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| − | The '''Auto Terra''' (オートテラ) is a Japanese 35mm folder with a coupled rangefinder and a spring motor device, made by [[Teraoka|Teraoka Seikōsho]] in 1955 and 1956. It was the first of a line of Terra or Tera spring-driven cameras, and was the only one to have a folding body. | + | The '''Auto Terra''' (オートテラ) is a Japanese 35mm folder with a coupled rangefinder and a spring motor device, made by [[Teraoka|Teraoka Seikōsho]] in 1955 and 1956. It was the first of a line of Terra or Tera spring-driven cameras, and was the only one to have a folding body. Its successors the [[Auto Terra II and Super]] are treated in a separate article. |
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The Auto Terra (オートテラ) is a Japanese 35mm folder with a coupled rangefinder and a spring motor device, made by Teraoka Seikōsho in 1955 and 1956. It was the first of a line of Terra or Tera spring-driven cameras, and was the only one to have a folding body. Its successors the Auto Terra II and Super are treated in a separate article.
Description
The Auto Terra is a horizontal folder, unlike most other 35mm folding cameras. It has a prismatic body with sharp edges. The spring motor is surely contained inside the winding knob, at the top right as seen by the photographer. One full turn of the knob gives enough spring force to advance six or seven exposures.[1] There is a window next to the winding knob, certainly for an exposure counter. The main release and the spring motor release are at the front of the camera, one above the other. The Auto Terra is said to have both double exposure prevention and voluntary double exposure ability.[2]
The viewfinder and coupled rangefinder have a separate eyepiece; they are contained in a casing above the middle of the top plate, surmounted by an accessory shoe. The viewfinder window is in the middle and the two rangefinder windows are on either side, with the rangefinder eyepiece on the right side. The rewind knob is at the top left and contains a film reminder.
Commercial life
Notes
- ↑ Sugiyama, items 3785–6. Lewis, p.91, only says six exposures.
- ↑ Advertisement dated January 1956 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.149.
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. Item 611.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 91.
- 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). P. 916.
- Omoide no supuringu-kamera-ten (思い出のスプリングカメラ展, Exhibition of beloved self-erecting cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P. 27.
- Shirai Tatsuo (白井達男). "Auto Terra I" (オートテラⅠ型). Pp.117–26 of Maboroshi no kamera o otte (幻のカメラを追って, Pursuing phantom cameras). Gendai Kamera Shinsho (現代カメラ新書). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1982. ISBN 4-257-08077-9. (First published in Kamera Rebyū / Camera Review. no.13, September 1980.)
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 3785–6.
Links
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