Anny SP
The Anny SP is an inexpensive camera for Bolta film, made by Hōei around 1960. It has a fixed-focus 5 cm lens, (identified as 'Utacar' in some examples[1][2]) with two aperture settings (f/8 and f/11). It has an 'I' and 'B' shutter, which is synchronised for flash with a PC socket and a cold shoe on the top housing. The camera has lever film advance (but presumably this must be used with the red window).
The top housing is shaped to suggest a pentaprism, but only houses a reverse-Galilean viewfinder. This was not an attempt to deceive; the camera is substantially smaller than a real SLR camera. Rather, as suggested by collector 'Nekosan', the Anny cameras may have been intended for children, with the charm of looking like their fathers' cameras.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Anny SP with 'Utacar' lens at Aya's Junk Camera Factory One picture of the camera, basic specifications in Japanese, and link to a single, very creditable sample photo).
- ↑ Anny SP with unidentified lens, and other Bolta cameras (the Anny SP is near the bottom of the page), at Komatsu's classic camera pages (archived).
- ↑ Anny SP and other 'wannabe' cameras at Nekogahora Camera Collection (archived)
