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Cameras made in Japan

Rokuoh-sha Pearlette (1940)

Rokuoh-sha Pearlette (1940)

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This is a Rokuoh-sha Pearlette, a compact folding camera in the “Vest Pocket” style, made by Rokuoh-sha which was part of Konishiroku, predecessor of Konica.  It was built in Yodobashi, Tokyo, Japan between the years 1925 to about 1947.  The Pearlette has an all metal body and folds using double…

May 2, 2023 May 2, 2023 Photography / Reviews  127 / Japan / Konica
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Nikon E2Ns (1996)

Nikon E2Ns (1996)

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This is a Nikon E2Ns, a digital SLR produced in joint cooperation between Nikon and Fuji in 1996.  The E2Ns is an update to the earlier E2 and E2S models from 1995 expanding the available ISO speeds and improving the camera’s speed.  All E2 models shared the same 2/3 inch…

April 4, 2023 April 4, 2023 Photography / Reviews  Digital / Japan / Nikon
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Mamiya Sketch (1959)

Mamiya Sketch (1959)

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This is a Mamiya Sketch, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Mamiya Optical Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, Japan in 1959.  The Sketch was the first ever Japanese camera to shoot 24mm x 24mm images on regular 35mm film, a format that would never gain popularity among Japanese photographers.  The Sketch…

March 28, 2023 March 28, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Mamiya
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Minolta-ER (1962)

Minolta-ER (1962)

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This is a Minolta-ER, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera produced by Chiyoda Kogaku Seiko K.K. in 1962.  The Minolta-ER was a milestone camera as it was the first Minolta SLR with automatic exposure and was also the company’s first and only leaf shutter SLR.  It offered shutter priority automatic…

March 21, 2023 March 21, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Minolta
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Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional (1997)

Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional (1997)

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This is a Fujifilm GA645Wi Professional, an advanced medium format point and shoot camera made in Japan by Fuji starting in 1997.  The GA645Wi was an updated version of the original GS645W, first introduced in 1983, featuring a 45mm wide angle lens, but adding almost every modern convenience such as…

February 14, 2023 February 14, 2023 Photography / Reviews  120 / 220 / Fuji / Japan
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Yashica J-3 (1963)

Yashica J-3 (1963)

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This is a Yashica J-3, a 35mm Single Lens Reflex camera made by Yashica Co., Ltd. in 1963.  It was an update to the earlier Yashica Penta J, adding a coupled CdS exposure meter and top plate readout, but retaining that model’s M42 screw mount.  The Yashica J-3 was an…

December 13, 2022 December 13, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Yashica
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Toa Koki Gelto DIII (1937)

Toa Koki Gelto DIII (1937)

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This is a Gelto DIII, a collapsible lens viewfinder camera made by Tōa Kōki Seisakusho starting in 1937 and produced until at least 1952.  The Gelto DIII shoots 3cm x 4cm images on 127 format roll film.  A large number of variations exist for the Gelto, some with leather covered…

December 6, 2022 December 6, 2022 Photography / Reviews  127 / Gelto / Japan
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Nikon F3 (1980)

Nikon F3 (1980)

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This is the Nikon F3, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku of Tokyo, Japan between the years 1980 and 2001, making it the longest list Nikon camera ever made and one of the longest ever produced cameras in history.  The Nikon F3 was the third in…

November 29, 2022 May 2, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Nikon
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Teraoka Auto Terra Super (1959)

Teraoka Auto Terra Super (1959)

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This is an Auto Terra Super, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by K.K. Teraoka Seikōjo in Japan between the years 1959 and 1960.  The Auto Terra Super was one of the last and most advanced in a line of Auto Terra cameras made between 1954 and 1960.  The signature feature…

November 22, 2022 January 8, 2023 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Teraoka
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Zenobia 35 F2 (1957)

Zenobia 35 F2 (1957)

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This is a Zenobia 35 F2, a 35mm rangefinder camera made by Zenobia Optical Co.,LTD of Japan between 1957 and 1958.  This version of the camera has an upgraded f/2 lens compared to a second model, simply called the Zenobia 35 that has a 46mm f/2.8 Zenobia O-Hesper lens, but…

November 4, 2022 November 7, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Zenobia
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Miranda A (1958)

Miranda A (1958)

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This is a Miranda A, a 35mm single lens reflex camera made by the Miranda Camera Company in Japan starting in 1958.  The Miranda A was the first Miranda camera to have a film advance lever, instead of a knob, but still shared many characteristics of their earlier models such…

October 25, 2022 October 25, 2022 Photography / Reviews  35mm / Japan / Miranda
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Sankyo Kohki Komura 500mm f/7

Sankyo Kohki Komura 500mm f/7

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In my last lens review for the Schneider-Kreuznach Tele-Xenar 135mm f/3.5 in April 2021, I mention that I do not try, nor do I want, to review lenses.  However, in this hobby, sometimes a lens shows up in a box, or in the deep bowels of the online marketplace that…

October 20, 2022 October 20, 2022 Photography / Reviews  Japan / Komura / Lens
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    What a fabulous review. Like you say - who in 1959...
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