Orient folder

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Japanese Vest (4×5 and 4×6.5) (edit)
4×4.5	folding	Orient
4×5	folding	Minion
	collapsible	Alfax | Olympus Standard | Sakura (bakelite) | Well Standard
	unknown	Vesten
4×6.5	folding	Clover Vest | Dianette | Eagle | Friend | Kooa | National | Nifcarette | Pearlette | B Pearlette | Special Pearlette | Pionette | Pocket Prince | Sirius Bebe | Speed Pocket | Tsubasa Spring | Victory
	rigid or collapsible	Vest Adler | Vest Alex | Kowa Kid | Light | Baby Minolta | Minolta Vest | Regal Olympic | Vest Olympic | Tsubasa Chrome
	box	Baby Clover | Sakura (box) | Spirit
	unknown	Victor Vest
unknown		Meiro
Japanese 3×4 and 4×4, 4.5×6, 6×6 and 6×9 ->

The Orient folder is a Japanese folding camera using 127 film, only listed in Sugiyama and McKeown.

Contents 1 Description 2 Variants 3 Notes 4 Bibliography

Description

The Orient is a folding camera that is not self-erecting: the lens standard has to be manually pulled out of the body and slides on two rails. There is a folding frame finder in the middle of the top plate and an advance knob at the bottom right. The standing leg is marked ORIENT.

The back is hinged to the left and the back latch is covered by a handle. The back contains two red windows, marked A and B, and a table that describes how to obtain 11 exposures with the paperback numbers.

The picture format is said to be 4×4.4cm.^[1] This is probably the exact measurement and the camera was probably advertised for a larger nominal size, for example 4×4.5cm or 4×5cm.

Variants

Two variants are pictured in Sugiyama. On both examples, the shutter has B and 1/25 settings, the lens is reported as a New Best 80/8 and the aperture scale is at the bottom right. One variant^[2] has a shutter plate marked Orient at the top, JAPAN OKS at the bottom left, NEW BEST and ANASTIGMAT on the sides of the lens. The other variant^[3] has a shutter plate marked KUJAKU at the top but the other markings are illegible.

Notes

1. ↑ Sugiyama, items 1218–9, and McKeown, p. 450.
2. ↑ Sugiyama item 1208.
3. ↑ Sugiyama item 1209.

Bibliography

• McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P. 450.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 1218–9.

The Orient folder is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.