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- OBJECT TYPE
- SLR/35MM/WAIST-LEVEL
- DATE
- 1955–1957
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.0828.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Asahi Optical Co.
- MODEL
- ASAHIFLEX IIA
- LOCATION
- Tokyo, Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL BODY COVERED WITH LEATHER (?)/ GLASS LENS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 7.3 cm
- Width
- 14.5 cm
- Height
- 8.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pentax
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Tokyo
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
TO RECORD STILL IMAGES - Technical
-
FIRST SLR TO USE INSTANT - RETURN MIRROR - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MODEL NAME STAMPED IN BLACK ON FRONT/ MFR'S INITIALS STAMPED ON VIEWFINDER COVERING IN BLACK/ LENS AND MFR'S NAME AND NUMBER STAMPED IN WHITE AROUND LENS
- Missing
- NONE; BUT LENS IS NOT ORIGINAL
- Finish
- BLACK PEBBLED LEATHER. BRUSHED ALUMINUM TOP AND LENS MOUNTING BOARD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Asahi Optical Co., Camera, circa 1955–1957, Artifact no. 1981.0828, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.0828.001/
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