Lily (original)

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The Lily (リリー) are Japanese plate folders made by Rokuoh-sha, the manufacturing branch of Konishi or Konishiroku (predecessors of Konica). This page is about the models made before the introduction of a metal body in 1930. These models exist in meishi, tefuda and hagaki size.

For the later metal models, see Lily (metal).

The vertical model

The original model was called Lily Portable Camera (リリー手提暗函), then Lily No.1 (リリー壹號) after the introduction of the No.2. It is a vertical folder, only known in tefuda-size (8×10.5cm) and reportedly introduced in January 1909.[1]

Description

The vertical Lily has a mixed construction with a wooden main body and a metal folding bed. The bellows have double extension, driven by a knob on the photographer's right. The front standard is made of various metal parts assembled together, instead of the single U-shaped part found on later models. It allows vertical and horizontal movements. There is a brilliant finder atop the left branch of the front standard, and a bubble level is attached next to it. The name Lily is inscribed on a round plate attached to the left-hand side of the body.

Commercial life

Various lens and shutter combinations were offered in 1909 for the Lily Portable Camera:[2]

A black leather case was offered for ¥3.50. No more detail is given about the Simili Anastigmat lens and the Auto shutter.[4] One source also mentions Zeiss Protar and Tessar lenses, and says that a Rodenstock Extra Rapid Aplanat was introduced in 1912.[5]

The vertical model was still advertised in 1922 as the Lily No.1, along with the horizontal Lily No.2.[6] The camera presented in the illustration is indistinguishable from the model pictured in the 1909 advertisement. The following versions are listed, but no price is given:

  • Voltas f/8 lens, Victo shutter;
  • Idea Anastigmat f/7.5 lens, Victo shutter;
  • Velostigmat No.4 f/6.3 lens, Auto shutter;
  • Collinear f/6.3 lens, Compur shutter.

Surviving examples

The horizontal models

Bibliography

Links

In Japanese:


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  1. Date: chronological list given in the official company history Shashin to tomo ni hyaku-nen, reproduced in Tanaka, p.94 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10. The same date is given in Kikuoka, p.26 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  2. Advertisement for the 1909 Lily Portable Camera reproduced in the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  3. This page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha says that the Dagor lens is a 120/6.8.
  4. This page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha only says that the Simili Anastigmat lens has f/7.7 aperture.
  5. A Protar Ser.IIIa No.1 (120/9) and a Tessar Ser.IIb No.4 (135/6.3) are listed on this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha, which also mentions the Rodenstock Extra Rapid Aplanat from 1912.
  6. Advertisement dated 1922 reproduced in this page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.