Windsor 35
Note that the name Windsor is also used on a Diana clone.
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| 1953 Windsor 35 image by AWCam (Image rights) |
The Windsor 35 is a 35mm coupled rangefinder camera made in Japan, originally by Tōkō Shashin (TKC logo; later called the Windsor Camera Co.),[1] c.1953. There were two models. The original 1953 has the accessory shoe in a flat area on top of the rangefinder housing; in the later 1954 model, the higher part of the top housing surrounds the shoe. The shutter is either an NKS (as ppictured here) giving speeds from 1-1/200 second puls 'B', with a PC socket and self-timer, a TKS (perhaps for Tōkō Shashin), also 1-1/200 second, with ASA or PC flash synchronisation, or a Velex 1-1/200 with a PC socket; the later models only have the Velex. The lens is a Color-Sygmar 50mm f3.5; a four element lens.[1]
The 1957 Windsor II is similar, but with a restyled, flatter top plate and a Velex shutter running to 1/300.
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| Rear image by AWCam (Image rights) |
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| top image by AWCam (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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). p999. Listed under 'Windsor Camera Co.'
Links
In Japanese:
- Windsor 35 in the Fukucame Rangefinder website
- Windsor in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- Windsor in the Hibi omou koto blog
- Windsor in the W page of the A–Z 35mm rangefinder cameras at Asacame
- Windsor 35 at Forester's Junk Camera website
- Windsor 35 at Shashinki Shūri Kōbō
