Serial Number: Cam0076
Type:
Rangefinder Camera
Manufacturer:
Aires
Country of Origin:
Japan
Production Period:
1957 - 1959
Approximate Price:
USD 580.00 - 600.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
A folding 6x6 coupled range finder
camera. The body was manufactured by Takane and
was based on that for the Mine Six. The finder and the
lens assembly were manufactured by Aires and
designed by Kodera Keiji. The main body is identical
to the body of the Mine Six IIF, including the camera
back with two red windows. The viceroy is a dual
format and can take both 6x6 and 4.5x6 exposures,
and the film advance is manually controlled. Only the
leather covering has different patterns and markings.
The Aires Camera logo is embossed on the front door,
made in Japan on the back latch. The top cover
contains a combined range and view-finder, with the
eyepiece offset to the left and a bright frame illuminated by an additional translucent window in the
middle.
The Aires Viceroy Camera was marketed by the Aires
Camera Industries Company of Tokyo, Japan in circa
1959. It is capable of capturing 6x6cm or 4.5x6cm
exposures on standard No. 120 roll film. It featured a
built-in coupled range finder and manual film
advance. This camera was fitted with a three element
Coral F3.5 75mm lens or a four element Nikkor lens
and a Seikosha MX shutter providing 1o speeds ranging from 1 second to 1/500th of a second, plus B.
