Hit Cameras: Relics of Postwar Japan

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Designed to use compact and affordable 17.5mm film, Hit-type cameras were first introduced in the late 1930s but became wildly popular both in Japan and North America in the immediate post-war period. Hundreds of different copies were made by dozens of manufacturers until the 1970s. 0:00 Intro 1:04 17.5mm film 1:36 Midget and Micro Cameras 2:08 Origins of the Tougodo Company 4:30 1930s Tougodo Products 5:14 WWII 6:13 Creation of the HIT 7:28 HIT and Mighty Breakdown 10:29 The HIT Craze 12:07 End of the HIT 13:17 Outro Minox Video: https://youtu.be/_tt5i-uQX8E Minox Accessories Video: https://youtu.be/fPLzWjTLQ8c Pseudo TLR Cameras Video: https://youtu.be/Yy7IdUirDXc SOURCES http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Hit-type_cameras http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Midget http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Baby_Minolta http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Mycro http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/index.htm http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/gemflex/index.htm http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/babyflex/index.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080516091517/http://www.ephotozine.com/article/Collecting-Hit-type-cameras http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/Tougodo https://cameracollector.net/hit-type-camera-list/ http://camera-wiki.org/wiki/No-need-darkroom http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/