Neoka 35-K (~1959)

Neoka 35-K (~1959)

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This photo is from the copy I own

History and technical features 

Neoca was a Japanese company that made the Mizuho Six 6×6 folders from 1951, and later Neoca cameras.
The company's full name at first was Mizuho Kōki Seisakusho (ミヅホ光機製作所), this name was translated as Mizuho Optical on some body engravings, and the logo was MKS in a stylized lens scheme. In July 1952 the company became Mizuho Kamera Kōgyō K.K. (ミヅホカメラ工業㈱), translated as Mizuho Camera Ind. Co, Ltd (observed on a box for a Mizuho Six, for sale in an online auction). While Mizuho seems to have consistently been written in advertisements as ミヅホ (never ミズホ), the company is, rightly or wrongly, sometimes referred to as 瑞穂 (which too would be read "Mizuho").
In November 1954 the company became Neoca, more fully Neoca Kabushiki Kaisha (ネオカ株式会社).
Neoca went bankrupt in January 1960.
Source: camera-wiki.org


The Neoca 35K was an inexpensive scale focusing Neoca model from about 1959 and lacks the rangefinder focus found on the Neoca 2S and Neoca 35 IV S. The shutter ranges from 1/25 to 1/300 sec., and so lacks the slow shutter speeds of the other models as well. The 35K does offer lever wind film advance, where the Neoca 35A used knob winding.

Source: camera-wiki.org



Specifications

Neoca 35K – c1959. Scale focus 35mm. Direct descendant of the Nihon Seiki ‘Micronta 35’ and ‘Ranger 35’ cameras, but with lever advance. Neokor f3.5/45mm in B, 25-300

Source: seqvintagecameras.com

Model


Reference sites

camera-wiki.org

seqvintagecameras.com


Manual

English manual (Neoka 35)


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