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The '''Baby Minolta''' was a 4x6.5 camera, made by Molta (later [[Minolta]]) around 1935. It was a simpler camera than the [[Minolta Vest]] released one year earlier. It had a [[bakelite]] body and a folding frame finder delimitating both the 4x6.5 and 3x4 formats. | The '''Baby Minolta''' was a 4x6.5 camera, made by Molta (later [[Minolta]]) around 1935. It was a simpler camera than the [[Minolta Vest]] released one year earlier. It had a [[bakelite]] body and a folding frame finder delimitating both the 4x6.5 and 3x4 formats. | ||
| − | The lens was a fixfocus Coronar Anastigmat 80/8. The shutter was of the everset type, with 25-50-100-B speeds set on a dial. The shutter plate was marked ''BABY MINOLTA'' at the bottom and ''PATENTS PENDING'' at the top. | + | The lens was a fixfocus Coronar Anastigmat 80/8. There was no aperture setting. The shutter was of the everset type, with 25-50-100-B speeds set on a dial. The shutter plate was marked ''BABY MINOLTA'' at the bottom and ''PATENTS PENDING'' at the top. |
There were minor variations. On the model pictured by Francesch, the shutter plate has a logo on the right (three letters M T S in a circle), and decorative patterns all around. The advance knob is chrome and comparatively small, and the finder only has small indexes for the 3x4 format. The model pictured for example in McKeown has a bigger black advance knob, a simpler shutter plate with no logo and the 3x4 format is delimited by two bars in the finder frame. | There were minor variations. On the model pictured by Francesch, the shutter plate has a logo on the right (three letters M T S in a circle), and decorative patterns all around. The advance knob is chrome and comparatively small, and the finder only has small indexes for the 3x4 format. The model pictured for example in McKeown has a bigger black advance knob, a simpler shutter plate with no logo and the 3x4 format is delimited by two bars in the finder frame. | ||
Revision as of 17:18, 4 May 2006
Template:127 Japan The Baby Minolta was a 4x6.5 camera, made by Molta (later Minolta) around 1935. It was a simpler camera than the Minolta Vest released one year earlier. It had a bakelite body and a folding frame finder delimitating both the 4x6.5 and 3x4 formats.
The lens was a fixfocus Coronar Anastigmat 80/8. There was no aperture setting. The shutter was of the everset type, with 25-50-100-B speeds set on a dial. The shutter plate was marked BABY MINOLTA at the bottom and PATENTS PENDING at the top.
There were minor variations. On the model pictured by Francesch, the shutter plate has a logo on the right (three letters M T S in a circle), and decorative patterns all around. The advance knob is chrome and comparatively small, and the finder only has small indexes for the 3x4 format. The model pictured for example in McKeown has a bigger black advance knob, a simpler shutter plate with no logo and the 3x4 format is delimited by two bars in the finder frame.
Bibliography
- Histoire de l'appareil photographique Minolta de 1929 à 1985, D. & J.P. Francesch, ed. Dessain et Tolra
