Serial Number: Cam0105
Type:
6 x 6 Twin Lens Reflex (TLR) Camera
Manufacturer:
Aires
Country of Origin:
Japan
Production Period:
1950 - 1953
Approximate Price:
US Dollars 850.00
Reference:
camerapedia.wikia.com
Status: Display
Description:
The Aires Automat is a 6×6 TLRs
made by Aires in the early 1950s until summer
1953, and perhaps later, it was distributed in Japan
by T?y? Shashinki-zai. The camera have a 75mm
f 3.5 lenses, and focus by moving the entire lens
assembly.
The Aires Automat (advertised from spring 1954
until mid-1955) is the final model and the most
advanced. It is based on the Airesflex U film
advance is semi-automatic and it is wound by
crank and has a self-cocking shutter. The shutter is
a Seikosha-Rapid with M and X flash synchronization, and the lens is a Nikkor or Zuiko. The nameplate says AIRES AUTOMAT. In spring 1955 it was
priced at ¥43,000 including case, remarkably high
for a TLR.
