The popular Charmy hit-type camera were manufactured in Japan in circa 1950's. It was an inexpensive novelty camera that was constructed of molded pot-metal with leatherette covering. The camera was made in various colors including Teal, Yellow, brown, green, red, grey and black. It has a metal face-plate imprinted with the name CHARMY printed on the top with three stars on each side and "MADE IN JAPAN" printed on the bottom. It took 14×14mm exposures on narrow paper-backed 17.5mm film. The camera was fitted with a fixed focus lens and a simple instantaneous shutter.

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