Help identifying TLR

[Woutervg97]

Hey lads,

I just bought a TLR online, but Im still trying to find out which one it is. I think the original nameplate might have falleb off, but Im not that familiar enough to know what Im looking at. The closest I got was the Yashica A, but its simply not the same.

 

[Paul Howell]

What are the lens? From what is posted I cannot read the lens makes.

 

[Woutervg97]

These are the best pictures the good old lady could give me haha. I will only know when it arrives

 

[djdister]

Could be a Ciro Flex with the name plate removed. You can see two holes where the name plate would be attached above the viewing lens.

 

[reddesert]

TLRs are like that announcement at the airport baggage claim that repeats "Many bags look alike." There are a lot of fairly similar ones and many small variants.

The nameplate has clearly fallen off. Many TLRs would have had a badge on the viewing hood as well, but that's not always consistent.

I think it looks like a Yashica Rookie (ancestor of the Yashica A): https://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Yashica_6×6_TLR_(knob_advance)#Yashica_Rookie
but I've never actually held one and that is a guess.

 

[OAPOli]

I tried searching for a "TLR Anastigmat" (I think that's what the taking lens reads) and didn't find a match. Could it be the elusive "MusselFlex"? I guess you'll find out soon enough.

 

[Kino]

So many of those basic TLRs were rebagded by lots of resellers.

Only the lens/shutter combo might give you enough clues to be sure.

 

[Woutervg97]

The lens is a 75mm J Echor and the shutter is Chy FB. I just received it and am none the wiser

 

[Woutervg97]

Ive come to the conclusion that it is either an alfaflex or a cosmoflex based on the appearance and shutter. I cannot find one with a J Echor lens tho

 

[Dan Fromm]

Ive come to the conclusion that it is either an alfaflex or a cosmoflex based on the appearance and shutter. I cannot find one with a J Echor lens tho

According to the VM, Echor lenses were made by Asahi. A 75/3.5 was offered on an Echoflex.

See https://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Echoflex, http://www.tlr-cameras.com/japanese/slides/Echoflex.html and https://latelierdejp.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/echoflex.pdf

 

[Woutervg97]

Perhaps the lenses were replaced at one point.

Sadly the shutter was stuck and opening it up I realised this one was gonna be a decoration camera.