ref | Mario Ref | Pilot Ref | Prince Baby Ref | Truth
Postwar models
6×6 Cometflex | Dox New Six | Elliotte | Flex-O-Cord | Honestflex | Koniken | Mikono Flex C | Oplen Junior | Palma Brilliant | Rionflex | Rosko Brilliant | Topflex | Vesterflex
4.5×6 Binox | Maruso Refe
4×4 Herlight
Japanese true TLR ->
Japanese 6×6, 4.5×6, 3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5 ->

The Honestflex is a Japanese 6×6 pseudo TLR, probably made in the 1950s. It is attributed to a company called Kafu Seiko Co., certainly after the lens markings.[1]

Description

The Honestflex is made of bakelite.[2] It is shaped as a TLR, with a viewing hood and a HONESTFLEX nameplate. The film is advanced by a knob on the photographer's right. The bottom film flange, for the supply spool, is on the same side; there is another film flange on the opposite side, facing the advance knob. The camera is fixed-focus, and the lenses are engraved Kafu Seiko Co. Torhi Coated 80mm with a serial number, which is perhaps a fake. The shutter gives B, 25, 50, 100 speeds. There is a fake aperture scale below the taking lens, reportedly going from 3.5 to 22.[3]

Notes

  1. Sugiyama, items 4150.
  2. Bakelite: Sugiyama, item 4150.
  3. 3.5 to 22: Sugiyama, item 4150.

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 801.
  • Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). Pp.82 and 88.
  • 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. Items 4150 and 4182–3.

Links

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