http://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&feed=atom&action=historyBaby Balnet - Revision history2024-03-28T13:36:40ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.31.1http://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=163798&oldid=prevHanskerensky: Added {{NeedPhotos}}2015-02-19T06:27:00Z<p>Added {{NeedPhotos}}</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese 3×4cm folding camera, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese 3×4cm folding camera, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Hanskerenskyhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5391&oldid=prevRebollo fr: the late Balnet shutter is synchronized2009-07-29T14:49:03Z<p>the late Balnet shutter is synchronized</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== First model: folding optical finder ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== First model: folding optical finder ==</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few surviving examples are known. The best known camera has body no.2395.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{SUG}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. The body number is visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38. In {{SUG}}, item 1278, that particular camera is attributed to "Mars Optical Works" (actually the maker of the shutter) and to "Fuji Trading Co." (or Fuji Shōji, certainly related to [[Fuji Kōgaku]]). </REF> Its lens and shutter equipment is almost the same as the camera with folding finder described above: the lens is a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9, and the shutter has identical markings and B, 1–250 speeds. The camera has black-painted body edges.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>A few surviving examples are known. The best known camera has body no.2395.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{SUG}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. The body number is visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38. In {{SUG}}, item 1278, that particular camera is attributed to "Mars Optical Works" (actually the maker of the shutter) and to "Fuji Trading Co." (or Fuji Shōji, certainly related to [[Fuji Kōgaku]]). </REF> Its lens and shutter equipment is almost the same as the camera with folding finder described above: the lens is a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9, and the shutter has identical markings and B, 1–250 speeds. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(That lens and shutter were perhaps made before 1945.) </ins>The camera has black-painted body edges.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5390&oldid=prevRebollo fr: more observations2009-07-29T14:36:39Z<p>more observations</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3&times;4 folder</del>, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> For unknown reasons, {{Sugiyama}} attributes the camera to "Fuji Optical Co." in item 1032 and to "Mars Optical Works" and "Fuji Trading Co." in item 1278. </REF></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">3×4cm folding camera</ins>, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Original documents ==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== Original documents ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No original document mentioning the Baby Balnet has yet <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">been observed</del>. However the official list of set prices dated November 1941 has a "Balnet", placed among <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a host of </del>4.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5&times;6cm </del>cameras and attributed to [[Nomura|Nomura Seisakusho]], with no further detail.<REF> {{Kakaku1141_short}}, type 3, section 7B. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>No original document mentioning the Baby Balnet has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">been found </ins>yet. However the official list of set prices dated November 1941 has a "Balnet", placed among <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">various </ins>4.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5×6cm </ins>cameras and attributed to [[Nomura|Nomura Seisakusho]], with no further detail.<REF> {{Kakaku1141_short}}, type 3, section 7B. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is a vertical folding camera <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">whose </del>body is very similar to the [[Baby Lyra]] <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">(and to the [[Baby Leotax]])</del>. The advance knob is at the bottom right, as seen by a photographer holding the camera horizontally. The back is hinged to the left <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and probably contains red windows to control the film advance</del>. The name ''BALNET'' is embossed in the front <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">leather</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is a vertical folding camera<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The main </ins>body is very similar to <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">that of </ins>the [[Baby Lyra]]<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, of which it is perhaps an evolution</ins>. The advance knob is at the bottom right, as seen by a photographer holding the camera horizontally. The back is hinged to the left. The name ''BALNET'' is embossed in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the leather covering at </ins>the front.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Evolution ==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">First model: folding </ins>optical finder ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=== Folding </del>optical finder <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=</del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SUG</ins>}}.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> {{SUG}}, item 1032. In that source, the camera is attributed to "Fuji Optical Co.", a translation of [[Fuji Kōgaku]]. </REF> </ins>It has a small black advance knob and a small body release<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and its body edges are painted black</ins>. The lens is front-cell focusing and is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to </ins>[[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1–200 </ins>speeds; the name ''BALNET'' is inscribed at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters and there is another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">indicating </ins>that the shutter was made by [[Mars]].</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sugiyama</del>}}. It has a small black advance knob and a small body release. The lens is front-cell focusing and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">with </del>[[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1&ndash;200 </del>speeds; the name ''BALNET'' is inscribed at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters and there is another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perhaps meaning </del>that the shutter was made by [[Mars]].<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> Sugiyama, item 1032. </REF></del></div></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>==<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">= Top </del>housing and rigid finder <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">=</del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>== <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Second model: top </ins>housing and rigid finder ==</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is all metal and is larger than on the previous model. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The name ''BALNET'' </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]]</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used </del>by <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the company: it only shows </del>a <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">chrome-plated </ins>top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is all metal and is larger than on the previous model. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">There </ins>is a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">single red window in </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">back</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">protected </ins>by a <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">horizontally sliding cover</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At least two surviving examples are known. One has B, 1&ndash;200 speeds and a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Katō Tomoaki, pictured on p.32 of {{CCN}} no.35, the body number is reported as no.2205. </REF> </del>The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bottom </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">speed rim in fancy letters, </del>and the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">shutter plate has no other markings</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">edges </del>of the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">folding bed </del>are <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">silver finished</del>. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other </del>has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">9 lens</del>.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sugiyama</del>}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It has </del>body <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no.2395, </del>visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38. </REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The name ''BALNET'' </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">engraved at </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">bottom of </del>the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">speed rim in plain capital letters</del>, and the shutter <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">plate </del>has <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">another marking at the top</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' again</del>.<REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The marking would explain the attribution </del>of <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">the camera to "Mars Optical Works" in </del>{{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sugiyama</del>}}, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">item 1278</del>. </REF> The edges of the folding bed <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">are painted black</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">front </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">top housing </ins>and the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape </ins>of the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">A few surviving examples </ins>are <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">known</ins>. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">best known camera </ins>has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">body no</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2395</ins>.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">SUG</ins>}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The </ins>body <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">number is </ins>visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. In {{SUG}}, item 1278, that particular camera is attributed to "Mars Optical Works" (actually the maker of the shutter) and to "Fuji Trading Co." (or Fuji Shōji, certainly related to [[Fuji Kōgaku]])</ins>. </REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Its lens and shutter equipment </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">almost the same as </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">camera with folding finder described above: </ins>the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lens is a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9</ins>, and the shutter has <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">identical markings and B, 1–250 speeds. The camera has black-painted body edges.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Other cameras have a Balnet Anastigmat 50mm f/3.5 lens and a redesigned Balnet shutter (B</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1–200)</ins>.<REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Example belonging to Katō Tomoaki, pictured on p.32 </ins>of {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CCN</ins>}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no.35 (the body number is reported as no.2205)</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and example observed in an online auction</ins>. </REF> The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">position of the controls is unchanged, but the name ''BALNET'' is engraved on the rim in fancy letters and the front plate has a black and chrome pattern with no markings. At least one example has chrome plating on all the body edges, and another has black paint on the main body and chrome plating on the </ins>edges of the folding bed.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5389&oldid=prevRebollo fr: /* Bibliography */ ultra minor2009-02-03T17:39:05Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Bibliography: </span> ultra minor</span></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Zukan}} Item 1032 and 1278.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Zukan}} Item 1032 and 1278.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, probably a pseudonym of Y. Saji). "Besuto sanka (B-1)" (ベスト讃歌[B-1], Vest hymn [B-1]). In {{CCN}} no.57 (March 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.2.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, probably a pseudonym of Y. Saji). "Besuto sanka (B-1)" (ベスト讃歌[B-1], Vest hymn [B-1]). In {{CCN}} no.57 (March 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.2.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, probably a pseudonym of Y. Saji). "Letter to C.C.N." In {{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>38 (August 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.27.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, probably a pseudonym of Y. Saji). "Letter to C.C.N." In {{CCN}} no.38 (August 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.27.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is not listed in {{Kokusan}}.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is not listed in {{Kokusan}}.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5387&oldid=prevRebollo fr: minor biblio detail2008-04-25T12:12:35Z<p>minor biblio detail</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{McKeown12}} P.328.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{McKeown12}} P.328.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Zukan}} Item 1032 and 1278.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* {{Zukan}} Item 1032 and 1278.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of course </del>a pseudonym). "Besuto sanka (B-1)" (ベスト讃歌[B-1], Vest hymn [B-1]). In {{CCN}} no.57 (March 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.2.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">probably </ins>a pseudonym <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Y. Saji</ins>). "Besuto sanka (B-1)" (ベスト讃歌[B-1], Vest hymn [B-1]). In {{CCN}} no.57 (March 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.2.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of course </del>a pseudonym). "Letter to C.C.N." In {{CCN}} no.&nbsp;38 (August 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.27.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>* Zaisu Ikon (座椅子遺恨, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">probably </ins>a pseudonym <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">of Y. Saji</ins>). "Letter to C.C.N." In {{CCN}} no.&nbsp;38 (August 1980). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P.27.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is not listed in {{Kokusan}}.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Baby Balnet is not listed in {{Kokusan}}.</div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5386&oldid=prevRebollo fr: detail2007-12-29T20:45:05Z<p>detail</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is all metal and is larger than on the previous model. The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is all metal and is larger than on the previous model. The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At least two surviving examples are known. One has B, 1&ndash;200 speeds and a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Katō Tomoaki, pictured on p.32 of {{CCN}} no.35, the body number is reported as no.2205. </REF> The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the bottom of the speed rim in fancy letters, and the shutter plate has no other markings. The other has B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. It has body no.2395, visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38. </REF> The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters, and the shutter plate has another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' again.<REF> The marking would explain the attribution of the camera to "Mars Optical Works" in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>At least two surviving examples are known. One has B, 1&ndash;200 speeds and a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Katō Tomoaki, pictured on p.32 of {{CCN}} no.35, the body number is reported as no.2205. </REF> The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the bottom of the speed rim in fancy letters, and the shutter plate has no other markings<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">. The edges of the folding bed are silver finished</ins>. The other has B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278, in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. It has body no.2395, visible on p.27 of {{CCN}} no.38. </REF> The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters, and the shutter plate has another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' again.<REF> The marking would explain the attribution of the camera to "Mars Optical Works" in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278. </REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The edges of the folding bed are painted black.</ins></div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5385&oldid=prevRebollo fr: link to Mars2007-12-29T13:59:57Z<p>link to Mars</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}. It has a small black advance knob and a small body release. The lens is front-cell focusing and it is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related with [[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 speeds; the name ''BALNET'' is inscribed at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters and there is another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo''.<REF> Sugiyama, item 1032. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}. It has a small black advance knob and a small body release. The lens is front-cell focusing and it is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related with [[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 speeds; the name ''BALNET'' is inscribed at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters and there is another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and perhaps meaning that the shutter was made by [[Mars]]</ins>.<REF> Sugiyama, item 1032. </REF></div></td></tr>
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</table>Rebollo frhttp://camera-wiki.org/index.php?title=Baby_Balnet&diff=5384&oldid=prevRebollo fr: better analysis2007-12-29T13:54:13Z<p>better analysis</p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Folding optical finder ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Folding optical finder ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}. It has a small black advance knob and a small body release. The lens is front-cell focusing and it is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related with [[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 speeds <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">and is written </del>''BALNET'' at the bottom of the speed rim.<REF> Sugiyama, item 1032. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''early model''' has a folding optical finder. The only example observed so far is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}. It has a small black advance knob and a small body release. The lens is front-cell focusing and it is reported as a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9. (The name Nomular might be related with [[Nomura]].) The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 speeds<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">; the name </ins>''BALNET'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is inscribed </ins>at the bottom of the speed rim <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in plain capital letters and there is another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo''</ins>.<REF> Sugiyama, item 1032. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Top housing and rigid finder ===</div></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>=== Top housing and rigid finder ===</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is metal and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>is larger than on the <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">early </del>model. The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> N°2395 visible on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27. N°2205 reported on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.35, p.32. </REF> </del>The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">all </ins>metal and is larger than on the <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">previous </ins>model. The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder. The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by [[Fuji Kōgaku]], at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">The shutter gives </del>B, 1&ndash;200 <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">or B, 1&ndash;250 </del>speeds and <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">it </del>is <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">engraved </del>''BALNET'' at the bottom of the speed rim.<REF> <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">1/200 top speed: example </del>pictured in {{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CCN</del>}} <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no.35</del>, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.32. 1/250 top speed: example pictured </del>in {{<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sugiyama</del>}}, <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">item 1278</del>, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline"></REF> The lens is a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">5 or a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">9.<REF> Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5: example pictured in </del>{{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">35, p</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">32. Nomular Anastigmat 50</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">9: example pictured </del>in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2</del>. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">At least two surviving examples are known. One has </ins>B, 1&ndash;200 speeds and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 lens.<REF> Example belonging to Katō Tomoaki, pictured on p.32 of {{CCN}} no.35, the body number </ins>is <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">reported as no.2205. </REF> The name </ins>''BALNET'' <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">is engraved </ins>at the bottom of the speed rim <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">in fancy letters, and the shutter plate has no other markings. The other has B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9 lens</ins>.<REF> <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Example belonging to Mr Saji (who used the pseudonym Zaisu Ikon), </ins>pictured in {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Sugiyama</ins>}}, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">item 1278, </ins>in {{<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">CCN</ins>}} <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">no.38</ins>, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">p.27</ins>, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">It has body no</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">2395, visible on p</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">27 of </ins>{{CCN}} no.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">38</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">REF> The name ''BALNET'' is engraved at the bottom of the speed rim in plain capital letters, and the shutter plate has another marking at the top, perhaps reading ''Mars Kogaku Tokyo'' again</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline"><REF> The marking would explain the attribution of the camera to "Mars Optical Works" </ins>in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1278. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese 3&times;4 folder, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.<REF> For unknown reasons, Sugiyama attributes the camera to "Fuji Optical Co." in item 1032 and to "Mars Optical Works" and "Fuji Trading Co." in item 1278. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The '''Baby Balnet''' (ベビーバルネット) is a Japanese 3&times;4 folder, certainly made by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] at some time in the 1940s.<REF> For unknown reasons, <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>Sugiyama<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}} </ins>attributes the camera to "Fuji Optical Co." in item 1032 and to "Mars Optical Works" and "Fuji Trading Co." in item 1278. </REF></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is metal and it is larger than on the early model. The <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">nama </del>''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder.<REF> N°2395 visible on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>38, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>27. N°2205 reported on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>35, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>32. </REF> The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by Fuji Kōgaku, at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The presumably '''late model''' has a top housing covering all the top plate and containing the viewfinder, slightly offset to the left. There is an accessory shoe to the right of the finder and a body release on the left. The advance knob is metal and it is larger than on the early model. The <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">name </ins>''BALNET'' is engraved at the front of the top housing and the serial number is engraved above the viewfinder.<REF> N°2395 visible on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.38, p.27. N°2205 reported on the example pictured in {{CCN}} no.35, p.32. </REF> The folding struts are engraved with a ''FUJI.K TOKYŌ''<!-- macron on the last "O" only --> logo. The camera was certainly made after the war by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Fuji Kōgaku<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, at about the same time as the [[Lyra Six#Postwar model|postwar Lyra Six]], to which it shows some design similarity. Surprisingly, the logo does not have the typical shape of the other logos used by the company: it only shows a cemented doublet lens scheme without the silhouette of Mount Fuji.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 or B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and it is engraved ''BALNET'' at the bottom of the speed rim.<REF> 1/200 top speed: example pictured in {{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>35, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>32. 1/250 top speed: example pictured in Sugiyama, item 1278. </REF> The lens is a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 or a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9.<REF> Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5: example pictured in {{CCN}} no.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>35, p.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">&nbsp;</del>32. Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9: example pictured in Sugiyama, item 1278. </REF></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The shutter gives B, 1&ndash;200 or B, 1&ndash;250 speeds and it is engraved ''BALNET'' at the bottom of the speed rim.<REF> 1/200 top speed: example pictured in {{CCN}} no.35, p.32. 1/250 top speed: example pictured in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>Sugiyama<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>, item 1278<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2</ins>. </REF> The lens is a Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5 or a Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9.<REF> Balnet Anastigmat 50/3.5: example pictured in {{CCN}} no.35, p.32. Nomular Anastigmat 50/2.9: example pictured in <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">{{</ins>Sugiyama<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">}}</ins>, item 1278<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">, and in {{CCN}} no.57, p.2</ins>. </REF></div></td></tr>
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