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| − | The ''' | + | The '''Licht''' is a Japanese leaf shutter in [[Shutter size|#00 size]], providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and developed in 1935 by the company [[Seikosha]].<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 9. </REF> Some examples are equipped with a regular self-timer activated by a lever, while others have a hole where you can insert a needle attached to a thread, releasing the shutter when it is pulled.<REF> Needle self-timer explained in [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/hen999.htm this page] of [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]. </REF> |
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Revision as of 18:39, 21 September 2006
The Licht is a Japanese leaf shutter in #00 size, providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and developed in 1935 by the company Seikosha.[1] Some examples are equipped with a regular self-timer activated by a lever, while others have a hole where you can insert a needle attached to a thread, releasing the shutter when it is pulled.[2]
Variants and cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):
- "needle self-timer":
- no self-timer visible:
- lever self-timer:
- Gelto I (by Takahashi)
- Minion I and Minion II by Tōkyō Kōgaku
- Baby Semi First (by Kuribayashi)
- Kraft
Notes
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 9.
- ↑ Needle self-timer explained in this page of Nekosan's website.
Bibliography
- 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)
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
