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The example pictured in [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/eagle.htm this page at Asacame] has a more modern front standard, again with rise and shift ability, and a bubble lever next to the brilliant finder. Its shutter is a Singlo by [[Gauthier]], only giving I, B, T settings. Its aperture scale has 0, 8, 16, 32, 64 settings, perhaps in the older [[Uniform Scale]]. | The example pictured in [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/eagle.htm this page at Asacame] has a more modern front standard, again with rise and shift ability, and a bubble lever next to the brilliant finder. Its shutter is a Singlo by [[Gauthier]], only giving I, B, T settings. Its aperture scale has 0, 8, 16, 32, 64 settings, perhaps in the older [[Uniform Scale]]. | ||
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+ | An Eagle plate folder taking daylight loading 4×6cm sensitized material is also pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, but it is not known if it is related to the models sold by Asanuma.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 4034. </REF> The shutter reportedly has O, B, I settings, and the name ''EAGLE'' is inscribed on the setting wheel. The shutter plate reads ''SPECIAL SHUTTER'' at the top and ''MADE IN JAPAN'' at the bottom. The lens is a simple meniscus and the aperture scale goes from 8 to 32. | ||
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* {{Lewis}} P.24. | * {{Lewis}} P.24. | ||
* {{McKeown12}} P.85. | * {{McKeown12}} P.85. | ||
− | * {{Zukan}} | + | * {{Zukan}} Items 1040 and 4034. |
== Links == | == Links == |
Revision as of 19:00, 3 February 2008
The Eagle are Japanese folding bed cameras taking film plates, distributed by Asanuma Shōkai around 1915.[1] They were available in various formats, including meishi (5.5×8cm), tefuda (8×10.5cm), "postcard" (certainly 8×14cm) and 4×5in.[2] In 1915, the tefuda model existed in three versions, called A (¥9.50), B (¥12) and C (¥18).[3]
The Eagle has a wooden body, with an oval nameplate on one side. It is focused by a small wheel on the right-hand side of the folding bed. There is a brilliant finder offset to the left and a handle at the top of the body.
The example pictured in Sugiyama is said to take 8×10.5cm plates (tefuda format), and reportedly has an Ilex Anastigmat 5¼in f/7.5 lens in a Universal shutter giving T, B, 1–150 speeds.[4] Its front standard is made of two pylons and seems to allow both vertical and horizontal movements (rise and shift).
The example pictured in this page at Asacame has a more modern front standard, again with rise and shift ability, and a bubble lever next to the brilliant finder. Its shutter is a Singlo by Gauthier, only giving I, B, T settings. Its aperture scale has 0, 8, 16, 32, 64 settings, perhaps in the older Uniform Scale.
An Eagle plate folder taking daylight loading 4×6cm sensitized material is also pictured in Sugiyama, but it is not known if it is related to the models sold by Asanuma.[5] The shutter reportedly has O, B, I settings, and the name EAGLE is inscribed on the setting wheel. The shutter plate reads SPECIAL SHUTTER at the top and MADE IN JAPAN at the bottom. The lens is a simple meniscus and the aperture scale goes from 8 to 32.
Notes
Bibliography
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.24.
- 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.85.
- 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. Items 1040 and 4034.
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