This Japanese design is based on the Fairchild F-8, a lightweight, focal plane lens camera for training, military, and miscellaneous aerial and ground photography. Three filters are also displayed

Display Status

This object is on display in Boeing Aviation Hangar at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA.

Boeing Aviation Hangar

Object Details

Country of Origin

Japan

Type

EQUIPMENT-Photographic

Physical Description

340 x 410 x 270mm; hand-held oblique, hexar 1 4.5 lens. With instructions and accessories but different sighting device than F-8. Four filters; A-6 red, K-50 yellow, D-55 orange, K-45 cyan.

Dimensions

3-D: 27 x 41 x 34cm (10 5/8 x 16 1/8 x 13 3/8 in.)

Inventory Number

A19711014000

Credit Line

Transferred from the U.S. Navy

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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