Maruso 35
The Maruso 35 is a Japanese camera taking 24×36mm exposures on Bolta film, made in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It is only known from an entry in Sugiyama.[1] In this source, the camera is attributed to Maruso Trading Co., but it seems that the Marusō company active in that period was Marusō Kōgaku, which also sold the Maruso Camera and Maruso Refe.
Description
The Maruso 35 looks like an oversized Hit-type camera. It has a rounded body and a top housing containing the viewfinder and extending to the right end of the top plate. The advance knob is at the top left, and seems to have an exposure counter at the base. The back is hinged to the right for film loading.
The lens has a fixed focus and aperture and is engraved MARUSO P.A.T.358425. The self-cocking shutter is tripped by a lever on the right. The shutter plate is inscribed MARUSO at the top and MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN at the bottom. It has two logos, one of which reads MS and looks like the MTS logo used by Molta (predecessor of Minolta) in the 1930s. (The same logo has also been observed on a no-need-darkroom Maruso Camera.)
Notes
Bibliography
- 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. Item 4224.
The Maruso 35 is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
