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== List of cameras equipped == | == List of cameras equipped == | ||
This list is incomplete, and not all the versions have a Heliostar lens: | This list is incomplete, and not all the versions have a Heliostar lens: | ||
| − | * [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]]: 105mm f/4.5 (observed) | + | * [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]]: 105mm f/4.5 (observed)<REF> Known numbers: 105mm f/4.5 no.75739. </REF> |
* [[National (4×6.5)]]: f/6.3 (advertised) | * [[National (4×6.5)]]: f/6.3 (advertised) | ||
* [[Nifcarette]]: 75mm f/6.3 (observed) | * [[Nifcarette]]: 75mm f/6.3 (observed) | ||
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| Heliostar Anastigmat München 105mm f/6.3 lens no.96185 in a Lidex C shutter, on a Tokiwa No.3. Picture courtesy of eBayer hbpartner. (Image rights) |
The lens name Heliostar is found on various Japanese cameras of the late 1920s and early 1930s. The full engraving is Heliostar Anastigmat München and is easily mistaken for Hellostar. The maker's name is not indicated, and the exact origin of this lens is unknown. Lens numbers are known in a wide range: lowest is 48086 and highest is 96185.
List of cameras equipped
This list is incomplete, and not all the versions have a Heliostar lens:
- Arcadia: 105mm f/4.5 (observed)[1]
- National (4×6.5): f/6.3 (advertised)
- Nifcarette: 75mm f/6.3 (observed)
- Sirius: 105/4.5 (observed)
- Super and Special Super: f/4.5 (advertised)
- Tokiwa: 105mm f/6.3 and 105mm f/4.5 (observed)[2]
- Weha: 105mm f/6.3, 105mm f/4.5 and 130mm f/4.5 (observed)[3]
- Weha Idea: f/6.3 and f/4.5 (advertised)
Enlarging lenses
 
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| Left: Heliostar Anastigmat München 105mm f/6.3 enlarging lens no.94093. Picture courtesy of Jay Tepper. (Image rights) Right: Asanuma catalogue dated October 1941, listing the Heliostar 105mm f/6.3 enlarging lens. (Image rights) |
The Heliostar 105mm f/6.3 lens was also supplied for enlargers.[4] It was listed in an Asanuma catalogue as late as October 1941, for ¥33.43.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Known numbers: 105mm f/4.5 no.75739.
- ↑ Known numbers: 105mm f/6.3 no.84311 and 96185.
- ↑ Known numbers: 105mm f/6.3 no.48086, 105mm f/4.5 no.87589, 130mm f/4.5 no.75791 and 78237.
- ↑ Examples pictured in this article, in this page at Takasaki Motohiro's website, and observed in an online auction on a CH enlarger. Known number: 94093.
- ↑ Catalogue by Asanuma Shōkai dated October 1941, p.16.
Bibliography
- Asanuma Shōkai. Shashinki to zairyō (写真機と材料, Cameras and supplies). Catalogue dated October 1941. Pp.7 and 9. Document partly reproduced in this Flickr album by Rebollo_fr.
Links
In Japanese:
- Unknown plate folder with a Koilos shutter and a Heliostar lens, at the Monomono blog
- Heliostar 105mm f/6.3 enlarging lens at Takasaki Motohiro's camera site
