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The '''Lidex''' is a leaf shutter made by Molta (predecessor of [[Minolta]]). It is everset, has two shutter blades and was patterned after the [[Vario]].<REF> Two blades: Tanimura, p.97 of {{KKS}} no.12. Patterned after the [[Vario]]: ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.21. </REF> It seems to exist only in [[shutter size|#0 size]]. It was succeeded by the [[Crown shutter]]s made by the same company.
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== Versions ==
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|| ''[[Lidex|Lidex C]] shutter, [[Heliostar]] Anastigmat München 105mm f/6.3 lens no.96185. Picture courtesy of eBayer hbpartner. {{with permission}}''
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|| ''Left and middle: Lidex (1–200 and 5–200) on [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]] cameras. Pictures by A.&nbsp;Apra. {{with permission}}<br> Right: Lidex C on a [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]] camera. Picture by eBayer hbpartner. {{with permission}}''
 
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The '''Lidex''' is a leaf shutter made by Molta (predecessor of [[Minolta]]). It is everset and has two shutter blades.<REF> Two blades: Tanimura, p.97 of {{KKS}} no.12. </REF>
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The '''Lidex (1–200)''' gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Its shutter plate is all black, with the ''Lidex'' name at the bottom and an ''MTS'' logo on the right. The early examples have the words ''Patents(JP)–Pending'' at the top, replaced at some time by ''Patents–Nippon''.<REF> ''Patents(JP)–Pending'': see for example the [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]] pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1184. ''Patents–Nippon'': shutter pictured in ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.21. </REF>
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|| ''Lidex (1–200) with shutter lock on the [[Minolta and Auto Minolta|original Minolta]]. Scan by A.&nbsp;Apra. {{public domain Japan old}}''
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The '''Lidex (1–200)''', surely called "Lidex A",<REF name="tokiwa"> The leaflet ''Tokiwa Camera'', presenting the [[Tokiwa plate folders]], mentions the Lidex A, B and C. </REF> gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. This version was  Its shutter plate is all black, with the ''Lidex'' name at the bottom and an ''MTS'' logo on the right. The early examples have the words ''Patents(J.N.)–Pending'' at the top, replaced at some time by ''Patents–Nippon''.<REF> ''Patents(J.N.)–Pending'': the marking is most clearly legible on the shutter pictured in Yazawa, p.16 of {{CCN}} no.82, see also the [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]] pictured in {{SUG}}, item 1184. ''Patents–Nippon'': shutter pictured in ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.21. </REF> The version mounted on the [[Minolta and Auto Minolta|original Minolta]] has a shutter lock added under the release lever.<REF> Leaflet ''Minoruta kamera izu''. </REF>
  
The '''Lidex (5–200)''' gives T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Its shutter plate is the same, and is known with ''Patents(JP)–Pending'' or ''Patents–Nippon'' at the top.<REF> ''Patents(JP)–Pending'': [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]] pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1251. ''Patents–Nippon'': [[Weha plate folders|Weha]] pictured in [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/weha.htm this page at Asacame]. </REF>
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The '''Lidex (5–200)''', surely called "Lidex B",<REF name="tokiwa" /> gives T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Its shutter plate is the same, and is known with ''Patents(J.N.)–Pending'' or ''Patents–Nippon'' at the top.<REF> ''Patents(J.N.)–Pending'': [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]] pictured in {{SUG}}, item 1251, [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Happy]] pictured in [http://takemovies.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/04/post_ce89.html this page at takemovies]. ''Patents–Nippon'': [[Weha plate folders|Weha]] pictured in [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/weha.htm this page at Asacame]. </REF>
  
The '''Lidex C''' gives T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds, and has the name ''Lidex >C<'' instead of ''Lidex'' at the bottom.
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The '''Lidex C''' gives T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds, and has the name ''Lidex >C<'' instead of ''Lidex'' at the bottom. It is only known with the ''Patents–Nippon'' marking.<REF> Shutter pictured in this article. </REF>
  
List of cameras equipped:
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== Camera list ==
* [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]] (Lidex, T, B, 1–200)
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List of cameras equipped (not all the versions have a Lidex shutter):
* [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]] (Lidex, T, B, 5–200 or Lidex C, T, B, 25–150)
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* [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Arcadia]] (1–200 and 5–200 observed)
* [[Weha plate folders|Weha]] (Lidex, T, B, 5–200)
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* [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Eaton]] (1–200 observed)
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* [[Nifca and Molta plate folders|Happy]] (5–200 observed)
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* [[Minolta and Auto Minolta|Minolta]] (1–200 advertised)
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* [[Tokiwa plate folders|Tokiwa]] (Lidex A, B, C advertised, 5–200 and 25–150 observed)
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* [[Weha plate folders|Weha]] (5–200 observed on an isolated example)
  
 
== Other==
 
== Other==
A shutter called Lidex C was advertised on the [[Weha Six]] in 1938, but it is not known if it was related, and the name "Lidex" (リレックス) might be a typo for [[Lex]] (レックス), a shutter name effectively found on some Weha Six.<REF> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/j.jpg Advertisement] published in the 8 June 1938 issue of ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF>
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A shutter called Lidex C (リデックスC) was advertised on the [[Weha Six]] in 1938. This might be a typo for [[Lex]] (レックス), a shutter name effectively found on some Weha Six.<REF> Advertisement published in the 8 June 1938 issue of ''[[Asahi Graph]]'', formerly reproduced in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209060321/http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] (archived). </REF>
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== 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) P.21.
 
* ''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) P.21.
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* [[Asanuma Shōkai]]. ''Minoruta kamera izu'' (ミノルタ・カメラ出づ, The Minolta camera is released). Leaflet for the [[Minolta and Auto Minolta|original Minolta]], published c.1933 (date not indicated). Document owned by A. Apra and reproduced in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/albums/72157712018607493/ this Flickr set] by Rebollo_fr.
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* [[Mizuno|Mizuno Shōten]]. ''Tokiwa Camera''. Leaflet published c.1935–6 (date not indicated). Document reproduced in [https://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/albums/72157712074852212/ this Flickr set] by Rebollo_fr.
 
* {{Zukan}}
 
* {{Zukan}}
 
* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Neumann & Heilemann: kieta ashiato, Minoruta setsuritsu to sono ato no karera wo otte" (Neumann & Heilemann 消えた足跡・ミノルタ設立とその後の彼等を追って, On the traces of Neumann & Heilemann at the founding of Minolta and afterwards.) {{KKS012}} Pp.96–9.
 
* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Neumann & Heilemann: kieta ashiato, Minoruta setsuritsu to sono ato no karera wo otte" (Neumann & Heilemann 消えた足跡・ミノルタ設立とその後の彼等を追って, On the traces of Neumann & Heilemann at the founding of Minolta and afterwards.) {{KKS012}} Pp.96–9.
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* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Shashin renzu hattatsu-shi dai-12-kai: Kokusan renzu no rekishi (zenpen)" (写真レンズ発達史第12回・国産レンズの歴史[前編], History of the development of photographic lenses no.12: History of the Japanese lenses [first part]). In {{CCN}} no.56 (February 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.11–6. (Shows a picture of a Lidex shutter.)
  
 
== Links ==
 
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* [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/weha.htm Weha] with Lidex shutter at [http://asacame.fc2web.com/ Asacame]
 
* [http://asacame.fc2web.com/htmfolding/weha.htm Weha] with Lidex shutter at [http://asacame.fc2web.com/ Asacame]
* [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/j.jpg Advertisement for the Weha Six and other cameras] published in the 8 June 1938 issue of ''[[Asahi Graph]],'' reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-c.htm camera company page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]
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* [http://takemovies.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/2007/04/post_ce89.html Plate folder] (certainly a Happy) with Heliostar lens and Lidex shutter at [http://takemovies.cocolog-nifty.com/blog/ takemovies]
  
 
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Latest revision as of 18:58, 5 December 2019

The Lidex is a leaf shutter made by Molta (predecessor of Minolta). It is everset, has two shutter blades and was patterned after the Vario.[1] It seems to exist only in #0 size. It was succeeded by the Crown shutters made by the same company.

Versions

The Lidex (1–200), surely called "Lidex A",[2] gives T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. This version was Its shutter plate is all black, with the Lidex name at the bottom and an MTS logo on the right. The early examples have the words Patents(J.N.)–Pending at the top, replaced at some time by Patents–Nippon.[3] The version mounted on the original Minolta has a shutter lock added under the release lever.[4]

The Lidex (5–200), surely called "Lidex B",[2] gives T, B, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 200 speeds. Its shutter plate is the same, and is known with Patents(J.N.)–Pending or Patents–Nippon at the top.[5]

The Lidex C gives T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds, and has the name Lidex >C< instead of Lidex at the bottom. It is only known with the Patents–Nippon marking.[6]

Camera list

List of cameras equipped (not all the versions have a Lidex shutter):

  • Arcadia (1–200 and 5–200 observed)
  • Eaton (1–200 observed)
  • Happy (5–200 observed)
  • Minolta (1–200 advertised)
  • Tokiwa (Lidex A, B, C advertised, 5–200 and 25–150 observed)
  • Weha (5–200 observed on an isolated example)

Other

A shutter called Lidex C (リデックスC) was advertised on the Weha Six in 1938. This might be a typo for Lex (レックス), a shutter name effectively found on some Weha Six.[7]

Notes

  1. Two blades: Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12. Patterned after the Vario: Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p.21.
  2. 2.0 2.1 The leaflet Tokiwa Camera, presenting the Tokiwa plate folders, mentions the Lidex A, B and C.
  3. Patents(J.N.)–Pending: the marking is most clearly legible on the shutter pictured in Yazawa, p.16 of Camera Collectors' News no.82, see also the Arcadia pictured in Sugiyama, item 1184. Patents–Nippon: shutter pictured in Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p.21.
  4. Leaflet Minoruta kamera izu.
  5. Patents(J.N.)–Pending: Tokiwa pictured in Sugiyama, item 1251, Happy pictured in this page at takemovies. Patents–Nippon: Weha pictured in this page at Asacame.
  6. Shutter pictured in this article.
  7. Advertisement published in the 8 June 1938 issue of Asahi Graph, formerly reproduced in the Gochamaze website (archived).

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) P.21.
  • Asanuma Shōkai. Minoruta kamera izu (ミノルタ・カメラ出づ, The Minolta camera is released). Leaflet for the original Minolta, published c.1933 (date not indicated). Document owned by A. Apra and reproduced in this Flickr set by Rebollo_fr.
  • Mizuno Shōten. Tokiwa Camera. Leaflet published c.1935–6 (date not indicated). Document reproduced in this Flickr set by Rebollo_fr.
  • 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.
  • Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Neumann & Heilemann: kieta ashiato, Minoruta setsuritsu to sono ato no karera wo otte" (Neumann & Heilemann 消えた足跡・ミノルタ設立とその後の彼等を追って, On the traces of Neumann & Heilemann at the founding of Minolta and afterwards.) 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.12, October 1988. No ISBN number. Minoruta kamera no subete (ミノルタカメラのすべて, special issue on Minolta). Pp.96–9.
  • Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Shashin renzu hattatsu-shi dai-12-kai: Kokusan renzu no rekishi (zenpen)" (写真レンズ発達史第12回・国産レンズの歴史[前編], History of the development of photographic lenses no.12: History of the Japanese lenses [first part]). In Camera Collectors' News no.56 (February 1982). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.11–6. (Shows a picture of a Lidex shutter.)

Links

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