Editing (section) Tomy 0 You are not logged in. The rich text editor does not work with JavaScript switched off. Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1"> Concept </h2> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">The <b>Tomy</b> is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera with an unusual design. It has a folded light path, the rays emerging from the lens being reflected by two mirrors before hitting the film. The purpose is to make a compact yet rigid camera with a standard 75mm lens. The same design is also used in another contemporary Japanese camera, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Rich-Ray-6%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Rich-Ray-6%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRich-Ray-6%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-20083940805df34b8a4d20a" href="/wiki/Rich-Ray-6" title="Rich-Ray-6">Rich-Ray-6</a>. In <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22external%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22this%20page%20by%20Nekosan%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.cameraguild.jp%5C%2Fnekosan%5C%2Fpatent.html%22%2C%22linktype%22%3A%22text%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5Bhttp%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.cameraguild.jp%5C%2Fnekosan%5C%2Fpatent.html%20this%20page%20by%20Nekosan%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-20083940805df34b8a4d20a" rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/patent.html">this page by Nekosan</a>, the two cameras are presented side by side, showing the design similarity and revealing that they share the same patent number. </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Another camera, the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Cyclope%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Cyclope%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCyclope%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="211208-20083940805df34b8a4d20a" href="/wiki/Cyclope" title="Cyclope">Cyclope</a>, also used two mirrors to fold the light path between the lens and the film. This French camera was announced in 1950, two years before the Tomy; even if the design differs, it is possible that the inventor of the Tomy was inspired by the Cyclope. </p><p /> <!-- Saved in parser cache with key camerapedia:rte-parser-cache:5603 --> Loading editor Below are some commonly used wiki markup codes. Simply click on what you want to use and it will appear in the edit box above. Insert: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ≤ ≥ ± − × ÷ ← → · § Sign your username: ~~~~ Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT [[]] <s></s> <sup></sup> <sub></sub> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref> {{Reflist}} <references/> <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> {{DEFAULTSORT:}} <nowiki></nowiki> <!-- --> <span class="plainlinks"></span> Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • ¶ # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ∞ ‘ “ ’ ” «» ¤ ₳ ฿ ₵ ¢ ₡ ₢ $ ₫ ₯ € ₠ ₣ ƒ ₴ ₭ ₤ ℳ ₥ ₦ № ₧ ₰ £ ៛ ₨ ₪ ৳ ₮ ₩ ¥ ♠ ♣ ♥ ♦ View this template This field is a spam trap. DO NOT fill it in! Edit summary Preview Mobile Desktop Show changes