Chapter 13 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty Super 35
Side-by-side translation of an undated advertisement from an unknown publication for the early version Beauty 35 Super. Click to enlarge.
A set of all angles images for an Early Super 35 found on a Japanese auction site. Click to enlarge and see the full set.
The Beauty 35 in a Taiyodo leaflet of circa 1956, written in English - click to enlarge, although alas it's too small to read.
Serial Numbers
Early version: 30014 (in advertising), 30062, 30477, 30960, 30961, 31118 & 31441 (7 examples in a known range of 1,441 - assuming that numbering started at 30000).
Synchro-MX: 32885, 34984, 35756, 37093, 38376, 40349, 41503 (7 examples in a range of 8,619)
US State Department of Commerce record of Japanese camera imports as of March 1957, which shows the Beauty Super 35, although the shutter speed detail seems to be wrong and the price is in Yen. Click to enlarge.
The very uncommon Super 35 with a Synchro-MX shutter.
Other differences between the Synchro, early & late Copal MX, and Copal MXV equipped models. Click to enlarge.
Front, back, top and bottom of a Copal MXV Super 35.
Serial Numbers
Copal-MXV: 57237, 58156, 61331, 63535, 64360, 64492, 65504, 65766, 66113, 67030, 67436, 67472, 67548, 67569, 67658, 67995, 68443, 68459, 69068, 69151, 69535, 69721, 70066, 70225, 70272, 70498, 70673, 70958, 71242, 71544, 71492, 71585, 71805 (33 examples in a range of 14,569)
Serial Numbers
Early Copal-MX: , 31411, 31743, 32115, 32270, 32278, 32299, 32793, 32812, 32818, 32933, 33024, 33102, 33060, 33604, 33731, 33912, 34187, 34197, 34317, 34700, 35295, 35601, 35926, 36137, 36678, 36694, 36896, 36946, 37040, 37093, 37156, 37402, 37487, 37553, 37643, 37719, 37769, 38014, 38206, 38216, 38374, 38441, 38553, 38734, 38759, 38927, 39353, 39413, 39560, 39783, 39840, 40062, 40261, 40307, 40439, 40488, 40490, 40945, 41761, 42160, 42252, 42803, 42943, 43272, 43365, 43387, 43596, 43809, 43838, 43959, 43977, 44062, 44496, 44527, 44642, 44650, 44685, 44946, 45027, 45272, 45391, 45399, 46142, 46514, 46552, 46877, 47145, 47252, 47262, 47445, 47628, 48065, 48187, 48309, 49594, 49773, 49962, 49984, 50232, 50342, 50700, 50747, 50784, 50851, 50916, 50983, 51505, 51586, 52288, 52415, 52546, 52579, 52729, 55149, 56161, 56316, 57414, 59568, 60355, 61498, 61677, 61978, 62951, 63164, 63252, 63648, 65756 (125 examples in a total range of 34,346)
Late Copal MX: 52905, 55306, 55736, 56161, 56242, 57246, 57899, 58215, 58704, 58851, 59827, 59299, 59915, 60079, 60120, 60765, 60864, 61013, 61258, 61347, 62308, 62448, 62673, 63043, 63155, 63376, 63401, 63408, 63908, 64676, 66157, 66643, 67740, 68194, 68316, 68583, 68636, 68765, 71276 (37 examples in a range of 18,372).
Copal-MXV Super 35 (serial no 71544) with the "wrong" focus dial handle (Internet image).
Early Copal-MX with the focus scale in feet (Internet image).
Original Beauty Super 35 box.
Early Copal-MX lacking a film-type reminder (Internet image).