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The '''Magna''' is a Japanese leaf shutter in [[Shutter size|#0 size]], providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and inspired by the German [[Vario]]. It appeared in 1930 and was the first camera shutter made by the company [[Seikosha]].<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.&nbsp;9. </REF>
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The '''Magna''' is a Japanese leaf shutter in [[Shutter size|#0 size]], providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and inspired by the German [[Vario]]. It appeared in 1930 and was the first camera shutter made by Seikōsha, the manufacturing branch of [[Hattori|Hattori Tokei-ten]].<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p.&nbsp;9. </REF>
  
 
Cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):
 
Cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):

Revision as of 15:55, 13 January 2007

The Magna is a Japanese leaf shutter in #0 size, providing 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and inspired by the German Vario. It appeared in 1930 and was the first camera shutter made by Seikōsha, the manufacturing branch of Hattori Tokei-ten.[1]

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. 9.

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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