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The shutter was a Crown, of the rimset type. The shutter plate was marked ''CROWN'' at the bottom and ''PATENTS-NIPPON'' at the top. The lens was a front cell focusing Coronar Anastigmat. There are variations in the lens aperture and shutter details: | The shutter was a Crown, of the rimset type. The shutter plate was marked ''CROWN'' at the bottom and ''PATENTS-NIPPON'' at the top. The lens was a front cell focusing Coronar Anastigmat. There are variations in the lens aperture and shutter details: | ||
− | * Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/5.6 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150, no selftimer (pictured in the book by Francesch) | + | * Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/5.6 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150 (Crown C #0), no selftimer (pictured in the book by Francesch) |
* Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150, no selftimer (not in Francesch, displayed on [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_MINOLTA_SIX_PIC.htm this page at Japan Family Camera], one red window) | * Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150, no selftimer (not in Francesch, displayed on [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_MINOLTA_SIX_PIC.htm this page at Japan Family Camera], one red window) | ||
* Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-5-10-25-100-200, no selftimer (pictured in McKeown and seen at ebay auction, with 3 red windows) | * Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-5-10-25-100-200, no selftimer (pictured in McKeown and seen at ebay auction, with 3 red windows) | ||
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* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_MINOLTA_SIX_PIC.htm Minolta Six page] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera] | * [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_MINOLTA_SIX_PIC.htm Minolta Six page] at [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera] | ||
* [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ The Manual Minolta website], with [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/minroll.htm a page about the Minolta folding cameras] | * [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ The Manual Minolta website], with [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/minroll.htm a page about the Minolta folding cameras] | ||
+ | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371053&APage=6 The Minolta Six page] at the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/e/index.html Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] | ||
* [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/museum/02_mid/min_six.html The Minolta Six] at the [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/navi/index.html Kitamura camera site] | * [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/museum/02_mid/min_six.html The Minolta Six] at the [http://www.kitamura.co.jp/navi/index.html Kitamura camera site] | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 2 May 2006
The Minolta Six was a bakelite 6x6 camera. It was made by Molta (later Minolta) around 1935. The lens and shutter assembly was mounted on a front plate, itself attached to a collapsible structure composed of three rectangular sliding boxes. The result was like a folding camera, with no bellows. This system had been used previously on the Minolta Vest 4x6.5 camera. There was a folding optical finder on the top, a metal table stand attached to the front plate and a nameplate marked Minolta Six screwed in front of the body.
There were two body variants, differing by the back. On one variation, there are three red windows, near the bottom, each with a plate marked 1'3'5'7', 2468 and 1357. The cause for this complex advance pattern was probably that, at the time, the film paperback was not yet marked for the 6x6 format. It is supposed to be the early model. On the other variation, there is only one red window, vertically centered, with a sliding cover. It probably appeared after the films began to be sold with the 6x6 numbers, thus it is supposed to be the later model.
The shutter was a Crown, of the rimset type. The shutter plate was marked CROWN at the bottom and PATENTS-NIPPON at the top. The lens was a front cell focusing Coronar Anastigmat. There are variations in the lens aperture and shutter details:
- Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/5.6 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150 (Crown C #0), no selftimer (pictured in the book by Francesch)
- Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-25-50-100-150, no selftimer (not in Francesch, displayed on this page at Japan Family Camera, one red window)
- Coronar Anastigmat Nippon 80/4.5 & Crown T-B-5-10-25-100-200, no selftimer (pictured in McKeown and seen at ebay auction, with 3 red windows)
- same lens and shutter, with added selftimer (reported in Francesch, no picture)
Bibliography
- Histoire de l'appareil photographique Minolta de 1929 à 1985, D. & J.P. Francesch, ed. Dessain et Tolra