Orchid

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Japanese medium-format SLR (edit)
6×9	Rittreck
6×8	Fuji GX680
6×7	Bronica GS-1 | Mamiya RB67 | Mamiya RZ67 | Pentax 67
6×6	Amano 66 | Reflex Beauty | Bronica | Bronica SQ | Carlflex | Escaflex | Flex Six | Fujita 66 | Hasemiflex | Kalimar Reflex | Kowa Six | Minolta SR66 | Norita 66 | Orchid | Rolly Flex | Seito Ref | Shinkoflex | Tanyflex | Zuman Flex
4.5×6	Bronica ETR | Contax 645 AF | Konica SF | Mamiya M645 | Pentax 645
4×4	Atomflex | Komaflex-S | Super Flex Baby
Japanese TLR and pseudo TLR ->
Other Japanese 6×6, 4.5×6, 3×4 and 4×4 ->

The Orchid is a Japanese 6×6 SLR prototype. It is only known from an entry in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, itself based on an article in the January 1947 issue of Ars Camera.^[1] The maker of the camera is mentioned as Nihon Shashin Kōgyō, a company which is otherwise unknown.

The design of the Orchid is said to be similar to that of the Reflex-Korelle, with a focal-plane shutter giving 5–1000 speeds and an instant-return mirror.^[2] The lens is said to be a four-element unit-focusing 85/2.7 made by Tōhō Kōgaku.^[3] No picture of the camera has been observed so far, and no surviving example is known yet.

Notes

1. ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 348.
2. ↑ Body features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 348.
3. ↑ Lens features: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 348.

Bibliography

• Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 427.

The Orchid is not listed in Sugiyama.