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The '''CH''' is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking Sweet-size plates (about 4×5cm), patterned after the British [[Ensignette]]. It was made by an unknown company, certainly in the 1920s, and is only known from a single surviving example pictured in {{Sugiyama}}.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 4030. </REF>
 
The '''CH''' is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking Sweet-size plates (about 4×5cm), patterned after the British [[Ensignette]]. It was made by an unknown company, certainly in the 1920s, and is only known from a single surviving example pictured in {{Sugiyama}}.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 4030. </REF>
  

Revision as of 22:47, 17 April 2008

Japanese plate strut-folding cameras (edit)
No.0 (4×5cm) CH
atom (4.5×6cm) Idea Spring
meishi (5.5×8cm) Minimum Idea | Korok
daimeishi (6.5×9cm) Idea Spring | Minolta | Auto Minolta | Auto Press Minolta | Nifca-Dox | Vester Klapp
tefuda (8×10.5cm) Focal Happy | Idea Spring | Idea Telephoto
10×15cm Kongo Press
kabine (12×16.5cm) Idea Spring | Idea Telephoto
Japanese plate film: monocular, box, folding bed and SLR ->
3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5, 4.5×6, 6×6 and 6×9 ->

The CH is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking Sweet-size plates (about 4×5cm), patterned after the British Ensignette. It was made by an unknown company, certainly in the 1920s, and is only known from a single surviving example pictured in Sugiyama.[1]

The CH has a fixed-focus lens, a brilliant finder inside the front standard, and a simple shutter with Time and Instant settings selected by a lever at the front. The front standard has the words Achromatic lens above the lens, the model name "C.H" below and New PATENT CAMERA. at the bottom right.

Notes

  1. Sugiyama, item 4030.

Bibliography

  • 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 4030.