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Post by alexkerhead on Jul 25, 2008 23:55:40 GMT -5
This is the coolest little camera I have seen!.. I got it today for $25, and after fiddling with it for a while, I thought it didn't work, but I wanted it either way.  I downloaded the instruction manual and felt like a idiot reading how to get it working WITHOUT FILM. I am used to normal non-firing mechanisms, but this komaflex is somewhat complicated. It works like a champion after all. It is a medium format SLR with a 65mm lens. After doing some research, it is the earlier type-1. Anyway, it has been a while since I took a prop shot for y'all, so here are the pictures.     Please enjoy. |
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Jul 28, 2008 3:53:20 GMT -5
That sure is dinky. I just glanced up at my Yashica 44 on the shelf above my desk and imagined it cut in half. Very cute.
Intrigued, I just read the Komaflex-s story on Camerapedia, which suggests that the name was a due to a misprint at the US patent office. It was supposed to be Kowaflex, which kind of makes sense. $25 well spent.
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Post by Randy on Jul 28, 2008 9:46:26 GMT -5
Unique little clicker, eh?
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Post by alexkerhead on Jul 28, 2008 11:02:27 GMT -5
That sure is dinky. I just glanced up at my Yashica 44 on the shelf above my desk and imagined it cut in half. Very cute. Intrigued, I just read the Komaflex-s story on Camerapedia, which suggests that the name was a due to a misprint at the US patent office. It was supposed to be Kowaflex, which kind of makes sense. $25 well spent. It does look odd next to my TLRs, but it holds it's own quality-wise with the best Japanese TLRs I own. That makes sense about the name issue, because I have never seen a Japanese camera use a "M" in a name(Edit: I meant a "O" before a "M"), thanks for the info! Unique little clicker, eh? Indeed, it is apparently the only known camera ever advertised as a 4x4 SLR. I am actually shocked I found this near where I live. I am guessing it was purchased over seas. |
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Post by alexkerhead on Jul 28, 2008 13:47:41 GMT -5
I posted before thinking again. What I meant was the arrangement of the "M". The "O" before the "M" is not common in Japanese.
I am afraid I have embarrassed myself once again. Oops.
Anyway.
Mine functions 100%, but it is extremely complicated internally, so I guess something slight can mess up the whole camera. I saw on ebay UK one went for a large bit of money, and a few on ebay US that fetched around $130.
I think it was referred to as a 4x4 super-slide.
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Post by nikkortorokkor on Jul 28, 2008 20:29:52 GMT -5
The Camerapedia article is well worth a look since it provides lots of info on the Komaflex-S. www.camerapedia.org/wiki/KomaflexApparently, some of the bad reliability issues can be circumvented by carefully following the counter-intuitive winding & cocking process and never-ever forcing anything. The article also points out that Kowa's claim that the Komaflex-s "the world's first and only super-slide single-lens reflex camera" was somewhat suspect: it had been beaten to the punch by the Super Flex Baby and the Atomflex. BUT, these 4x4 cameras had been built before the advent of the superslide concept, so Kowa's point was technically correct if you ignore the fact that any 127 camera is essentially a "super-slide" camera. |
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Post by PeterW on Jul 29, 2008 15:27:06 GMT -5
Stephen asked:
All the pre-Kine 127 rollfilm Exaktas had the 'standard' frame size of 4x6.5 cm.
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