Hansa Semi Rollette
The Hansa Semi Rollette[1] (ハンザ・セミ・ローレット) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera, surely distributed by Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin, the owner of the "Hansa" brand. Its actual maker is unknown. It is an Ikonta copy, with a folding optical finder and no body release. The front leather is embossed HANSA.
The Hansa Rollette Ref is featured in the new products column of the November 1936 issue of Asahi Camera[2], and it appears in the catalogue of Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten dated April 20, 1937[3], for ¥63. It has a Lausar[4] f:4.5 lens and an F Light[5] shutter giving T, B, 5–150 speeds.[6]
Notes
- ↑ The name is spelled "Hanza Semi Rollette" in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339, but this is a typo.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
- ↑ Reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 84.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana ローザー.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana ライト.
- ↑ Shutter: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Item 182.
