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== The Baby Rosen == | == The Baby Rosen == | ||
The '''Baby Rosen''' (ベビーローゼン) is a direct copy of the Zeh Goldi. It was advertised in 1935 and 1936.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 343. </REF> An advertisement dated September 1936<REF> Published in ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 104. </REF> gives the following list of lens and shutter options: | The '''Baby Rosen''' (ベビーローゼン) is a direct copy of the Zeh Goldi. It was advertised in 1935 and 1936.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 343. </REF> An advertisement dated September 1936<REF> Published in ''Ars Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 104. </REF> gives the following list of lens and shutter options: | ||
− | * | + | * Terionar<REF> The advertisement is written テリナー but {{Kokusan}}, p. 343, writes テリオナー and {{McKeown}}, p. 804, mentions a Terionar lens. </REF> f:4.5 lens, Argus<REF> Inferred from the ''katakana'' アーグス. </REF> shutter ({{yen|35|1936}}); |
* Corygon f:4.5 lens, [[Vario]] shutter ({{yen|45|1936}}); | * Corygon f:4.5 lens, [[Vario]] shutter ({{yen|45|1936}}); | ||
* Corygon f:4.5 lens, S-[[Pronto]] shutter ({{yen|55|1936}}); | * Corygon f:4.5 lens, S-[[Pronto]] shutter ({{yen|55|1936}}); | ||
* Corygon f:4.5 lens, N-[[Compur]] shutter ({{yen|80|1936}}). | * Corygon f:4.5 lens, N-[[Compur]] shutter ({{yen|80|1936}}). | ||
− | The Corygon lens was made by [[Friedrich]] while | + | The Corygon lens was made by [[Friedrich]] while Terionar a lens name that is frequently found on [[Fuji Kōgaku]] cameras. |
== The Rosen Four == | == The Rosen Four == |
Revision as of 13:27, 9 September 2006
Template:127 Japan The Baby Rosen and Rosen Four are Japanese folding cameras using 127 film, made around 1935–6 by the company Proud[1]. The Baby Rosen is a 3×4 camera, copied from the Goldi, a German 3×4 camera made by the company Zeh. The Rosen Four is a 4×4 camera evolved from the Baby Rosen. Both are vertical folders, combining a folding bed with a metal plate mounted on scissor struts, supporting the lens and shutter, that slides forward when the bed is opened. Both cameras have a folding optical finder, a back hinged to the left and an advance knob at the left end of the top plate.
The Baby Rosen
The Baby Rosen (ベビーローゼン) is a direct copy of the Zeh Goldi. It was advertised in 1935 and 1936.[2] An advertisement dated September 1936[3] gives the following list of lens and shutter options:
- Terionar[4] f:4.5 lens, Argus[5] shutter (¥35);
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, Vario shutter (¥45);
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, S-Pronto shutter (¥55);
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, N-Compur shutter (¥80).
The Corygon lens was made by Friedrich while Terionar a lens name that is frequently found on Fuji Kōgaku cameras.
The Rosen Four
The Rosen Four (ローゼン・フォアー) is a version modified for the 4×4 format. It is equipped with what is probably an auto-stop advance device at the left of the top plate, under the advance knob. The reason for the introduction of this device was that the rollfilm paperback did not have a series of numbers for the 4×4cm format.
It is advertised in the December 1936 issue of Asahi Camera[6], distributed by Ōsawa Shōkai. The following lens and shutter options were offered:
- Rosen Anastigmat 50/4.5 lens, Rosen shutter, 5–150 (¥48)
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, New Vario I shutter (¥55);
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, Prontor II shutter (¥69);
- Corygon f:4.5 lens, Compur-N shutter (¥82);
- Corygon f:3.5 lens, Prontor II shutter (¥80);
- Corygon f:3.5 lens, Compur-N shutter (¥95);
- Corygon f:2.9 lens, Compur-N shutter (¥110).
The Adler IV sold by Riken is probably a rebadged version of the Rosen Four.
Notes
- ↑ The attribution to Proud is confirmed by an advertisement published in the December 1936 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 104.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343.
- ↑ Published in Ars Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 104.
- ↑ The advertisement is written テリナー but Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343, writes テリオナー and McKeown, p. 804, mentions a Terionar lens.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana アーグス.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 104.
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. Items 326–7.
- 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. 804.