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Variants and cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned): | Variants and cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned): | ||
* "needle self-timer": | * "needle self-timer": | ||
− | ** [[Kinsi]] by [[Riken]] | + | ** [[Kinsi]] by [[Ricoh|Riken]] |
* lever self-timer: | * lever self-timer: | ||
− | ** [[Gelto|Gelto I]] (by [[ | + | ** [[Gelto|Gelto I]] (by [[Tōa Kōki]]) |
** [[Minion|Minion I and II]] by [[Topcon|Tōkyō Kōgaku]] | ** [[Minion|Minion I and II]] by [[Topcon|Tōkyō Kōgaku]] | ||
** [[Baby Semi First]] by [[Kuribayashi]] | ** [[Baby Semi First]] by [[Kuribayashi]] | ||
** [[Kraft]] | ** [[Kraft]] | ||
* no self-timer visible: | * no self-timer visible: | ||
− | ** [[Zessan]] by [[Riken]] | + | ** [[Zessan]] by [[Ricoh|Riken]] |
* unknown variant: | * unknown variant: | ||
** [[Semi Prux]] by [[Proud]] | ** [[Semi Prux]] by [[Proud]] |
Revision as of 20:37, 9 December 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:
- 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