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Welmy Six W --- Back & Top
Welmy Six W notice Green viewfinders
The Welmy Six W, E, L models are viewfinder-only 6×6cm folding cameras made by Taisei Kōki 1951~3. The Mount Six is a name variant of the Welmy Six E, and the Mount Six III is a version with an uncoupled rangefinder.
Welmy Six W 6x6cm Folder:
-No.21,319 & 33,842 Both Serviced & Cleaned & Owned by Eastwestphoto:
- Strap lugs under top deck Only on the W model
-Later variants " Green Frogeyes" said to be of 1953; BUT 1953 serial numbers are in the 75,000+ range on Model Six E, so may be earlier build?
-Unique two Green tinted viewfinders, optical direct front Viewfinder and optical brillant top down upside down green and bright reflex viewfinder.
-Drop down Horizontal bed with a back of a Single red window, with slide cover
-Welmy Terionar 75mm F:3.5 no.40550 in meters & Light Blue Coating (early). Unmarked B, 1~200th shutter in Black enameled bezel design.
-Welmy stamped Three section struts.
-Raised high chrome film wind Knob of quality
-Early synch post design for flashbulbs with red insulator
-Conical high chrome design winding knob, w/red arrow
-WELMY-SIX MODEL E:
-No strap Lugs under the top deck
-Early Variant- round windows with rectangular inserts of clear optical galss
-Shutters are marked Welmy B,1~200th & Taisei koki co ltd w/ASA flash synch
-Welmy Terionar F=75mm 1:3.5. #105,752
-Welmy-Six written in Cursive on top teck with serial Number of camera.
-EP in diamond logo in accessory shoe, winding knob NOT conical shaped as W model , heavily seratted edging , satin chrome. Known serial range based on models 75,000~85,000
- variations in bezel designs on winding knobs chrome & black round lines & other film spool top deck side, w/chrome & black paint.
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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. Items 395–7 and 845.
- 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.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp.910–1.
- Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.27.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 1366 and 1433–7.
Links[]
In English:
In Japanese:
- Welmy 6 at Puppy's Island
- Welmy Six E and Welmy Six L at Japan Family Camera
- Welmy Six E and Welmy Six L at Itō Sadanobu's camera collection
- Welmy Six at Pocketable History by J. Noir
In French:
- Taisei Koki Welmy Six E on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand
In Spanish:
- Welmy Six at Historia de Bolsillo by J. Noir