Yasuhara T981
The Yasuhara T981 or Isshiki (一式) is a Leica-thread mount camera from Yasuhara Co. Ltd.. It has a built-in lightmeter, and shutter speeds 1 - 1/2000 second, plus 'B'.
About four thousand T981 were made.
The T981 was also sold under the name Phenix, made in China by a company with the same name. There is a limited edition of 500 called Phenix JG50, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the People's Republic of China, sold with a collapsible Phenix MC 50mm 1:2.8 lens.
Yasuhara T981 image by oscar_en_fotos (Image rights) |
Phenix JG50 limited edition image by KW Wong (Image rights) |
Links
In English:
- JG50 serial no. 109, sold at the 31st Westlicht Photographica Auction, in June 2017.
- The Yasuhara, Yasuhara T981 and Phenix JG50 at Cameraquest
- The Yasuhara T981 repair, modifications, rangefinder adjustment.
In Japanese:
- Yasuhara's site in happier days (December 2003) as preserved at web.archive.org (mostly in Japanese)
- Yasuhara T981 chrome and black versions at Madam's Ichirizuka website (archived)
- The Yasuhara T981, with detailed repair pages at K. Fukushi's Rangefinder website
In French:
- Yasuhara T981 on www.collection-appareils.fr by Sylvain Halgand