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The only reference to a '''Zessan''' is [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm this page by Nekosan]. It is said that it was a 127 film camera made by [[Riken]] before the war. This camera is not listed at Ricoh's corporate site. According to the picture displayed, it would be a 3x4 format camera, with a [[Seikosha]] Licht shutter and lens on a telescopic tube, and an accessory shoe.  
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The only reference to a '''Zessan''' is [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm this page by Nekosan]. It is said that it was a 127 film camera made by [[Riken]] before the war. This camera is not listed at Ricoh's corporate site. According to the picture displayed, it would be a 3x4 format camera, with a [[Seikosha]] [[Licht]] shutter and lens on a telescopic tube, and an accessory shoe.  
  
 
Note: Zessan is written 絶賛 and means "praise". Maybe there was a confusion about this camera name, because it is the kind of word likely to be used in a Japanese ad of that period (sometimes written 絶讃, seen in an ad for the [[Heil C]]).
 
Note: Zessan is written 絶賛 and means "praise". Maybe there was a confusion about this camera name, because it is the kind of word likely to be used in a Japanese ad of that period (sometimes written 絶讃, seen in an ad for the [[Heil C]]).

Revision as of 17:37, 27 April 2006

Template:127 Japan The only reference to a Zessan is this page by Nekosan. It is said that it was a 127 film camera made by Riken before the war. This camera is not listed at Ricoh's corporate site. According to the picture displayed, it would be a 3x4 format camera, with a Seikosha Licht shutter and lens on a telescopic tube, and an accessory shoe.

Note: Zessan is written 絶賛 and means "praise". Maybe there was a confusion about this camera name, because it is the kind of word likely to be used in a Japanese ad of that period (sometimes written 絶讃, seen in an ad for the Heil C).

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