Lidex
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| Lidex C shutter, Heliostar Anastigmat München 105mm f/6.3 lens no.96185. Picture courtesy of eBayer hbpartner. (Image rights) |
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]
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Versions
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.[2]
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.[3]
The Lidex C gives T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds, and has the name Lidex >C< instead of Lidex at the bottom.
List of cameras equipped:
- Arcadia (Lidex, T, B, 1–200)
- Tokiwa (Lidex, T, B, 5–200 or Lidex C, T, B, 25–150)
- Weha (Lidex, T, B, 5–200)
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.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Two blades: Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12. Patterned after the Vario: Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p.21.
- ↑ Patents(JP)–Pending: see for example the Arcadia pictured in Sugiyama, item 1184. Patents–Nippon: shutter pictured in Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p.21.
- ↑ Patents(JP)–Pending: Tokiwa pictured in Sugiyama, item 1251. Patents–Nippon: Weha pictured in this page at Asacame.
- ↑ Advertisement published in the 8 June 1938 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the Gochamaze 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) P.21.
- 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.
Links
In Japanese:
- Weha with Lidex shutter at Asacame
- Advertisement for the Weha Six and other cameras published in the 8 June 1938 issue of Asahi Graph, reproduced in the camera company page of the Gochamaze website
