Hi All,
Having just reached a birthday that you think will never come when your 21 a group of friends got together and bought me this camera as a gift to polish up, I have looked at it in the local antique store several times.
I am looking for information as to what anyone thinks it is and how old. The only labels are Made in Tokyo and the Japanese metal tag translates to Photo Specialised Tokyo Photo Material Company and gives an address in Tokyo for a building that had something to do with the Tokyo Photography Association.(Internet search found nothing)
The lens is a Voigtlander Braunschweig Collinear 1:6.3 F=31cm serial number shows produced in 1867. Has some serious fungus issues.
The screen and plate holder are 6”x 6”. The shutter still works but unfortunately the bellows have seen better days.
I have done numerous searches on the internet but have not found anything. Any information anyone has would be appreciated. I know it was imported into Melbourne Australia at some time and am trying to work out how it can have got from Tokyo to a small country town in North West Tasmania, Australia.
Thanks
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