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The Konica Pearl is a folding 120-film camera producing 6x4.5 cm negatives, manufactured by Konishiroku (later rebranded Konica) in postwar Japan. It is a compact, scale-focus folder fitted with the company's own **Hexar 75mm f/4.5** lens -- a three-element Cooke triplet design. The Pearl line was Konishiroku's entry into the medium-format folder market, echoing the popular German folder style but built domestically at lower cost. No coupled rangefinder is present; the photographer estimates or measures distance and sets the focus ring accordingly.
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Japanese postwar 6x4.5 folder from Konishiroku with Hexar 75/4.5 lens and scale focus.
| Field | Value |
|---|
| Format | 120 film (6x4.5, ~16 exposures) |
| Lens | Hexar 75mm f/4.5 (fixed, scale focus) |
| Shutter | ~1s - 1/200s, leaf shutter |
| Flash sync | ~ |
| Rangefinder | None (scale focus) |
| Meter | None |
| Weight | ~ |
| Battery | None required |
Konishiroku Photo Industry had roots going back to the 1870s as a photographic supply company, and the Pearl line represented an early foray into consumer cameras for the mass postwar Japanese market. The original Pearl appeared around 1949 as Japan's photographic industry was rebuilding after World War II. The design borrows the folding-bed construction popularized by German manufacturers like Agfa and Voigtlander, adapted for Japanese manufacturing tolerances and materials of the era. The Pearl name continued through several iterations -- Pearl II, Pearl III, and eventually the Pearl IV (1958), which added a coupled rangefinder and improved lens.
The Konica Pearl represents the early Japanese challenge to the dominance of German folder cameras. While German folders like the Agfa Isolette and Voigtlander Bessa commanded premium prices and prestige, Japanese manufacturers recognized the market opportunity to produce competent 120-film cameras at lower price points. The Pearl line succeeded commercially and laid groundwork for Konica's later reputation as a serious camera maker. The Hexar lens, while not as celebrated as coeval German glass, performs adequately stopped down and gives characteristic results on medium-format film.
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