The Hit Camera was manufactured by the Tougodo company based in Toyohashi, Japan in circa 1946. It was the first and most successful model. It became so popular that when other variations came out, they called the new variations "Hit-type" cameras. In Japan they were called mame kamera or translated to "bean cameras". The Hit camera was an inexpensive novelty camera that was constructed of molded pot-metal with leatherette covering. The camera was made with a metal face-plate with the name HIT imprinted in black on the top, with three stars on each side and "MADE IN JAPAN" printed on the bottom. The camera 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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