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Discontinued
Pfilm camera

Asahiflex IIB

Focus
Manual
Mount
Asahiflex M37
Format
35mm
Is Film
Yes
Metering
none
Research
Ricoh official chronology; JCII/National Museum record 103310371145.

Produced 1954–1956 · medium confidencehttps://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?no=103310371145Start Nov 1954 per the JCII/National Museum record (昭和29年11月発売, ¥27,900). End 1956 per en.Wikipedia; a museum photo caption gives 1954-57.

Category: Film Camera

Focus
Manual
Mount
Asahiflex M37
Format
35mm
Metering
none
Spec Notes
JCII record: 昭和29年11月発売 (November 1954), ¥27,900. Ricoh's chronology: 'The Asahiflex IIB equipped with the quick-return mirror mechanism is launched.' Lacks the slow speeds the IIA has. CONFLICT on which body first carried the instant-return mirror: Ricoh credits the IIB; mikeeckman credits the IIA while also calling the IIB 'identical except lacking in slow speeds'. Both preserved. Note that en.Wikipedia's phrasing 'world's first pentaprism SLR with an instant return mirror' is self-contradictory - every source describes the IIB as a waist-level camera. Weight NOT SOURCED.
Film Advance
manual knob
Shutter Type
mechanical focal-plane (horizontal cloth)
Exposure Modes
manual
Viewfinder Type
SLR waist-level (non-interchangeable) + Galilean sports finder
Introduced
1954
Max Shutter Speed
1/500
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