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The advance knob is at the left end of the top plate. There is an eye-level finder in the middle, contained in a housing extending to the right end of the top plate. This housing contains an additional [[brilliant finder]] and supports an accessory shoe. | The advance knob is at the left end of the top plate. There is an eye-level finder in the middle, contained in a housing extending to the right end of the top plate. This housing contains an additional [[brilliant finder]] and supports an accessory shoe. | ||
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== Lens and shutter equipment == | == Lens and shutter equipment == |
Revision as of 13:48, 1 January 2007
The Baby Germa (ベビーゲルマー)[1] is a Japanese camera taking 3×4cm exposures on 127 film, made from late 1937 by Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyō-sho.[2]
Description of the body
The Baby Germa has a metal body, looking like it was made for a folding camera but the bellows part was obturated as an afterthought. It seems that there is a telescopic tube supporting the lens and shutter assembly.
The advance knob is at the left end of the top plate. There is an eye-level finder in the middle, contained in a housing extending to the right end of the top plate. This housing contains an additional brilliant finder and supports an accessory shoe.
The back is hinged to the right.
Lens and shutter equipment
According to Kokusan kamera no rekishi, the lens and shutter combinations offered were:
- Trinar 50/4.5, Compur (T, B, 1–300);
- Trinar 50/4.5, Germa A (T, B, 5–250);
- Trinar 50/4.5, Germa B (T, B, 25–150).[3]
The only known example of the Baby Germa is pictured in Sugiyama. It has a shutter giving 5–250, B, T speeds, certainly corresponding to the Germa A. The shutter plate is marked BABY-GERMA at the top and TSK at the bottom, probably for Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku. The release lever is on the shutter housing itself. The lens is a front-cell focusing 5cm f/4.5, reportedly called Helios Anastigmat. The aperture scale is at the bottom of the shutter plate.[4]
Notes
- ↑ This camera is called "Baby Gelmer" in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336, but the shutter face reads BABY GERMA.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336. The camera was featured in the new products column of the Asahi Camera November 1937.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 336.
- ↑ Sugiyama item 4036.
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 100. (The book does not show any advertisement copy nor picture.)
- 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 4036.