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| − | ''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''' 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 '''Adler'''<REF> 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. </REF> (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.
| + | * Adler cameras: |
| | + | ** [[Semi Adler and Adler III]] (4.5×6cm) |
| | + | ** [[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 A and B ==
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| − | 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''.
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| − | 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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| − | [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/adler.html 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | One such camera is displayed in [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ADLER_B_PIC.htm 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.
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| − | == The Adler III ==
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| − | The '''Adler III''' is a copy of the [[Baldax]], with a 75/4.5 Adler triplet lens and an everset Peerless shutter in #0 size, with T, B, 5–150 speeds. 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 ==
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| − | 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.
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| − | An Adler CII with the Peerless shutter and a 75/3.5 Solar lens has been reported<REF> In [http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?RikenAdlerC.html~mainFrame this page] of the [http://www.photoethnography.com/ Photoethnography website] </REF>.
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| − | A '''Semi Adler''' is advertised in Britain in 1938<REF> Advertisement for the Olympic and Semi Adler, published in the 1938 edition of the British Photography Journal Almanac </REF>, 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.
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| − | 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.
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | In English:
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| − | * [http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?RikenAdlerC.html~mainFrame Adler C] at [http://www.photoethnography.com/ photoethnography]
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| − | In Japanese:
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| − | * [http://www.ricoh.co.jp/camera/cameralist/index.html Ricoh camera list] at the Ricoh corporate site, 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_lib/column/war-camera.html Riken wartime camera names: featured article]
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| − | * [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_ADLER_B_PIC.htm Adler B page] and [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/BUN_ADLER_B.htm repair notes] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera]
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| − | [[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder folding]]
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