Asahiflex

Asahiflex cameras
Early Asahiflex cameras were only sold in Japan. When they started selling in USA, the main American importer was Sears, Roebuck & Co., which sold Asahiflex cameras and lenses under their brand name Tower. The Asahiflex model IIB was sold with two different Tower designations, according to the standard lens it was equipped with.
Japan	International	USA	Comments	Introd.	Disc.
Asahiflex I	not sold	not sold	First Japanese 35mm SLR	5 / 1952	1953
Asahiflex IA (1)	not sold	not sold	Early type - Non standard sync. sockets	5 / 1953	1953
Asahiflex IA (2)	Asahiflex IA	Tower 23	Late type - Standard PC sync. sockets	9 / 1953	1954
Asahiflex IIB (1)	Asahiflex IIB (1)	Tower 23 (1) Tower 24 (1)	Early type - Tower 23 with 3.5/50mm, Tower 24 with 2.4/58mm	11 / 1954	1956
Asahiflex IIA	Asahiflex IIA	Tower 22	Slow speed dial	2 / 1955	1957
Asahiflex Copy Camera	Asahiflex Copy Camera	Asahiflex Copy Camera	Based on IIB - Fixed bellows, no optical viewfinder	3 / 1955	?
Asahiflex IIB (2)	Asahiflex IIB (2)	Tower 23 (2) Tower 24 (2)	Late type - Blanked off slow speed dial Tower 23 with 3.5/50mm, Tower 24 with 2.4/58mm	6 / 1956	1957
Japan	International	USA	Comments	Introd.	Disc.