EXTREMELY RARE 1940’s Japanese Cordlef Camera
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6804861 | Brand: Kondo Seikō |
| Film Format: 127mm | Model: D.R. NO. 86500 |
| Color: Black | Country/Region of Manufacture: Japan |
*EXTREMELY RARE* 1940’s Japanese Cordlef Camera. Free Shipping
Picked this up about 2 years ago. It is in awful condition but i’m in hopes someone can repair it, if they’d like. Again, this camera is extremely rare. Only a few survivors. There is very little information on it but here is what i found .
WEBSITE 1Cordlef camera. This was the first Japanese 4x4 TLR camera, 4x4cm exposure on 127 Rollfilm. Leather covered Metal body. Constructed like a 1930's 127 camera with a 1...27 viewfinder twin lens box attached to the front. Lenses are coupled with external front gear and focussed by direct turning of the front gear. Both Lenses are: U.L.L Anastigmat 4.5/5cm. D.R.No86500 under taking Lens.Made by Kondo Seiko Japan. ca.1940. Extremely rare camera, two known survivors
WEBSITE 2
The Cordlef is a Japanese TLR camera taking 4×4cm exposures on 127 film, made around 1940 and attributed to a company called Kondo Seikō.[1] It was certainly the first Japanese 4×4 TLR. The suffix lef is pronounced the same as "ref" in Japanese, it is an abbreviation often used for "reflex" in Japan at the time.
The Cordlef is said to be based on the body of the Seica and Andes Four. A twin-lens reflex box is attached to the front of the body, replacing the telescopic tube. There are strap lugs at the top, on each side of the mirror cage. A small plate inscribed FOUR is screwed to the side of the reflex box, near the bottom. The viewing hood has an X-shaped pattern, written KSK at the center. The main nameplate is written CORDLEF.
The two lenses are reported to be Helios Anastigmat 50/4.5 (certainly made by Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku).[2] They are geared together by two gears, one on each side, protected by a cover plate. The right-hand gear slightly protrudes from this cover and is used as a focusing wheel. The shutter is said to give T, B, 5–200 speeds.[2]
The only surviving example observed so far is pictured in Sugiyama.[2]
CONDITION
• Missing the whole back part and leathering - could be restored• Missing KSK top plate• All lens functions seems to be working. Shutter & Aperture works• Viewfinder works
* REALLY WANTING TO SELL. PLEASE MESSAGE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR OFFERS. WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY*
Picked this up about 2 years ago. It is in awful condition but i’m in hopes someone can repair it, if they’d like. Again, this camera is extremely rare. Only a few survivors. There is very little information on it but here is what i found .
WEBSITE 1Cordlef camera. This was the first Japanese 4x4 TLR camera, 4x4cm exposure on 127 Rollfilm. Leather covered Metal body. Constructed like a 1930's 127 camera with a 1...27 viewfinder twin lens box attached to the front. Lenses are coupled with external front gear and focussed by direct turning of the front gear. Both Lenses are: U.L.L Anastigmat 4.5/5cm. D.R.No86500 under taking Lens.Made by Kondo Seiko Japan. ca.1940. Extremely rare camera, two known survivors
WEBSITE 2
The Cordlef is a Japanese TLR camera taking 4×4cm exposures on 127 film, made around 1940 and attributed to a company called Kondo Seikō.[1] It was certainly the first Japanese 4×4 TLR. The suffix lef is pronounced the same as "ref" in Japanese, it is an abbreviation often used for "reflex" in Japan at the time.
The Cordlef is said to be based on the body of the Seica and Andes Four. A twin-lens reflex box is attached to the front of the body, replacing the telescopic tube. There are strap lugs at the top, on each side of the mirror cage. A small plate inscribed FOUR is screwed to the side of the reflex box, near the bottom. The viewing hood has an X-shaped pattern, written KSK at the center. The main nameplate is written CORDLEF.
The two lenses are reported to be Helios Anastigmat 50/4.5 (certainly made by Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku).[2] They are geared together by two gears, one on each side, protected by a cover plate. The right-hand gear slightly protrudes from this cover and is used as a focusing wheel. The shutter is said to give T, B, 5–200 speeds.[2]
The only surviving example observed so far is pictured in Sugiyama.[2]
CONDITION
• Missing the whole back part and leathering - could be restored• Missing KSK top plate• All lens functions seems to be working. Shutter & Aperture works• Viewfinder works
* REALLY WANTING TO SELL. PLEASE MESSAGE ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR OFFERS. WILL SHIP INTERNATIONALLY*
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