Difference between revisions of "NKS"
m |
Rebollo fr (talk | contribs) m (some reorganization) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | '''NKS''' | + | '''NKS''' is a brand of shutters that were made in the 1940s and 1950s by the Japanese company [[Nippon Kōsokki|Nippon Kōsokki Kōgyō K.K.]]<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 19. See also [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/taronu.htm this page by K.Fukushi] or [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_MIDDL_120A_PIC.htm this page at Japan Family Camera]. </REF> (日本光測機工業株式会社, which also made the [[Taron]] cameras), and mounted on various Japanese cameras. |
| − | The | + | The original NKS shutter is a copy of the [[Prontor II]].<REF> According to [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/forum/messages/674/2041.html?1124942539 a post] by someone who dismantled one. </REF> It appeared in 1940 with B, 1–200 speeds.<REF> ''Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten'', p. 19. </REF> Both ''NKS-TOKIO'' and ''NKS TOKYO'' markings have been observed on the speed rim of wartime cameras, with T, B, 1–200 speeds. |
| − | + | Production was resumed after the war, and later variants are the '''NKS-FB''' with B, 1–300 speeds, and the '''NKS-SC'''. | |
Here is an incomplete list of cameras equipped with a NKS shutter (it was not necessarily the only type of shutter available on these models): | Here is an incomplete list of cameras equipped with a NKS shutter (it was not necessarily the only type of shutter available on these models): | ||
| Line 27: | Line 27: | ||
* [[Toyocaflex]] | * [[Toyocaflex]] | ||
* [[Zenobia|Zenobia P]] | * [[Zenobia|Zenobia 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) | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 10:44, 25 September 2006
NKS is a brand of shutters that were made in the 1940s and 1950s by the Japanese company Nippon Kōsokki Kōgyō K.K.[1] (日本光測機工業株式会社, which also made the Taron cameras), and mounted on various Japanese cameras.
The original NKS shutter is a copy of the Prontor II.[2] It appeared in 1940 with B, 1–200 speeds.[3] Both NKS-TOKIO and NKS TOKYO markings have been observed on the speed rim of wartime cameras, with T, B, 1–200 speeds.
Production was resumed after the war, and later variants are the NKS-FB with B, 1–300 speeds, and the NKS-SC.
Here is an incomplete list of cameras equipped with a NKS shutter (it was not necessarily the only type of shutter available on these models):
- Amiflex
- Atom Six
- Beautyflex
- Daido Six
- Elmoflex
- Gelto (NKS TOKYO marking)
- Gnoflex
- Malcaflex
- Mamiya Six (NKS-TOKIO marking)
- Middl 120-A
- Mihama Six
- Mizuho Six
- Monade Flex
- Ofuna Six
- Pigeon 35 (B-10-200)
- Pigeonflex
- Roico later variant (NKS-TOKIO marking)
- Semi Mihama
- Sunflex
- Toyocaflex
- Zenobia 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)
Links
In English:
In Japanese:
- Tubasaflex Junior and Silverflex at Oozusi's Ricohflex website, the last pictures show an opened NKS B, 10–200.
