Template:Japanese postwar 6×6 TLR (M–Z) The Sanonflex is a Japanese 6×6 TLR announced by the distributor Takasago Shōkai in early 1953.
The focusing is done by moving the front plate back and forth, and the film advance is controlled by red window. The camera can take 6×6cm and 4.5×6cm exposures. The lens is a 80/3.5, the synchronized shutter has B, 1–200 speeds and a self-timer.
The only source found so far is Kokusan kamera no rekishi, itself citing a column of the March 1953 issue of Ars Camera.[1] The camera was perhaps never sold.
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 524. (No advertisement is reproduced.)
The Sanonflex is not listed in Sugiyama.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.352.