unreferenced date June 2009 Infobox camera camera name Asahiflex image name Asahiflex IIb Model I.jpg type 35 mm SLR camera lens mount Interchangeable screw mount focus manual exposure manual flash hot shoe frame rate dimensions The Asahiflex was a 135 film 35mm single lens reflex camera built by the Asahi Optical Corporation later to become Pentax . It was the first SLR camera built in Japan . Asahi Optical introduced its first 35 mm camera in 1952. Unlike the majority of Japanese camera manufacturers of the time, Asahi made a conscious decision not to produce a mere German rangefinder copy, a relatively simple task. Instead Asahi decided to copy the Praktiflex, a 1939 design, made in the German Democratic Republic. Asahi s designers Nobuyuki Yoshida and Ryohei Suzuki were convinced of the inherent superiority of the SLR and so proceeded along these lines. This effort resulted in the Asahiflex I, which was also the first Japanese 35mm SLR. The Asahiflex I had a non interchangeable waist level viewfinder, with a direct optical viewfinder for eye level use. The Asahiflex I had a non returning mirror which, however, was directly coupled to the shutter button, so only when the shutter button was released the mirror returned to the down position and shutter speeds from 1 25 to 1 500. The camera used the M37 screw mount. The Asahiflex I went through some minor modifications for flash .... With the final model in the series, the IIA, the Asahiflex gained slow speeds from 1 25th of a second to 1 2 of a second. gallery Image Asahiflex IIb Model I 2.jpg Top view Asahiflex IIb Model I 72734 Image Asahiflex600.jpg 58mm f 2.4 Asahiflex IIA Image Top600.jpg Top view Asahiflex IIA 79346 gallery Asahiflex I 1952 1953 Asahiflex IA 1953 1954 Asahiflex IIB 1954 1956 Asahiflex IIA 1955 1957 See also commons category Asahiflex I commons category Asahiflex IIb commons category Asahiflex ... cameras ru Asahiflex II ... more details
to the development of Asahi Optical s first camera. The Screw mount cameras The Asahiflex Series main Asahiflex Asahi Optical introduced its first 35 mm camera in 1952. Asahi .... This effort resulted in the Asahiflex I , which was also the first Japan ese 35mm SLR. ref ... Prano of 1907. The Japanese Historical Camera, p.5. ref Image Asahiflex IIb Model I.jpg thumb The Asahiflex IIb The Asahiflex I had a non interchangeable waist level viewfinder, with a direct optical viewfinder for eye level use. The Asahiflex I had a non returning mirror and shutter speeds from 1 .... With the final model in the series, the IIA, the Asahiflex gained slow speeds from 1 25th of a second to 1 2 of a second. Asahiflex I 1952 1953 Asahiflex IA 1953 1954 Asahiflex IIB 1954 1956 Asahiflex IIA 1955 1957 Asahi Pentax Series pre Spotmatic main Asahi Pentax A recognized problem with the Asahiflex series was that, lacking a pentaprism, it was very difficult to use the camera in a vertical .... A third variation substitutes Asahiflex for reflex , which is at least logical as the Asahiflex cameras ... to the Pentax and its immediate predecessor, the Asahiflex IIb Microprism focusing aids on the focus ... had produced one million SLR cameras since the first Asahiflex of 1952. It took them only another three ... more details
update date February 2009 The following is a partial list of products Manufacturing manufactured under the Pentax brand . Cameras 135 film 35 mm Single lens reflex camera SLR cameras M37 Screw Mount Cameras using the M37 lens mount. Asahiflex Ia Asahiflex Ib Asahiflex IIa Asahiflex IIb M42 Screw Mount Cameras using the M42 lens mount , also known as the Pentax screw mount . Asahi Pentax Asahi Pentax SV Asahi Pentax SV Pentax H3v Asahi Pentax S1a Asahi Pentax S1a Pentax H1a Pentax Spotmatic Pentax SP500 Pentax SP1000 K Series These and the following series all use the Pentax K mount Pentax K lens mount . Pentax K1000 Pentax KM Pentax KX Pentax K2 Pentax K2DMD M Series Pentax ME Pentax ME F Pentax ME Super Pentax MG Pentax MV Pentax MV 1 Pentax MX L Series Pentax LX A Series Pentax A3 Pentax A3000 Pentax Program A Program Plus Pentax Super A Pentax Super A Super Program P Series Pentax P3 Program and manual flash bulb tripod ready shutter speeds of 1 1000 Pentax P3n 35mm film first made in 1988 Pentax P30 Pentax P30n Pentax P30T Pentax P50 Pentax P5 SF Series Pentax SFX Pentax SFXn Pentax SF7 Pentax SF7 SF10 Z PZ Series Pentax PZ 1 Z 1 Pentax PZ 1p Z 1p Pentax Z 5p Pentax Z 5 Pentax PZ 10 Z 10 Pentax PZ 20 Z 20 Pentax Z 50p Pentax PZ 70 Z 70 Pentax Z 10 MZ ZX Series Pentax MZ M ZX M Pentax MZ S Pentax MZ 3 Pentax MZ 5 ZX 5 Pentax MZ 5n ZX 5n Pentax MZ 6 ZX L Pentax MZ 7 ZX 7 Pentax MZ 10 ZX 10 Pentax MZ 30 ZX 30 Pentax MZ 50 ZX 50 Pentax MZ 60 ZX 60 ist Series Pentax ist Digital SLR cameras As of January 2011, 17 different bodies have been released. All the K Series bodies are using APS C 1.5x crop sensors. The exception is the Pentax 645D , which uses a larger medium format sensor. These are also using the Pentax K mount Pentax K lens mount . MZ Series Pentax MZ D prototype, did not reach production ist Series Pentax ist D Pentax ist DS Pentax ist DL Pentax ist DS2 Pentax ist DL2 K Series Pentax K100D Pentax K110D Pentax K10D Pentax K100D Super Pentax K200D Pentax K2 ... more details
The Canonflex is a Canon company Canon 135 film 35 mm Photographic film film single lens reflex SLR camera introduced in May 1959. Its standard lens is the Canon Camera Co. Super Canomatic R 50mm lens f 1.8 . The camera was in production for one year before it was replaced by the Canonflex R2000, adding a 1 2000 sec. shutter speed . History By the 1950s, the Japanese camera industry had turned their interest towards the 35 mm SLR camera, which to that point had been exclusively manufactured in Europe, and in particular in Dresden, Germany. The first Japanese 35 mm SLR camera was Asahiflex . It was soon followed by several manufacturers. The Miranda T camera Miranda T was launched in 1955. In 1958 Minolta and Topcon followed, while Nikon presented their Nikon F in 1959, by that time a supplier of rangefinder camera s based on the Contax concept. Canon had established itself as a 35 mm rangefinder camera manufacturer, featuring a wide variety of camera models and lenses using the Leica M39 lens mount 39mm standard lens mount . ref cite book title Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933 68 author Peter Dechert publisher Hove Foto Books, Hove year 1985,1989 isbn 0906447305 ref The first Canon SLR camera The Canonflex was introduced in May, 1959 by Canon of Tokyo, Japan. It is Canon s first 35 mm single lens reflex camera. Its standard lens is the Super Canomatic R 50mm f 1.8, using the first version of Canon s breech lock manual focus lens mount , which would evolve into the Canon FL and Canon FD lens mount Canon FD lens mounts over the next three decades. The Super Canomatic lens features fully automatic aperture operation, using two internal connections. ref cite book title The Register of 35mm Single Lens Reflex Cameras Second Ed. author Rudolph Lea publisher Wittig Books H ckelhoven year 1993 isbn 3889841309 ref Canomatic and R series lenses utilize semi automatic or manual diaphragms. Though the breech lock mount itself remained unchanged until the introduction of the EF le ... more details
introduced its first camera, the Asahiflex the first Japanese SLR using 35mm film . The name Pentax ..., the Asahiflex of 1952. The success of the Pentax series was such that the business eventually renamed ... Pentax Medical Company See also Asahi Pentax Asahiflex List of digital camera brands List of Pentax ... more details
Refimprove date June 2006 Image tak 200 35 ft.jpg thumb right Takumar 1 3.5 200mm Image with unknown copyright status removed Image tak 200 35 rr.jpg thumb right Takumar 1 3.5 200mm Image auto tak 35 35 ft.jpg thumb right Auto Takumar 1 3.5 35mm Image auto tak 35 35 bk.jpg thumb right Auto Takumar 1 3.5 35mm Image super tak 28 35 ft.jpg thumb right Super Takumar 1 3.5 28mm Image super tak 28 35 rr.jpg thumb right Super Takumar 1 3.5 28mm Takumar is the name that Pentax Asahi Optical gave to its Photographic lens lenses , notably but not exclusively those for its own Single lens reflex camera SLR cameras. Named after the Japanese American portrait painter, Niimi says , which has a wider and potentially grander meaning nihongo Takuma Kajiwara Kajiwara Takuma , ref ja icon Niimi Kahee , Kamera mei no gogen sanpo , Strolls in the etymology of camera names , 2nd ed. Tokyo Shashin K gy Shuppansha, 2002 ISBN 4 87956 060 X0, p.18 ref whose brother Kumao Kajiware founded Asahi Optical, ref Who Was Takuma Kajiwara? http www.pentaxforums.com forums search.php?searchid 5358146 ref the name adorned its lenses until 1975, when Asahi switched from the M42 lens mount M42 screw mount to the bayonet Pentax K mount K mount . K mount lenses were simply named SMC Pentax . The Takumar designation was used on lenses designed for Asahi s 35mm cameras, 6× 7 cameras, and for other purposes too. ref Pentax Lens Series overview http www.pentaxforums.com lensreviews ref Takumar lenses were made in M37 screwmount for the original Asahiflex cameras and continued into the M42 period. Auto Takumar lenses were a type of preset lens. The user selected an aperture then engaged a lever to energise the stopping down mechanism. The camera would then trip this mechanism when the shutter was fired. Super Takumar lenses featured an early form of lens coating to prevent flare and a more sophisticated stopping down mechanism. There was a switch on the lens to select Auto or ... more details
the Contax S of 1949 the first pentaprism Single lens reflex camera SLR File Asahiflex IIb Model I.jpg thumb right Asahiflex IIb, 1954 File Nikonf.jpg thumb Nikon F of 1959 the first system camera The first ... using 35mm film, the Asahiflex . Several other Japanese camera makers also entered the SLR market ... more details
SLR image. File Asahiflex600.jpg thumb 250px Asahiflex the first Single lens reflex camera camera ... Company took a different manufacturing path, inspired by the German SLRs. Its first model, the Asahiflex ... built 35mm SLR. The Asahiflex IIB of 1954 was the first Japanese SLR with an instant return mirror. Previously ... more details
SLR File Voigtlander Vito II Camera Digon3.jpg 1952 Voigtlander Vito II File Asahiflex600.jpg Asahiflex ... AgfaPhoto Aigo Aiptek Alpa Argus camera company Argus Asahiflex BenQ Bolex Carl Braun Camera Werk ... more details
camera gallery File Asahiflex600.jpg The 1952 Pentax Asahiflex , Japan s first single lens reflex ... developed the Asahiflex and in 1954, the Asahiflex IIB . In 1957, the Asahi Pentax combined the fixed ... more details
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