The first Japanese cameras to use the Bolta film where the Boltax I, II and II manufactured by Miyagawa Seisakusho in Tokyo, Japan from 1938. These cameras have small barrel shaped viewfinders and fitted with a Picner Anastigmat f4.5 40mm lens. Model III dates from 1941
Model II & III have accessory shoe and had a removable waist level finder.
Accessories include a small, press-on yellow filter and a truly novel telescoping lens shade.
The aperture is f4.5 to f16. The shutter is marked speeds B, 25, 50, 100. The shutter is operated by two levers, one to cock the shutter and the other to release it. Bright metal parts are chrome-plated.
Shutter has Boltax III engraved on the face.
Ebay 2005/11/27 152.50USD, 2006/02/04 58.77USD, 2006/03/25 180EUR+commission, 2006/05/03 45.78USD (case), 2006/05/09 140.48USD, 2007/07/08 102GBP, 2007/08/08 145.28USD
Last updated 18th April 2023