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JCll Camera Museum / Minolta-Vest

The JCII Camera Museum was founded in 1989 to present the historical development of the camera and photography. The exhibits give a systematic picture of the development of Japanese cameras. Also on display are classic, masterpiece, and curio cameras from around the world that are of historical importance. (For more information, see the January 2008 issue of the PR magazine pla-topia.) http://www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp/

Minolta-Vest This is Minolta-Vest sold by Molta Joint Stock Corporation (Mechanismus Optikund Linsen von Tashima). A body made of the first synthetic resin (a phenol resin called "Bakelite") in Japan and a three-stage drawing type rigid bellows made of Bakelite were adopted. The rigid bellows themselves independently supported the lens structure when it was pulled out.