Lot Essay
This camera would appear to date from the first year of production.
Details
RIKEN OPTICAL CO., Japan
A 16mm. original Steky camera no. 2303 with nickel body and black leather part-body covering, side-plate film advance knob and exposure counter, front-plate shutter speed adjustment B, 25, 50, 100 and shutter release, side-mounted direct vision finder on plate engraved Steky camera for 16mm film Made in Tokyo Japan, a Stekinar anastigmat f/3.5 25mm. lens and cap, two film cassettes, instruction sheet Direction [sic] for use of the Steky, spare loaded film cassette and original Japanese Association of Optical and Precision Instrs. Mfs. inspection label No. 5226, in original box.
A 16mm. original Steky camera no. 2303 with nickel body and black leather part-body covering, side-plate film advance knob and exposure counter, front-plate shutter speed adjustment B, 25, 50, 100 and shutter release, side-mounted direct vision finder on plate engraved Steky camera for 16mm film Made in Tokyo Japan, a Stekinar anastigmat f/3.5 25mm. lens and cap, two film cassettes, instruction sheet Direction [sic] for use of the Steky, spare loaded film cassette and original Japanese Association of Optical and Precision Instrs. Mfs. inspection label No. 5226, in original box.
Literature
Sugiyama et.al. (1985), The collectors guide to Japanese cameras, p. 290, no. 5138.