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The '''Magna''' was the first camera shutter made by the Japanese company [[Seikosha]] before World War II. It was a leaf shutter with 25-50-100-B-T speeds. It appeared in 1930. The Japan Camera Museum website tells us that it was inspired by the German Vario shutter, and that volume production did not start until 1933 (see link below).
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The '''Magna''' is a Japanese leaf shutter in [[Shutter size|#0 size]], providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds. It appeared in 1930, inspired by the German [[Vario]]<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.&nbsp; </REF>, and was the first camera shutter made by the company [[Seikosha]].
  
Cameras equipped:
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Cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):
* Konishiroku Lily Hand 6.5x9 folding plate (needle selftimer?)
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* Lily Hand 6.5&times;9 plate folder by [[Konica|Konishiroku]] (maybe with a needle selftimer device like the [[Licht]])
* Kuribayashi New Kokka Hand 6.5x9 folding plate
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* New Kokka Hand 6.5&times;9 plate folder by [[Kuribayashi]]
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== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''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)
  
 
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Revision as of 18:14, 21 September 2006

The Magna is a Japanese leaf shutter in #0 size, providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds. It appeared in 1930, inspired by the German Vario[1], and was the first camera shutter made by the company Seikosha.

Cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):

  • Lily Hand 6.5×9 plate folder by Konishiroku (maybe with a needle selftimer device like the Licht)
  • New Kokka Hand 6.5×9 plate folder by Kuribayashi

Notes

  1. Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 

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)

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