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| − | The '''Adler''' was a series of folding cameras sold by [[Riken]] from 1938. According to the Ricoh corporate site, they were not made by Riken itself but bought to other manufacturers (probably [[Proud]]). | + | {{disambig}} |
| | + | The '''Adler''' trademark was introduced by [[Asahi Bussan]], and was used on cameras and lenses by its successor [[Asahi Bussan|Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō]] and the parent company [[Ricoh|Riken Kōgaku Kōgyō]] (predecessor of [[Ricoh]]). ''Adler'' is the German word for ''eagle''. |
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| − | == The 4.5x6 models ==
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| + | ** [[Semi Adler and Adler III]] (4.5×6cm) |
| − | Most Adler models were vertically folding 4.5x6 format cameras. The '''Adler A''' and '''Adler B''' had scissor struts. They both had a rigid optical finder and a 75/3.5 triplet lens, called Adler or Ukas (like the lens of the [[Olympic]]). The Adler A had a Peerless T-B-5-200 everset shutter and the Adler B a Fiscus T-B-25-50-100 everset shutter according to Ricoh's site. [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ADLER_B_PIC.htm A page at Japan Family Camera] presents what they call an Adler B with a [[Neumann & Heilemann]] [[Rulex]] shutter T-B-5-200.
| + | ** [[Adler A]] (4.5×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[Adler B]] (4.5×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[Adler C]] (4.5×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[Baby Rosen, Rosen Four and Adler Four|Adler Four]] (4×4cm) |
| | + | ** [[Adler Six|Adler VI]] (6×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[Adler Six]] (6×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[Vest Alex and Vest Olympic|Vest Adler]] (4×6.5cm) |
| | + | * Adler lenses on other cameras: |
| | + | ** Adler Anastigmat 7.5cm f/4.5 on the [[Victor folders|Semi Victor]] |
| | + | ** Adler Anastigmat 7.5cm f/3.5 on the [[Semi First and First Six|BB Semi First]] |
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| − | The '''Adler III''' is said to be a copy of the [[Balda]] [[Baldax]], with a 75/4.5 Adler triplet lens and an everset Peerless shutter #0 size, with speeds T-B-5-150. It had a folding optical finder on the left of the body. However the [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adlerIII.html picture at Ricoh's site] does not show the typical Baldax struts but other flimsier struts, looking like the struts on the [[Kuribayashi]] [[Semi First]]. McKeown cites the Adler III with 75/4.5 Ukas Anastigmat lens and Heil shutter T-B-5-200.
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| − | The '''Adler CII''' had better specs, with a body release, a Peerless T-B-5-200 cocking shutter and a 75/3.5 Adler triplet lens. The folding optical finder was on the other side of the body, and the struts are typical of the Baldax.
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| − | An Adler CII with the Peerless shutter and a 75/3.5 Solar lens is described at [http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?RikenAdlerC.html~mainFrame the photoethnography site]. In a 1938 ad in the British Photography Journal Almanac, a Semi Adler is advertised, looking the same as the Adler CII but with finder on the left, with a Ukas Anastigmat f/4.5 lens and a 25-50-100-150-T-B shutter marked ''New Olympic'', as on the [[Olympic]] models. The ad does not mention Riken, only Asahi Bussan, the sales company of the Olympic cameras.
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| − | McKeown illustrates the Adler with a picture of yet another body, looking very much like an Ikonta 4.5x6, with a [[Neumann & Heilemann]] Perfekt shutter. It is maybe related to the [[Fujimoto]] Ikonta copies, like the [[Semi Prince]] or [[Semi Sport]].
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| − | == The 4x4 model ==
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| − | The '''Adler IV''' was a 4x4 format camera, using [[127 film]]. As the other models, it was introduced in 1938. It was a folding bed camera with scissor struts. It had an Adler Anastigmat 50/4.5 triplet lens and a T-B-5-250 everset shutter. It had a folding optical finder. At the time, the rollfilm paperback was not marked for 4x4 pictures, so the film advance was not by red window but there was an exposure counter. Ricoh's site says it was a modified German design, and it was probably based on the [[Zeh]] [[Goldi]]. Ricoh's site also says, as for the other Adler models, that it was not made by Riken itself. In McKeown, there is a [[Proud]] [[Rosen Four]], Japanese copy of the [[Zeh]] [[Goldi]] with 4x4 format, and the Adler IV is probably the same camera under another name.
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| − | == The 6x6 models ==
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| − | Later, around 1942, Riken sold a 6x6 folding camera, called the '''Adler Six''', essentially a copy of the [[Zeiss Ikon]] [[Nettar]] 6x6. It had a horizontal folding bed, a folding optical finder and a body release. Like the other Adler cameras, it was not made by Riken. The shutter was T-B-5-200 according to a 1942 ad (shown [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm here], from 15/7/1942 issue of Asahi Graph), Ricoh's corporate site says Roico II B-10-200 shutter. This ad showed two variants:
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| − | * the '''Adler Six I''' with a Ricoh Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens (93 yen)
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| − | * the '''Adler Six II''' with a Ricoh Anastigmat 75/3.5 lens (111 yen) (Ricoh's corporate site only gives this one and says the lens was four element)
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | Ricoh corporate site:
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| − | * [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/index.html Ricoh camera list], with:
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| − | ** [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adler.html Adler A & B]
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| − | ** [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adlerCII.html Adler CII]
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| − | ** [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adlerIII.html Adler III]
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| − | ** [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adlerIV.html Adler IV]
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| − | ** [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adler6.html Adler Six II]
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| − | * [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera_lib/column/war-camera.html Riken wartime camera names: featured article]
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| − | Other:
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| − | * [http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?RikenAdlerC.html~mainFrame Adler C at photoethnography]
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| − | * [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ADLER_B_PIC.htm Adler B at Japan Family Camera]
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| − | * [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/BUN_ADLER_B.htm Adler B repair notes at Japan Family Camera]
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| − | * [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Old Japanese ads, including the Adler Six]
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