Zessan
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 Seikōsha Licht and there is an accessory shoe.
Notes
- ↑ Zessan can be written 絶賛, and then it means "praise".
Links
In Japanese:
- Japanese prewar 127 film cameras, including the Zessan, at Nekosan's website
- Advertisement for the Riken cameras picturing the Zessan (first camera from the top), published in the February 1941 issue of Gakusei no Kagaku, reproduced in the camera company page of the Gochamaze website
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