Angel Six

Japanese Six (6×6)

Postwar models (edit)
folding
Aires Viceroy \| Angel Six \| Aram Six \| Astoria Super Six \| Atom Six \| Balm Six \| Baron \| Beauty Six (1950) \| Beauty Six (1953) \| Calm Six \| Carl Six \| Centre Six \| Crown \| Crystar Six \| Daido Six \| Dorima Six \| Doris Six \| Ehira Six \| Elbow Six \| First Six \| Flora Six \| Fodor Six \| Frank Six \| Fujica Six \| Super Fujica Six \| Futami Six \| Gotex \| Grace Six \| Kohken Chrome Six \| Kyowa Six \| Liner Six \| Lyra Six \| Mamiya Six \| Middl Six \| Mihama Six \| Mine Six \| Minon Six \| Mizuho Six \| Motoka Six \| Mount Six \| Muse Six \| Super Naiku \| Ofuna Six \| Olympus Six \| Olympus Chrome Six \| Orion Six \| Oscar Six \| Pigeon Six \| Planet \| Please Six \| Pluto Six \| Poppy Six \| Press Van \| Proud Chrome Six \| Proud Super Six \| Renown Six \| Ricoh Six \| Ruvikon \| Ruvinal \| Sanon Six \| Silver Six \| Sisley 1 \| Sisley 2 & 3 \| Sister Six \| Tenar Six \| Toho Six \| Tomic \| Toyoca Six \| Ugein Six \| Wagen Six \| Walcon 6 \| Welmy Six \| Wester \| Windsor Six
rigid or collapsible
Dia Six \| Ehira Chrome Six \| Enon Six \| Flora \| Flashline \| Fujipet \| Harmony \| Mikono-6 \| Orion \| Ponix \| Rich-Ray-6 \| Shumy \| Weha Chrome Six
Japanese 6×6 TLR, pseudo TLR and medium format SLR ->
Japanese Semi (4.5×6) and older 6×9 ->

The Angel Six (エンゼルシックス) is a Japanese 6×6 folding camera, attributed to Tōkai Shashin-yōhin, probably a distributor only.^[1] It was briefly announced in a column of the November 1953 issue of Ars Camera.^[2] It is said to take both 6×6cm and 4.5×6cm exposures, to have manual film advance via red windows, a front-cell focusing Angel 75/3.5 lens and a synchronized NKS shutter (B, 1–200, self-timer).^[3] No picture of the camera has been observed so far, and no surviving example is known yet. An Angel Six was purchased at a Goodwill shop in Indianapolis, Indiana in 2013. In fair to poor cosmetic condition, it is fully functional at all shutter speeds and has a functional self timer.

Notes[]

↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348. Lewis, p.83, says "Takai Photo Products", probably by mistake.
↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.
↑ All features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.

Bibliography[]

Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. 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. Item 426.
Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), ISBN 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.83 (brief mention only).

The Angel Six is not listed in Sugiyama.

[1] Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348. Lewis, p.83, says "Takai Photo Products", probably by mistake.

[2] Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.

[3] All features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.348.

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