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| − | + | The '''CH''' is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking [[Japanese formats|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 {{SUG}}.<REF> {{SUG}}, item 4030. </REF> The brand name CH was used on other products, certainly sold by the same distributor (see [[CH]]). | |
| − | 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 {{SUG}}.<REF> {{SUG}}, item 4030. </REF> | ||
| − | 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. | + | The CH camera 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. |
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* {{Zukan}} Item 4030. | * {{Zukan}} Item 4030. | ||
Revision as of 11:03, 16 September 2010
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 brand name CH was used on other products, certainly sold by the same distributor (see CH).
The CH camera 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
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.
