View source for X (Sone)

{{Japanese plate folding bed}}
The '''X''' is a Japanese folding camera taking {{meishi}}-size (5.5×8cm) plates, made by Tokyo Camera Works, the manufacturing branch of [[Sone|Sone Shunsuidō]], in the late 1910s or early 1920s.

No original document mentioning the X has been found so far, and the only known surviving example is pictured in an article by Yazawa.<REF> Example pictured in Yazawa, pp.23–4 of {{KKS}} no.11. </REF> It has a wooden body, quite similar to that of the wooden [[Sweet]] but with folding struts on both sides. There is a focusing lever on the photographer's right, moving the bottom rails back and forth, and a crude distance scale inscribed ''<small>LANDSCAPE</small>'', ''<small>SKETCH</small>'' and ''<small>PORTRAIT</small>''. There is a rectangular logo attached to the left-hand side of the body, which is the same as found on the wooden [[Sweet]], and is said to be typical of [[Sone]].<REF> Typical of [[Sone]]: Yazawa, p.24 of {{KKS}} no.11. </REF> The bottom of the front standard has a nameplate inscribed ''<small>TRADE</small> X <small>MARK</small>''. The shutter has O, T, I settings (respectively for Time, Bulb and Instant), the shutter plate reads ''"X" AUTOMATIC'' at the bottom and has the words ''<small>MADE BY TOKYO CAMERA WORKS</small>'' under the lens. (Tokyo Camera Works was the name of the manufacturing branch of [[Sone|Sone Shunsuidō]] in the 1920s.)

== Notes ==
<references />

== Bibliography ==
* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Kamera 'X'" (カメラ"X", Camera "X"). {{KKS011}} Pp.23–4.

[[Category: Japanese 5.5x8 folding]]
[[Category: X]]