The Semi Ako (セミアコー) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folder, copy of the Ikonta with a folding optical finder and a body release.
It is advertised in 1941[1] by a company called Ako Shōkai[2] (AKO商會 in old writing, with uppercase letters). Two authorized dealers are also mentioned: Nihon Shōkai and Mizuno Shashinki-ten. There is a choice of two lens/shutter combinations:
- an Ako Anastigmat 75mm f:4.5 lens and a 5–200, T, B shutter for ¥74;
- an Ako Anastigmat 75mm f:3.5 lens and a 1–300, T, B shutter for ¥98.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Semi Ako, published in the Dec 1941 issue of Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 3.
- ↑ Its address at the time was Tōkyō, Kanda, Iwamoto-chō 18 (東京・神田・岩本町十八).
Printed bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 3.