Echo 8 and Camera-Lite

The Echo 8 is a combination of camera and cigarette lighter, made by Suzuki from 1951. The Camera Lite is a simplified version, made around 1955.

Suzuki Optical Co. Camera Lite Model II. Pictures by Andrys Stienstra. (Image rights)

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. Items 977–8 and 1131 (see also the pictures on pp.17 and 438).
• Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), ISBN 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.76.
• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.909–10.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 5020–1 and 5031–2.

Links

In English:

• Camera-lite and Echo 8 cameras at submin.com
• Past auctions by Westlicht Photographica Auction:
  • Echo 8, lot no.456 of auction no.1 (November 15, 2002)
  • Echo 8, lot no.559 of auction no.12 (November 17, 2007)
  • Camera Lite, lot no.610 of auction no.6 (November 6, 2004)
  • Camera Lite, lot no.610 and lot no.611 of auction no.8 (November 27, 2005)
  • Camera Lite, lots no.744–5 of auction no.9 (May 20, 2006)
  • Camera Lite, lots no.603–4 of auction no.10 (November 18, 2006)
  • Camera Lite (gold), lot no.560 of auction no.12 (November 17, 2007)
  • Camera Lite among other Japanese subminiature cameras, lot no.505 of auction no.17 (May 29, 2010)

In English and Japanese:

• Camera Lite among subminiature cameras in Nekosan's website

In Swedish:

• Camera Lite, lot no.431, and Sterling silver model, lot no.432 of auction no.31 (2 November 2008) by LP Foto

In Japanese:

• Echo 8 and Camera Lite by Masaharu Saito at Minomushi no heya