The Tsubasa (ツバサ) is perhaps a Japanese subminiature camera. It is only mentioned in the official list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941, where it is classified in the same category as the Mycro and New Midget II, for ¥19.[1] Its existence is not confirmed, and the document might contain a mistake or a confusion with medium-format cameras made by Kigawa under the Tsubasa brand.
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- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no kōtei kakaku", type 5, section 6A.
Bibliography[]
- "Kokusan shashinki no kōtei kakaku" (国産写真機の公定価格, Set prices of the Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of October 25, 1940 and setting the retail prices from December 10, 1940. Published in Asahi Camera January 1941 and reproduced in 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. Pp.108—9. Type 5, section 6A.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama nor in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.