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. The actual maker is unknown but it is suspected that the Hansa Semi Rollette is a name variant of the Semi Dymos.
The camera is an Ikonta copy, with a folding optical finder and no body release. The front leather is embossed HANSA.
The Hansa Rollette Ref was 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. The lens is a Lausar[4] f:4.5 and the shutter is an F Light[5] giving T, B, 5–150 speeds.[6] These lens and shutter names as well as the general aspect of the camera tend to indicate a relationship with the Semi Dymos.[7]
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.
- ↑ Moreover, an undated leaflet lists the Semi Dymos together with the Union Ref, a name variant of the Hansa Rollette Ref also distributed by Ōmiya and presented in the same Yamashita catalogue.
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.