Alan Johnson Posted February 16, 2017 Share Posted February 16, 2017 This is a very miniature 35mm 1950s Japanese rangefinder, it is more commonly called the Pax Ruby. and the name Pal applied to a different camera. Here the size is compared with a Praktica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Johnson Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 It had a fixed 45mm lens, leaf shutter and lever wind. It has a red dot , like the Halina (if buying) or the Leica (if selling) Sorry, I have to give up, it won't let me upload a correctly sized 600mb pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Johnson Posted February 16, 2017 Author Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sorry, it won't let me add another pic, may try again later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alan Johnson Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 A detailed account of Yamato is on Flickr, although an article on Camera Wiki states this was not the Yamato Company absorbed into Canon.: There were later models like the Yamato Mini Electro And the Yamato Palmat but production of the brand appears to have stopped in the 60s. The lens is reported to be a 4 element. I took the Pal for a walk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alan Johnson Posted March 10, 2017 Author Share Posted March 10, 2017 I don't think the rangefinder with a fixed lens around 45mm caught on till the electronic era , its compactness does not seem to have made this Yamato a commercial success on a large scale at the time. Thanks for comment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rick_drawbridge Posted March 11, 2017 Share Posted March 11, 2017 Nice results from the Ruby, Alan. Yamoto cameras are usually dismissed as being cheap and nasty, but I've found them to be quite usable, at least as good as many of their cheap European counterparts. I have the Pax M4 which is generally considered to be one of the better ones, and I think the 45mm Luminore f/2.8 lens fitted to that camera is the same as the Color Luna fitted to your Ruby. Yamoto seems to have used the two names quite interchangeably over a variety of lenses. As your photographs demonstrate, the lens is contrasty and sharp, though I've noticed that it's not happy against strong light. Incidentally, Camera -Wiki suggest that "Rippa" was an alternative name for the Ruby, but this is incorrect. I have a Rippa and it's a much simpler viewfinder camera. I also have the Mini Electro 35 and the identical Palmat, (AKA Mansfield Skylark), little automatic cameras I've never used. I must do so. I attach a pic couple of two Pal variants, the M4 and the Junior. Thanks for an interesting post. Pax M4 and Pax Junior Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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