Yashica: Mat is a Camera, and A series of Classic
The first Yashica TLR with crank advance was the Yashica-Mat, released in 1957. The earliest models are equipped with a 75-mm 3.5 Lumaxar taking lens and a 75-mm 3.2 Lumaxar viewing lens, succeeded by 80-mm lenses with the same specifications. According to some authorities (most notably Mark Hama, who formerly worked in a Yashica factory), the Lumaxar was manufactured for Yashica in West Germany; according to others, it was made in Japan by Tomioka. The lens, a four-element design said to be of the Tessar type, was later re-named Yashinon. The Yashica-Mat’s shutter speeds are marked according to the older system (1/25, 1/50 etc.) and range from B to 1/500 second. (Note: the cable release is of the “Leica nipple” style which is also used on subsequent models ).
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Beautyflex
The Beautyflex are a series of Japanese 6×6 TLR cameras made by Taiyōdō Kōki, later Beauty Camera.
Bibliography
- Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten (私の二眼レフカメラ展, Exhibition of twin lens reflex cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 26.
Links
In Dutch:
In Japanese:
- Beautyflex V and Beautyflex T at Otowa no nigan-refu
- Beautyflex in a TLR page in Diwa’s photo site
- Beautyflex V and T at Infobazar
- Beautyflex V at Awane-Photo’s camera museum
- Beautyflex in a post [1] of the Junk Binbō blog
- Beautycord at Shashin wo tanoshimu
In Chinese:
In English;
- Beautyflex on Westfordcomp.com [2]
via Beautyflex – Camera-wiki.org – The free camera encyclopedia.
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