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Submitted By: Alan Keith

Joined: Dec 3 2007

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A "Mighty" camera

Posted: December 3, 2007 - 2:07pm

Hello everyone,

After my dad had passed away, we were going through his things and came across a mini camera with the name of "Mighty" On the base of the camera it is marked "made in occupied Japan", so that places it's manufacture date from 1946 on. It has 1: 4.5 on the front of the lens. It is complete with 2X zoom lens, sunshade(?), leathrette carry case, and a mini-tripod (although there are threads on the tripod, there aren't on the camera. It's in pretty darn good condition, with only slight wear.

Is there any value on this little rascal? Or is it just one of the many things to come from Japan after the war.

MANY thanks in advance for any help!!!!
Take care,
Alan

Submitted By: lightontheland

Location: Crossville, TN

Joined: Jun 2 2005

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Re: A "Mighty" camera

Posted: December 3, 2007 - 2:44pm

This camera would have been made sometime between 1946 and 1952, the year the occupation ended. I found at least one on ebay for about $200. The URL is about a mile long, so just go to ebay>Cameras & Photo, then search on "mighty". Good luck.

By the way, I was interested in this because we were living in Japan in 1952 and that's where I started doing photography at age 13. So, I probably saw one of these cameras.....