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| − | The '''B Pearlette''' or '''Pearlette B''' is a Japanese folding camera taking | + | The '''B Pearlette''' or '''Pearlette B''' is a Japanese folding camera taking 4×6.5cm exposures on [[127 film]]. It was released by Konishiroku (predecessor of [[Konica]]) at the end of 1935.<REF> Date: {{Kokusan}}, p.338. </REF> |
== Description of the body == | == Description of the body == | ||
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== Advertising == | == Advertising == | ||
| − | The camera was featured in the new products column of the November 1935 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' and briefly advertised at the end of 1935.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | The camera was featured in the new products column of the November 1935 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' and briefly advertised at the end of 1935.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.338. </REF> An advertisement dated December 1935 listed the camera as the B Pearlette, for {{yen|9.50|1935}}.<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Photo-Times]],'' reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.82. </REF> |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* {{Showa10}} Item 171. | * {{Showa10}} Item 171. | ||
| − | * Kameari Hisao (亀有久雄). "Pāretto kamera no hensen" (パーレットカメラの変遷, Evolution of the Pearlette). In {{CCN}} no. | + | * Kameari Hisao (亀有久雄). "Pāretto kamera no hensen" (パーレットカメラの変遷, Evolution of the Pearlette). In {{CCN}} no.11 (May 1978). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. |
| − | * {{Lewis}} P. | + | * {{Lewis}} P.49 (brief mention only). |
| − | * {{McKeown12}} P. | + | * {{McKeown12}} P.544. |
| − | * {{Zukan}} Item | + | * {{Zukan}} Item 1147–8. |
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[[Category: Japanese 4x6.5 viewfinder folding]] | [[Category: Japanese 4x6.5 viewfinder folding]] | ||
Revision as of 23:45, 24 January 2008
The B Pearlette or Pearlette B is a Japanese folding camera taking 4×6.5cm exposures on 127 film. It was released by Konishiroku (predecessor of Konica) at the end of 1935.[1]
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Description of the body
Despite its name, the B Pearlette has nothing in common with the strut-folding Pearlette. It is a cheaper camera, self-erecting with a folding bed. The body has a sharp octogonal profile and there is a folding frame finder attached to the side. The back is hinged to the bottom and contains two red windows for film advance. There is a nameplate attached to the top of the lens standard, marked Pearlette. B or B. Pearlette depending on the examples.[2]
Lens and shutter equipment
The shutter is an everset Primer giving B, 25, 50, 100 speeds selected by an index at the top. The shutter plate is black, marked Primer at the top and ROKUOH-SHA at the bottom. The lens is a simple meniscus and the aperture scale is at the bottom, marked U.S. with 16, 32, 64 settings (these are "Uniform System" apertures, corresponding to f/16, f/22 and f/32 in the usual aperture scale).
Advertising
The camera was featured in the new products column of the November 1935 issue of Asahi Camera and briefly advertised at the end of 1935.[3] An advertisement dated December 1935 listed the camera as the B Pearlette, for ¥9.50.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Date: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.338.
- ↑ See Sugiyama, items 1147 and 1148, for one example of each.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.338.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Photo-Times, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.82.
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 171.
- Kameari Hisao (亀有久雄). "Pāretto kamera no hensen" (パーレットカメラの変遷, Evolution of the Pearlette). In Camera Collectors' News no.11 (May 1978). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha.
- 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.49 (brief mention only).
- 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.544.
- 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. Item 1147–8.
| Konishiroku prewar and wartime cameras () | ||||||
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| plate | hand cameras | stereo hand cameras | strut folders | box | telephoto | SLR |
| Idea (original) | Idea A | Idea B | Idea Snap | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Lily (original) | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Tropical Lily | Noble | Ohca | Sakura Palace | Sakura Pocket Prano | Sakura Prano | Idea Binocular | Sakura Binocular Prano | Minimum Idea | Idea Spring | Korok | Champion | Cherry | Sakura Army | Sakura Honor | Sakura Navy | Idea Telephoto | Idea Reflex (1910 and 1911) | Idea Reflex (1932) | Neat Reflex | Sakura Reflex Prano | |
| rollfilm | folders | box or collapsible | TLR | |||
| Pearlette | Special Pearlette | B Pearlette | Pearl (for plates and rollfilm) | Pearl No.2 | Pearl (Year 8) | Baby Pearl | Semi Pearl | Sakura Palace | Record | Sakura (box) | Sakura (bakelite) | Sakura-flex | ||||
