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== Versions == | == Versions == | ||
| − | Two versions of the shutter are known. On the '''early version''', the release lever is attached to the front of the casing by a screw. The | + | Two versions of the shutter are known. On the '''early version''', the release lever is attached to the front of the casing by a screw. The front plate is inscribed ''LICHT'' at the top and ''SEIKOSHA'' at the bottom, with an ''SKS'' logo on the right. The T, B, 100, 50, 25 speed settings are written in that order on the shutter plate itself, and they are selected by an index placed above. On the '''late version''', sometimes called '''New Licht''',<REF> Advertisement for the [[Baby Semi First]] in {{ACA}} April 1938, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.88. </REF> the speeds are set by turning the rim, and the speed settings are engraved on the rim itself in the 25, 50, 100, B, T order. The release lever is now attached behind the turning rim, and the front plate has been slightly redesigned with no SKS logo. |
| − | Some examples are equipped with a regular self-timer activated by a lever, whereas others have a | + | Some examples are equipped with a regular self-timer activated by a lever, whereas others have a [[thread and needle release]]. |
== Cameras equipped == | == Cameras equipped == | ||
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** [[Baby Semi First]] by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]] | ** [[Baby Semi First]] by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]] | ||
** [[Gelto|Gelto B and BII]] by [[Tōa Kōki]] | ** [[Gelto|Gelto B and BII]] by [[Tōa Kōki]] | ||
| − | ** [[Kraft]] by [[Echt]] | + | ** [[Kraft]] by [[Ishii and Echt|Echt]] |
** [[Minion|Minion I and II]] by [[Tōkyō Kōgaku]] | ** [[Minion|Minion I and II]] by [[Tōkyō Kōgaku]] | ||
* late type, "needle self-timer": | * late type, "needle self-timer": | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * [ | + | * [https://www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp/museum/special-exhibition/2002/07/02/8783/ Page about early Japanese shutters] at the [http://www.jcii-cameramuseum.jp/ JCII Camera Museum website], this page presents the exhibition whose catalogue is listed in the Bibliography section |
| − | * [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/hen999.htm Needle self-timer device] at [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website] | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160306014533/http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/hen999.htm Needle self-timer device] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20151226173352/http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website] (archived) |
[[Category: Leaf shutters]] | [[Category: Leaf shutters]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese shutters]] | [[Category: Japanese shutters]] | ||
[[Category: 1935]] | [[Category: 1935]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:29, 11 March 2022
The Licht is a Japanese leaf shutter in #00 size, providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and developed in 1935 by Seikōsha, the manufacturing branch of Hattori Tokei-ten.[1]
Versions
Two versions of the shutter are known. On the early version, the release lever is attached to the front of the casing by a screw. The front plate is inscribed LICHT at the top and SEIKOSHA at the bottom, with an SKS logo on the right. The T, B, 100, 50, 25 speed settings are written in that order on the shutter plate itself, and they are selected by an index placed above. On the late version, sometimes called New Licht,[2] the speeds are set by turning the rim, and the speed settings are engraved on the rim itself in the 25, 50, 100, B, T order. The release lever is now attached behind the turning rim, and the front plate has been slightly redesigned with no SKS logo.
Some examples are equipped with a regular self-timer activated by a lever, whereas others have a thread and needle release.
Cameras equipped
This list is incomplete, the fact that a camera is in the list does not mean that all its versions have a Licht shutter.
- early type, lever self-timer:
- late type, lever self-timer:
- late type, "needle self-timer":
Notes
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 9.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Baby Semi First in Asahi Camera April 1938, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.88.
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.
- Kamera no mekanizumu sono I: "Hai! Chīzu" Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten (カメラのメカニズム・そのⅠ・「ハイ！チーズ」瞬間をとらえ続けるシャッター展, Camera mechanism, part 1 "Cheese!" Exhibition of instant taking shutters). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number)
- Shima Kazuya (島和也). "Supuringu kamera to renzu shattā" (スプリングカメラとレンズシャッター, Folding cameras and lens shutters). 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.8, September 1986. No ISBN number. Supuringu kamera (スプリングカメラ, special issue on spring cameras). Pp.25–7. (Shows a picture of the internals of a Licht shutter.)
Links
- Page about early Japanese shutters at the JCII Camera Museum website, this page presents the exhibition whose catalogue is listed in the Bibliography section
- Needle self-timer device at Nekosan's website (archived)
