Konica Lily Hand Camera

The Lily Hand Camera represents Konica's entry into the emerging 35mm film market during the 1930s. Produced continuously from 1930 until 1937, this camera offered consumers a compact, hand-held option for utilizing the then-novel 135 cartridge film format. Its design focused on practicality and affordability, providing a straightforward solution for snapshot photography as the medium gained popularity in Japan and beyond. While its specific construction details are less documented than Konica's later, more innovative models, the Lily Hand Camera served as an important step in the company's photographic product evolution, establishing them as a player in the burgeoning small-format camera sector before their more recognized rangefinder and SLR designs.