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The '''Durax''' is a Japanese [[leaf shutter]] made by [[Konica|Rokuoh-sha]], the manufacturing branch of Konishiroku (predecessor of [[Konica]]). It gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 125 speeds. It was originally released as the '''Zeus''' (ゼウス) in 1933 and was quickly renamed Durax, perhaps because the brand name Zeus was already registered by someone else.
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|| ''Postwar [[Durax]] shutter, on a [[Semi Pearl]]. Picture courtesy of Geoff Cliffe, Melbourne. {{with permission}}''
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The '''Durax''' are Japanese [[leaf shutter]]s made by Rokuoh-sha, then by Konishiroku (predecessors of [[Konica]]).
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== Large model ==
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The large model in #0 size gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 125 speeds. It was originally advertised in 1933 as the '''Zeus''' (ゼウス), but was quickly renamed Durax, perhaps because the brand name was already registered by someone else. No surviving example of the Zeus has ever been observed, and the shutter was perhaps never sold under that name.
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== Small model ==
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The small model in #00 size was released at the beginning of 1938 for the 4.5×6cm [[Semi Pearl]], in combination with a [[Hexar lenses|Hexar lens]]. The production of that model was resumed after 1945.
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== List of cameras ==
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Not all the versions were equipped with a Zeus or Durax shutter:
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* [[Idea (metal)]]
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* [[Lily (metal)]]
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* [[Ohca]]
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* [[Pearl (6×9 self-erecting)|Year Eight Pearl]]
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* [[Semi Pearl]]
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* [[Sakura-flex]]
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''To be continued''
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== Notes ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
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* Advertisement in ''Shashin Geppō'' March 193, reproduced at the bottom of [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/idea.htm this page] of the [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/index.htm R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha website]
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* Advertisement in ''Shashin Geppō'' March 1933 mentioning the Zeus, reproduced at the bottom of [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/idea.htm this page] of the [http://www2f.biglobe.ne.jp/~ter-1212/sakura/index.htm R.&nbsp;Konishi Rokuoh-sha website]
  
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]

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The Durax are Japanese leaf shutters made by Rokuoh-sha, then by Konishiroku (predecessors of Konica).

Large model

The large model in #0 size gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 125 speeds. It was originally advertised in 1933 as the Zeus (ゼウス), but was quickly renamed Durax, perhaps because the brand name was already registered by someone else. No surviving example of the Zeus has ever been observed, and the shutter was perhaps never sold under that name.

Small model

The small model in #00 size was released at the beginning of 1938 for the 4.5×6cm Semi Pearl, in combination with a Hexar lens. The production of that model was resumed after 1945.

List of cameras

Not all the versions were equipped with a Zeus or Durax shutter:

To be continued

Notes


Links

In Japanese: