The Pax are 35mm viewfinder and rangefinder cameras made by Yamato Kōki Kōgyō in the 1950s and 1960s. The main lenses seem to all be labelled "Luminor"; these could be supplemented by wide- tele-convertors.
Pax Models[]
- Pax 35
- Pax Junior (Pax Jr), also Tower 55B, viewfinder camera
- Pax M2
- Pax M3
- Pax M4
- Pax Ruby (also known as Konair Ruby, Ricsor, Sunscope and Rex)
- Tower 55, no rangefinder
- me35 4 u
Links[]
In English:
- Pax M3 in the Pacific Rim Photographica Pages
- Post with a Tower 55 at photo.net
- Pax M3 and user manual at Peter's Homepage
- Pax 35 user manual at butkus.org's Orphan Cameras
- Gold Pax repair at Robert Ian Axford's Camera Works
In Japanese:
- Pax series at doraDD's clacamera blog
- Pax M3 in Bal4u's camera blog
- Pax M4 at Aya's Camera
- Pax M4 at the Canon A-series site
In Chinese:
- Pax, Pax M2, Pax M3 and Pax M4 at www.ccc2000.net
In French and English:
- on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand