Category: Japan

Yamato Pax M2 Following the Pax I and her sisters, Yamato introduced a similar model under Pax M2. The Pax I was just two years old, and the new model offered little over it. Unique to this model is that it has no siblings, whereas most of the time, Yamato offered the same cameras under different names/brands. The M2 had...

Yamato TAC Deluxe After the 1955 launch of the Pax Ruby / Konair Ruby twins and their sisters, Yamato Added a fresh lot. The newcomers were named TAC Deluxe, Atlas Deluxe, Pax M4, Pal M4, and Rex M4. All are the same except for the nameplates and perhaps lens markings. Yamato built the rebranding option in the design, where the...

Yamato Pax Ruby / Konair Ruby Three years after the successful 1952 launch of the Pax triplets, Yamato took a step back from coping Leica and introduced a set of down-to-earth-looking rangefinder models. Two of the newly born are identical twins, the Conair Rubi and the Pax Rubi. The other four are dissimilar with a different style top cover: the...

Yamato Pax The Pax, also named Pax I and Pax 35, is the first 35mm camera made by Yamato Koki Kogyo. Earlier models seemed to have been borrowed from other manufacturers and were in Bolta format. There were two additional identical models, the gold-plated Pax Golden View and the Super Dan 35. Yamato used the Pax for several other models,...