Traduction de Alphonse Khuu

The strange word "Kanpaï" (pronounce campaï) means "cheers". This camera is extraordinary. Its shapes of an all situation banal compact camera are misleading. Indeed, it is a "do everything" except it is doing more than what we can imagine. Its features are for the most trivial (programmed automatic exposure, electronic automatic built-in flash, fix-focus lens with two automatic settings, double viewfinder), but it also has a function of acoustic release, and a small pod.

On the front, we see a slider with a microphone picture. It can activate a function of acoustic release. On the setup screen, three small drawings appear; they have a form of Pacman, and are of different sizes. It is possible to select one of these Pacman with the Mode button. The size of the chosen Pacman set the level of sensitivity to noise which the camera will release. Small size, high sensitivity. Therefore the Kanpaï will release by itself when a noise with duration of at least 0.3 seconds reaches the chosen level. The highest level is 100 dB, the lowest, about 70 dB. A security device avoids that, in the event of hubbub, the camera release at any time. The camera is testing the ambient noise level and adapts itself its own release threshold to ensure that a 24 frames film lasts twenty minutes.

The Kanpaï is delivered with a small pod, equipped with removable shoes. When the camera releases with the acoustic way, a system of gear around pod nut rotates it on 40 ° alternately on the left or on the right. This will therefore be pan (100 degrees for a lens angle of 64 °) on several frames.

The purpose of this is to offer a camera that works alone (that is perhaps why it has shoes), to use it very friendly in the evenings, the family dinners etc. .. .


Then, cheers...

History

1873 Establishment of the Konishi-ya company. Initial implementation of photographic and lithographic materials.
1876 Relocation to Tokyo. The company is renamed Konishi Honten.
1882 Three factories are established in Tokyo, producing photographic equipment, coated paper, and lithography equipment.
1897 Introduction of the first cinematographic cameras in Japan, enabling the production of Japanese films.
1902 Establishment of a new factory in Tokyo dedicated to the production of photographic plates and papers. This factory is considered the birthplace of the Japanese photographic industry.
1903 The first photosensitive paper produced in Japan, Sakura Hakkin type paper, and the Cherry camera are introduced to the market.
1909 Opening of the Osaka Agency. Introduction of the LiIy camera.
1919 Consolidation of factories in Tokyo, forming Japan's first modern photographic organization.
1921 This organization becomes the Konishiroku Honten Company (Honten = headquarters).
1925 Introduction of Pearlette cameras.
1929 Launch of Sakura films (Sakura = Japanese cherry blossom).
1933 Expansion of the headquarters.
1936 The company becomes Konishiroku Co., Ltd. Opening of an agency in Hino, and relocation of the Sensitive Materials Production Division.
1938 Introduction of the Semipearl camera.
1940 Announcement of the production of the first Japanese color film, Sakura Natural Color Film.
1943 The company adopts its current name, Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd., and the factories are renamed.
1944 Merger with Showa Photo Industries Co., Ltd., adding the Odawara and Koyama factories to the company.
1945 End of the war, leading to a chaotic economic situation. A major reorganization is undertaken to enable the company to survive this tumultuous period.
1948 Sale of the first KONICA-branded cameras and resumption of exports.
1963 Inauguration of the large factory for the production of photographic equipment.
1967 Introduction of the world's great innovation, the SAKURACOLOR N-100, along with the world's first automatic reflex, the KONICA AUTO-REFLEX.
1968 The first automatic reflex camera (EE) incorporates through-the-lens (TTL) metering: it becomes the KONICA AUTOREFLEX T. Production of the first Japanese 24 x 36 compact rangefinder camera, the KONICA C35, in the same year.
1969 Development by Konishiroku of the world's first compact holographic camera.
1970 Start of the sale of U-Bix electrostatic dry photocopying machines. Introduction of SAKURA High Resolution Plate, ultra-fine grain, high-resolution sensitive material essential for Integrated Circuit manufacturing.
1971 Introduction of the new SAKURACOLOR. Commencement of U-Bix MARK I export.
1973 Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the company. Adoption of the new logo. Departure for a new century with renewed enthusiasm.