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+ | The '''Pocket Idea B''' (ポケットアイデアB号), '''Idea B''' (アイデアB号) and '''Idea Snap''' (アイデアスナップ) are Japanese plate folders made by Rokuoh-sha, the manufacturing branch of Konishi or Konishiroku (predecessors of [[Konica]]). The Pocket Idea B was first released in {{tefuda}} size (8×10.5cm), and later evolved as the Idea B. A smaller Idea B model was also released in {{meishi}} size (5.5×8cm), along with the cheaper Idea Snap. All these cameras were cheaper alternatives to the [[Idea A]] series, and both lines were replaced in 1923 by the [[Idea No.1]]. | ||
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+ | == The {{tefuda}} models == | ||
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+ | The {{tefuda}} models have an all-wooden vertically folding body, with a handle at the top. The bellows have single extension, and there is a distance scale on the photographer's left. Variations are known in the shape of the folding struts, of which two types exist — thinner or larger. The front standard has two masts supporting the lensboard, and allows vertical movements only. There is a [[brilliant finder]] attached to the folding bed, to the photographer's left, with a retracting hood. The Pocket Idea B has a small ''POCKET IDEA'' nameplate attached to the base of the lens standard. | ||
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Revision as of 11:23, 24 May 2008
The Pocket Idea B (ポケットアイデアB号), Idea B (アイデアB号) and Idea Snap (アイデアスナップ) are Japanese plate folders made by Rokuoh-sha, the manufacturing branch of Konishi or Konishiroku (predecessors of Konica). The Pocket Idea B was first released in tefuda size (8×10.5cm), and later evolved as the Idea B. A smaller Idea B model was also released in meishi size (5.5×8cm), along with the cheaper Idea Snap. All these cameras were cheaper alternatives to the Idea A series, and both lines were replaced in 1923 by the Idea No.1.
See also the other Idea models.
The tefuda models
Description
The tefuda models have an all-wooden vertically folding body, with a handle at the top. The bellows have single extension, and there is a distance scale on the photographer's left. Variations are known in the shape of the folding struts, of which two types exist — thinner or larger. The front standard has two masts supporting the lensboard, and allows vertical movements only. There is a brilliant finder attached to the folding bed, to the photographer's left, with a retracting hood. The Pocket Idea B has a small POCKET IDEA nameplate attached to the base of the lens standard.
Notes
Bibliography
- Kikuoka Sei (菊岡清). "Konica history 3. Meiji 41-nen – Taishō 12-nen." (Konica history 3. 明治41年–大正12年. From Meiji year 41 (1908) to Taishō year 12 (1923).) Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.10, September 1987. No ISBN number. Konishiroku kamera no rekishi (小西六カメラの歴史, special issue on Konishiroku). Pp.24–32.
- Konishi Honten. Saishin Shashin Kikai Mokuroku (最新写真器械目録, Latest catalogue of photographic apparatus). Published on December 18, 1911. Recent reprint.
- 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.23.
- 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 1083–4 (misidentified as "Pocket Idea A-1").
- Tanaka Yoshirō (田中芳郎). "Meiji–Taishō jidai no Konishi Honten no kamera wo shiru tame no hon" (明治・大正時代の小西本店のカメラを知るための本, Books about the Konishi Honten cameras of the Meiji and Taishō eras). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.10, September 1987. No ISBN number. Konishiroku kamera no rekishi (小西六カメラの歴史, special issue on Konishiroku). Pp.92–4.
Links
In Japanese:
- Pocket Idea B in Neco's camera collection, with more pictures here, here and here
- Idea Snap in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- Pages of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website:
- Idea cameras, with enlarged illustrations of the Pocket Idea B, Idea B (tefuda) and Idea Snap
- Shutter of the Pocket Idea B
- Pocket Idea B, Idea B (meishi) and Idea B (tefuda) in the camera list
Konishiroku prewar and wartime cameras ( ) | ||||||
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plate | hand cameras | stereo hand cameras | strut folders | box | telephoto | SLR |
Idea (original) | Idea A | Idea B | Idea Snap | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Lily (original) | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Tropical Lily | Noble | Ohca | Sakura Palace | Sakura Pocket Prano | Sakura Prano | Idea Binocular | Sakura Binocular Prano | Minimum Idea | Idea Spring | Korok | Champion | Cherry | Sakura Army | Sakura Honor | Sakura Navy | Idea Telephoto | Idea Reflex (1910 and 1911) | Idea Reflex (1932) | Neat Reflex | Sakura Reflex Prano | |
rollfilm | folders | box or collapsible | TLR | |||
Pearlette | Special Pearlette | B Pearlette | Pearl (for plates and rollfilm) | Pearl No.2 | Pearl (Year 8) | Baby Pearl | Semi Pearl | Sakura Palace | Record | Sakura (box) | Sakura (bakelite) | Sakura-flex |