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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'''<REF> Zessan can be written 絶賛, and then it means "praise". <!-- Maybe there is a confusion about this camera name, because it is the kind of word likely to be used in a Japanese ad of that period. It is sometimes written 絶讃, as seen in an ad for the [[Heil C]].--> </REF> is [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm this page of Nekosan's website]. It is said to be a 127 film camera made before the war by Riken Kōgaku Kōgyō (today [[Ricoh]]). This camera is not listed in the [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/index.html camera list] of the [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/ Ricoh official website]. According to the picture displayed, it is a 3&times;4 format camera, the lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube, the shutter is a [[Seikosha]] [[Licht]] and there is 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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== Notes ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm Japanese prewar 127 film cameras], including the Zessan, at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]
 
* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/9909.htm Japanese prewar 127 film cameras], including the Zessan, at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 16:19, 27 July 2006

Template:127 Japan The only reference to a Zessan[1] is this page of Nekosan's website. It is said to be a 127 film camera made before the war by Riken Kōgaku Kōgyō (today Ricoh). This camera is not listed in the camera list of the Ricoh official website. According to the picture displayed, it is a 3×4 format camera, the lens and shutter assembly is mounted on a telescopic tube, the shutter is a Seikosha Licht and there is an accessory shoe.

Notes

  1. Zessan can be written 絶賛, and then it means "praise".

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