Looking for info on Koniflex camera

[Abbazz]

Does anybody have any info on Koniflex TLR (not the huge 6x7 Koni-Omegaflex)? It is a very nice little TLR with a Heliar type f3.5 85mm Hexanon lens. It was equipped with an interchangeable front element so it could be converted to a 135mm tele. It seems that the guys at Konica were so proud of their technical marvel that they set the selling price too high and eventually they had to drop the production after a few years because of poor sales. As a consequence, these cameras are now quite rare and I have found only one or two pictures and a few Japanese web pages on the web. McKeown mentions it and there are a few lines in Jason Schneider's book on camera collecting. But nothing more...

 

[Greg_E]

You could try the Yahoo group camera-fix, that is if they let you in. I've been waiting many days for my application to be approved. I checked the forums at kyphoto, but a search did not return any results.

 

[Dan Fromm]

Grumble grumble grumble. Google, person, Google! Search for "koni-omegaflex"

Grumble grumble grumble. Evil thoughts re laziness, intellectual and otherwise. Grumble grumbe grumble.

 

[Abbazz]

Sorry Dann, but I am not looking for info on Koni-Omegaflex cameras. As stated in my message, I am trying to gather some material on the Koniflex, a little known 6x6 TLR made by Konica in the early 50s. As I had not much luck searching on the web, I am trying here. Who knows, there might even be (non grumbling) apuggers who could share some data from old catalogs/lists/books about this camera, or tip me with a lead to someone selling a Koniflex...

 

[Dan Fromm]

Thanks for the polite correction. I'm going to have to learn how to read.