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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]]. | + | The '''CH''' is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking [[Japanese formats|Sweet-size]] plates (about 4×5cm), patterned after the British [[Ensignette]]. The camera is known from a single surviving example pictured in {{SUG}}.<REF> {{SUG}}, item 4030. </REF> It was made by an unknown company, certainly in the 1920s. It was surely distributed by [[Misuzu Shōkai]], which is known to have used the CH brand at a later period. |
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. | 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. | ||
Revision as of 22:24, 24 September 2010
The CH is a Japanese strut-folding camera taking Sweet-size plates (about 4×5cm), patterned after the British Ensignette. The camera is known from a single surviving example pictured in Sugiyama.[1] It was made by an unknown company, certainly in the 1920s. It was surely distributed by Misuzu Shōkai, which is known to have used the CH brand at a later period.
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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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.
