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The Japanese company [[Nishida]] made a number of folders called '''Wester''' (ウエスター) in the 1940s and 1950s. ''See also the 4.5×6 [[Wester (wartime 4.5×6)|wartime Wester]] and the 4.5×6 [[Semi Wester (postwar)|postwar Semi Wester]].''

The '''Wester Chrome Six''' was a simple viewfinder model. The '''Wester Chrome Six R''' was a variant with an uncoupled rangefinder, some had a [[Zuiko]] F.C. 75/3.5 lens.

The '''Super Wester''' had helical focusing and a coupled rangefinder. The '''Wester S2''' and '''Wester Autorol''' (ウエスターオートロール) added automatic film advance, dispensing with the red windows.

The '''Wester Atlasix''' was another simple viewfinder model. The lens was a Welcon 7.5cm f/4.5 with a shutter speed to 1/300.

The '''Fodor Six''' was a name variant of the Wester Atlasix, rebadged for the Dutch distributor [[Fodor]], with the same Welcon 7.5cm f/4.5 lens.


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== Bibliography ==
* {{Showa10}} Items 387–93 and 1124.
* {{Lewis}} Pp.83 and 86 (brief mentions only).
* {{McKeown12}} P.738.
* {{Zukan}} Items 1439–44.

{{Japanese Six postwar}}


== Links ==
In English:
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070827075253/http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~mino-t/mf_wester/mfwester_eng.htm Wester S2 in English] and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070114115112/http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~mino-t/mf_wester/mfwester.htm original Japanese version], at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070602214137/http://www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~mino-t/ Takahara Minoru's website] (archived)
* [http://www.pbase.com/wirrah/image/81218335 Wester Atlasix] in [http://www.pbase.com/wirrah Greg Christies' pbase gallery]
In Japanese:
* [http://endoscopy.jp/moto/camera/camera_repair/wester6/index.html Wester Chrome Six repair notes] at [http://endoscopy.jp/moto/camera/ Takasaki Motohiro's camera site]
* [http://arcticchar.exblog.jp/2246660/ Wester Chrome Six in a post by Arcticchar] at his [http://arcticchar.exblog.jp/ Fishing Diary blog]
* [http://clacamera.exblog.jp/i8 Super Wester] at [http://clacamera.exblog.jp/ doraDD's clacamera blog]
* [http://aya3photo.sakura.ne.jp/aya-2/wester-autorol_ca.html Wester Autorol] at [http://aya3photo.sakura.ne.jp/ Aya's camera site]
* [http://minosan05.cocolog-nifty.com/syasin/2006/04/index.html Wester Autorol recorded by Minosan], at [http://minosan05.cocolog-nifty.com/ Minosan's blog]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817225031/http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~hoshisf/newpage15.html Wester Autorol], brief mention with one picture, at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110817225320/http://www7.ocn.ne.jp/~hoshisf/ Glossostigma's website] (archived)
* Wester Autorol in the [http://www.jmcy.co.jp/goto/yamada/Y061021/P001_099.html first page] of the [http://www.jmcy.co.jp/goto/yamada/ Yamada Camera Museum]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20181107063121/http://www.geocities.jp/wwsada/camera/2b/2-waltax-01L Wester 6×6 folder] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20181106091410/http://www.geocities.jp/wwsada/sonota.html Itō Sadanobu's camera collection] (archived)

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