Other Wide camera

Other Wide cameras

       
Minolta AutoWide (1958)
Minolta AutoWide Rokkor 1:2.8 f=35mm
Citizen MVL B,1-1/500
Illuminated frame finder
Zone focusing with pictorial symbols
Meter of autowide
Exposure is controled by adjusting
the needle matching type light meter
with a concentric knob on the back

Welmy Wide
welmy wide Taikor 1:3.5 f=35mm
New Welmy B, 1/30-1/300

Most inexpensive wide camera.
It was sold at 6000yen in 1958.

       
Walz Wide (1958)
walz wide Walzer 1:2.8 f=35mm (made by Nitto Kogaku)
Copal-X B,1-1/300
The body was based on the Walz 35 S

       
Ricoh Wide -2.4-
Ricoh Wide Ricoh S-Kominar 1:2.4 f=35mm
Seikosha MXL B, 1-1/500

The last boy on the scene came out in 1959.
Earlier bodies had no "-2.4-" inscription

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