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== The Adler A and B == | == The Adler A and B == | ||
| − | The '''Adler A''' and '''Adler B''' have a body exactly similar to the [[Collex]]. They have scissor struts inspired by the [[Zeh]] [[Goldi]] 3×4 camera, a tubular optical finder and two red windows in the back, protected by sliding covers, to control the film advance. {{Kokusan}} says that they are featured in the new products column of the October 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera''. | + | The '''Adler A''' and '''Adler B''' have a body exactly similar to the [[Collex]]. They have scissor struts inspired by the [[Zeh]] [[Goldi]] 3×4 camera, a tubular optical finder and two red windows in the back, protected by sliding covers, to control the film advance. {{Kokusan}} says that they are featured in the new products column of the October 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', like the Adler III. |
According to {{Kokusan}}, the Adler A has an Ukas 75/3.5 lens and a Peerless shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds, while the Adler B has an Ukas 75/4.5 lens and a Fiskus shutter with T, B, 25–150 speeds. | According to {{Kokusan}}, the Adler A has an Ukas 75/3.5 lens and a Peerless shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds, while the Adler B has an Ukas 75/4.5 lens and a Fiskus shutter with T, B, 25–150 speeds. | ||
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== The Adler III == | == The Adler III == | ||
| − | The '''Adler III''' is a | + | The '''Adler III''' is a [[Baldax]] copy according to the picture shown in {{Kokusan}} and to the text of [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adlerIII.html this page of the Ricoh official website]. However the picture on the same page does not show a copy of the Baldax but a copy of the [[Welta]] [[Perle]] early 4.5×6 model, like the [[Semi First]] by [[Kuribayashi]]. Both cameras pictured have a folding optical finder. {{Kokusan}} says that it is featured in the new products column of the October 1938 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', like the Adler A and B. |
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| + | There is some confusion about the lens and shutter equipment. {{Kokusan}} mentions an Adler 75/4.5 lens and a Peerless shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds, but also says that it appears in the book "''Kamera nenkan''" by Sugiyama and Naoi with an Ukas 75/4.5 and a Rulex B shutter with 1/5 slower speed setting. To add to the confusion, the example they picture has a shutter plate marked ''HEIL''. The page of the Ricoh official website mentions an Adler 75/4.5 triplet lens and a Rulex shutter in #0 size, with three blades and T, B, 5–150 speeds, while {{McKeown}} mentions an Ukas Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens and a Heil shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds. | ||
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| + | It is probable that all the Adler III had a 75/4.5 lens, first called Ukas and later Adler. They had a shutter with T, B, 5–150 or 5–200 speeds, sometimes the [[Rulex]] by [[Neumann & Heilemann]] and sometimes called Peerless or Heil. Maybe the latter shutters are only rebadged variants of the Rulex. | ||
== The Adler CII == | == The Adler CII == | ||
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== Printed bibliography == | == Printed bibliography == | ||
| − | + | * {{Showa10}} Items 5–7. | |
| + | * {{McKeown12}} Page 828. | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 30 June 2006
This page only deals with the 4.5×6 models. See also the Adler IV (4×4 model), the Adler Six (6×6 model) and the Olympic page for the Vest Adler, a possible name variant of the Vest Olympic.
The Adler[1] (アドラー) is a series of folding cameras sold from 1938 by Riken or by its depending company Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō. According to the Ricoh corporate site, they were not made by Riken itself but bought to other manufacturers. Most Adler models are vertical 4.5×6 folders.
The Adler A and B
The Adler A and Adler B have a body exactly similar to the Collex. They have scissor struts inspired by the Zeh Goldi 3×4 camera, a tubular optical finder and two red windows in the back, protected by sliding covers, to control the film advance. Kokusan kamera no rekishi says that they are featured in the new products column of the October 1938 issue of Asahi Camera, like the Adler III.
According to Kokusan kamera no rekishi, the Adler A has an Ukas 75/3.5 lens and a Peerless shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds, while the Adler B has an Ukas 75/4.5 lens and a Fiskus shutter with T, B, 25–150 speeds.
This page of the Ricoh official website disagrees on various points. It says that both versions have a 75/3.5 triplet lens, named Adler on the A and Ukas on the B. This is not very plausible, and the lens name was more likely switched from Ukas (like the lens of the Olympic) to Adler at some later time.
The same source also says that the shutters are both everset: a Peerless with three blades and T, B, 5–200 speeds on the A and a Fiskus with two blades and T, B, 25-50-100 speeds on the B. However the Peerless shutter is unlikely to be of the everset type with such a range of speeds, and the Fiskus shutters observed on Olympic cameras have T, B, 25-50-100-150 speeds.
One such camera is displayed in a page of the Japan Family Camera website, with an Adler Anastigmat 75/3.5 lens and a Neumann & Heilemann Rulex shutter with 5–200, B, T speeds. It is presented as an Adler B but is most probably a late Adler A.
The Adler III
The Adler III is a Baldax copy according to the picture shown in Kokusan kamera no rekishi and to the text of this page of the Ricoh official website. However the picture on the same page does not show a copy of the Baldax but a copy of the Welta Perle early 4.5×6 model, like the Semi First by Kuribayashi. Both cameras pictured have a folding optical finder. Kokusan kamera no rekishi says that it is featured in the new products column of the October 1938 issue of Asahi Camera, like the Adler A and B.
There is some confusion about the lens and shutter equipment. Kokusan kamera no rekishi mentions an Adler 75/4.5 lens and a Peerless shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds, but also says that it appears in the book "Kamera nenkan" by Sugiyama and Naoi with an Ukas 75/4.5 and a Rulex B shutter with 1/5 slower speed setting. To add to the confusion, the example they picture has a shutter plate marked HEIL. The page of the Ricoh official website mentions an Adler 75/4.5 triplet lens and a Rulex shutter in #0 size, with three blades and T, B, 5–150 speeds, while McKeown mentions an Ukas Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens and a Heil shutter with T, B, 5–200 speeds.
It is probable that all the Adler III had a 75/4.5 lens, first called Ukas and later Adler. They had a shutter with T, B, 5–150 or 5–200 speeds, sometimes the Rulex by Neumann & Heilemann and sometimes called Peerless or Heil. Maybe the latter shutters are only rebadged variants of the Rulex.
The Adler CII
The Adler CII has better specifications, with a body release, a Peerless T, B, 5–200 cocking shutter and a 75/3.5 Adler triplet lens. The folding optical finder is on the other side of the body, and the struts are typical of the Baldax.
An Adler CII with the Peerless shutter and a 75/3.5 Solar lens has been reported[2].
A Semi Adler is advertised in Britain in 1938[3], looking the same as the Adler CII but with the finder on the left, with an Ukas Anastigmat f/4.5 lens and a 25-50-100-150, T, B shutter marked New Olympic, as on the Olympic models. The advertisement is inserted by Asahi Bussan, the distributor of the Olympic cameras, and does not mention Riken.
McKeown illustrates the Adler with a picture of yet another body, a copy of the Ikonta 4.5×6, with a Neumann & Heilemann Perfekt shutter.
Notes
- ↑ The name "Adler" was clearly used to demonstrate Japan's alliance with Germany. During the war period, Riken often used such names (they also sold a Heil camera), or other "patriotic" names.
- ↑ In this page of the Photoethnography website
- ↑ Advertisement for the Olympic and Semi Adler, published in the 1938 edition of the British Photography Journal Almanac
Printed bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 5–7.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Page 828.
Links
In English:
In Japanese:
- Ricoh camera list at the Ricoh corporate site, with:
- Adler B page and repair notes at Japan Family Camera
| Asahi Bussan and Riken prewar and wartime cameras () | ||
|---|---|---|
| rigid or collapsible | ||
| Vest Adler | Gokoku | Semi Kinsi | Letix | Olympic | New Olympic | Regal Olympic | Semi Olympic | Super Olympic | Vest Olympic | Riken No.1 | Ricohl | Roico | Seica | Zessan | ||
| folders | pseudo TLR | TLR |
| Semi Adler | Adler III | Adler A | Adler B | Adler C | Adler Four | Adler Six | Gaica | Heil | Kinsi | Chukon Ref | Ricohflex | Ricohflex B |
