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The first Waltax model has a folding optical finder and a key to wind the film. | The first Waltax model has a folding optical finder and a key to wind the film. | ||
− | Wartime advertisements for the Waltax{{ref|2}} show a 4.5×6 folder copied on the [[Ikonta A]], with a folding optical finder, offered for ¥185 (a case is sometimes offered for an extra ¥7.70). The two distributors are [[Nihon Shōkai]] and the wholesale branch of Honjō Shōkai (本庄商会卸部) | + | Wartime advertisements for the Waltax{{ref|2}} show a 4.5×6 folder copied on the [[Ikonta A]], with a folding optical finder, offered for ¥185 (a case is sometimes offered for an extra ¥7.70). The two distributors are [[Nihon Shōkai]] and the wholesale branch of Honjō Shōkai (本庄商会卸部). |
Another wartime ad, from the 3 Mar 1943 issue of ''Asahi Graph'' (visible [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm here]), showed a model with folding optical finder, offered with a Kolex Anastigmat 7cm/3.5 lens, said to be of Tessar type, and a Dabit Super 1–500, B, T shutter with body release. The price was ¥185, and the case cost an additional ¥7.70. The company names were the same as in the previous ad. | Another wartime ad, from the 3 Mar 1943 issue of ''Asahi Graph'' (visible [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm here]), showed a model with folding optical finder, offered with a Kolex Anastigmat 7cm/3.5 lens, said to be of Tessar type, and a Dabit Super 1–500, B, T shutter with body release. The price was ¥185, and the case cost an additional ¥7.70. The company names were the same as in the previous ad. |
Revision as of 16:01, 20 June 2006
The Waltax is a series of Japanese 4.5×6 folders, whose body is copied from the Ikonta A. Some of them were made by Okada, and some sources[1] say that other Waltax cameras were made by Daiichi.
The first Waltax model has a folding optical finder and a key to wind the film.
Wartime advertisements for the Waltax[2] show a 4.5×6 folder copied on the Ikonta A, with a folding optical finder, offered for ¥185 (a case is sometimes offered for an extra ¥7.70). The two distributors are Nihon Shōkai and the wholesale branch of Honjō Shōkai (本庄商会卸部).
Another wartime ad, from the 3 Mar 1943 issue of Asahi Graph (visible here), showed a model with folding optical finder, offered with a Kolex Anastigmat 7cm/3.5 lens, said to be of Tessar type, and a Dabit Super 1–500, B, T shutter with body release. The price was ¥185, and the case cost an additional ¥7.70. The company names were the same as in the previous ad.
The ad's background was a map of Southeast Asia and it was announced that the Waltax was rapidly expanding in the Southern Coprosperity Sphere, a Japanese expression designating the Asian territories that they were occupying (南方共榮圏ニ躍進スルワルタックス).
Here is a list of variants as it appears in McKeown:
- Waltax (I) under Okada
- Waltax I under Daiichi, as all the following models
- Waltax Acme, with a rangefinder
- Waltax Junior, with top housing
- Waltax Senior, with top housing
Contents
Notes
- ↑ For example McKeown.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Waltax, published in the Apr 1942 issue of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 345. — Advertisement for the Waltax, visible in Nostalgic Camera, a page of old Japanese ads by Toshio Inamura, originally published between 1942 and 1945. — Template:Gochamaze
Printed sources
- 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 345.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pages 239 and 745.
Web sources
- Advertisement for the Waltax, visible in Nostalgic Camera, a page of old Japanese ads by Toshio Inamura, originally published between 1942 and 1945.
- Template:Gochamaze
Links
In French:
In Japanese:
In Chinese:
- Okako Waltax, one big picture