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Vintage 1950s Japanese Super Westomat 35 35mm Rangefinder Film Camera.
This was amongst my late fathers vast collection of cameras. It is untested but appears to be in good order. It is in good condition for its age and the shutter seems to be working but I am selling this as sold as seen for display purposes or for a camera collector.It will need a clean by a specialist if it is intended for use and I can not guarantee that it will work which is why its sold as seen.
Comes with it original leather case which is also in good working order.The Super Westomat 35 is a 35mm rangefinder made by Taisei Kki in the mid 50’s. There are two main variants of this camera, both with a coupled rangefinder : the first has a separate window for focussing (split image type) and the second has a combined view- and rangefinder (superimposed images type). – (I believe this is the second type )The second version was available with a 3.5/45 Terionon A. or a 2.8/45 Taikor lens. The rangefinder is operated by the wheel located on the lens barrel a la Kodak 35 RF. The shutter is a 6-speed N.W.S.
Taisei Kki K.K. () was a Japanese camera maker based in Itabashi, Tokyo in the 1950s.
The company was created in May 1949 by the merge of Narimasu Kki () and Daiy Kgaku (). (The name “Taisei” was formed of the first characters of the two former company names.)
The company may have at least some distant relation to the company Fuji Kgaku which existed until 1945. (Taisei Kki notably used the same Terionar brand name as the former Fuji Kgaku.)
All three companies Fuji Kgaku, Katsuma Kgaku and Taisei Kki used the Terionar lens name, and they have similar logos, showing a cemented doublet lens scheme, with a protuberance on top, maybe an allusion to Mount Fuji. The logo used by Taisei Kki on the Welmy range is written TAISEI WELMY.
All the shares of the company were bought in August 1960 by Konishiroku. By the time, the company had ceased to sell cameras under its own name. In 1968, it moved from Itabashi to a new factory in the city of Tsuru (, prefecture of Yamanashi). In 1972, the company name was turned into K.K. Yamanashi Konica (). In 1983, this was split into K.K. Konica Denshi (, Konica Electronics) and other sub-companies. The company Konica Minolta Electronics Co., Ltd., distant descendent of Taisei Kki, is still installed in the Tsuru factory.
Dispatched with Royal Mail 2nd Class signed for and insured.
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