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** [[Gelto|Gelto I]] (by [[Takahashi]]) | ** [[Gelto|Gelto I]] (by [[Takahashi]]) | ||
| − | ** [[Minion I]] and [[Minion II]] by [[Topcon|Tōkyō Kōgaku]] | + | ** [[Minion|Minion I]] and [[Minion|Minion II]] by [[Topcon|Tōkyō Kōgaku]] |
** Baby Semi First (by [[Kuribayashi]]) | ** Baby Semi First (by [[Kuribayashi]]) | ||
** Kraft | ** Kraft | ||
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| + | ** [[Zessan]] by [[Riken]] | ||
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| + | ** [[Semi Prux]] by [[Proud]] | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 23:20, 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":
- lever self-timer:
- Gelto I (by Takahashi)
- Minion I and Minion II by Tōkyō Kōgaku
- Baby Semi First (by Kuribayashi)
- Kraft
- no self-timer visible:
- unknown variant:
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
