The Semi Luck (セミラック) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera, made in 1951 and 1952 by Fujimoto. The viewfinder is contained in a top housing, with flush knobs and accessory shoe. The top housing is to the right when the camera held vertically by the photographer, it is the reverse of the usual arrangement for 4.5×6 folders.
The Semi Luck appears in the new products column of the October 1951 issue of the magazine Camera Fan.[1] An advertisement in the February 1952 issue of Asahi Camera[2] offers the Semi Luck for ¥14,000 — case extra ¥1,100. The lens is an Adonis 7.5cm f/3.5 and the shutter a synchronized NKS with self-timer. The company name is given both as Fujimoto Shashinki Seisakusho (藤本写真機製作所) and as Fujimoto Camera Works (藤本カメラワークス).
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 371. The 1950 date indicated in the history page of the Fujimoto official website is thus one year too early.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 205.
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 990.
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