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The '''Walcon''' was a 4.5×6 folding camera sold by [[Walz]]. It is only known from a 1954 advertisement shown [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/cat_911880.html on this page] (second ad posted 2005/08/04), where it was advertised as a new product. It was announced with a [[Nitto Kogaku|Kominar]] 75/3.5 lens and a [[Copal]] B-1-300 synchronized shutter, for ¥11,000, case included. The ad's picture showed a vertical style folding camera, with the optical finder enclosed in a top housing, an accessory shoe and body release. It was embossed ''WALCON'' in the front leather. | The '''Walcon''' was a 4.5×6 folding camera sold by [[Walz]]. It is only known from a 1954 advertisement shown [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/cat_911880.html on this page] (second ad posted 2005/08/04), where it was advertised as a new product. It was announced with a [[Nitto Kogaku|Kominar]] 75/3.5 lens and a [[Copal]] B-1-300 synchronized shutter, for ¥11,000, case included. The ad's picture showed a vertical style folding camera, with the optical finder enclosed in a top housing, an accessory shoe and body release. It was embossed ''WALCON'' in the front leather. | ||
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+ | A '''Walcon 6''' 6×6 folding camera has also been observed (see [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/html/p119.html here]). It had a horizontal style folding body, one red window with sliding cover in the back and maybe some sort of exposure counter under the advance knob. The lens was a Kominar 7.5cm/3.5 and the shutter was an F-synchronized Copal. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
+ | In English: | ||
+ | * [http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00BP1A A post by Peter Evans at photo.net] gives some info about the Waltax, Walz, Walcon names (''to be explored'') | ||
+ | In Japanese: | ||
+ | * [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/html/p119.html Walcon 6 repair notes] at [http://kans1948.zero-yen.com/ Kan's Room], with sample pictures | ||
+ | Original documents: | ||
* [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/cat_911880.html Japanese postwar ads, mostly from 1954] | * [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/cat_911880.html Japanese postwar ads, mostly from 1954] | ||
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[[Category: 4.5x6 folding]] | [[Category: 4.5x6 folding]] | ||
+ | [[Category: 6x6 folding]] | ||
[[Category: Japan]] | [[Category: Japan]] | ||
[[Category: W]] | [[Category: W]] |
Revision as of 13:46, 27 May 2006
The Walcon was a 4.5×6 folding camera sold by Walz. It is only known from a 1954 advertisement shown on this page (second ad posted 2005/08/04), where it was advertised as a new product. It was announced with a Kominar 75/3.5 lens and a Copal B-1-300 synchronized shutter, for ¥11,000, case included. The ad's picture showed a vertical style folding camera, with the optical finder enclosed in a top housing, an accessory shoe and body release. It was embossed WALCON in the front leather.
A Walcon 6 6×6 folding camera has also been observed (see here). It had a horizontal style folding body, one red window with sliding cover in the back and maybe some sort of exposure counter under the advance knob. The lens was a Kominar 7.5cm/3.5 and the shutter was an F-synchronized Copal.
Links
In English:
- A post by Peter Evans at photo.net gives some info about the Waltax, Walz, Walcon names (to be explored)
In Japanese:
- Walcon 6 repair notes at Kan's Room, with sample pictures
Original documents: