Lot Essay
This is the earlier model of the Echo-8.
Details
SUZUKI OPTICAL WORKS, Japan
A 6 x 6mm. Echo 8 camera lighter (no engraved serial number), baseplate engraved Made in Occupied Japan, inside camera section with waistlevel finder, B & I shutter, aperture makrked 3.5 5.6 8, a Echor 15mm. f/3.5 lens and two film cassettes and lighter section; original instruction sheet "Echo 8" Camera + Lighter Combination. Instructions of how to use "Echo-8"; 16mm. to 8mm. film cutter and two unused film cassettes, in maker's fitted box; a box of ten magazines of Echo-8 lighter camera film and a tin of Echo-8 film.
A 6 x 6mm. Echo 8 camera lighter (no engraved serial number), baseplate engraved Made in Occupied Japan, inside camera section with waistlevel finder, B & I shutter, aperture makrked 3.5 5.6 8, a Echor 15mm. f/3.5 lens and two film cassettes and lighter section; original instruction sheet "Echo 8" Camera + Lighter Combination. Instructions of how to use "Echo-8"; 16mm. to 8mm. film cutter and two unused film cassettes, in maker's fitted box; a box of ten magazines of Echo-8 lighter camera film and a tin of Echo-8 film.
Literature
Sugiyama et.al (1985), The collectors guide to Japanese cameras, p. 275, no. 5031.