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| − | The '''Need''' is a Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folder | + | The '''Need''' is a Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folder distributed by [[Eikōdō]] in the mid-1930s. |
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| + | One advertisement by [[Eikōdō]] in the June 1st, 1935 issue of ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'' says that it was the distributor of the Need cameras, with no more details.<REF> Advertisement reproduced on p.27 of ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku''. </REF> | ||
The only known surviving example is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 1212. </REF> It has a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a [[brilliant finder]] and a wireframe finder (whose front frame is missing), and no movement ability. The shutter is a dial-set [[Elka]], giving 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds, and the lens is reported as a [[Steinheil]] Anastigmat [[Trionar]] 105mm f/6.3. | The only known surviving example is pictured in {{Sugiyama}}.<REF> {{Sugiyama}}, item 1212. </REF> It has a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a [[brilliant finder]] and a wireframe finder (whose front frame is missing), and no movement ability. The shutter is a dial-set [[Elka]], giving 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds, and the lens is reported as a [[Steinheil]] Anastigmat [[Trionar]] 105mm f/6.3. | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* {{McKeown12}} P.261. | * {{McKeown12}} P.261. | ||
| + | * ''Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin'' (日本写真興業通信). ''Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku'' (百号ごと十回の記録, Ten records, every hundred issues). Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin Sha (日本写真興業通信社), 1967. No ISBN number. P.27, corresponding to p.9 of the June 1st, 1935 issue. | ||
* {{Zukan}} Item 1212. | * {{Zukan}} Item 1212. | ||
* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (175) Kubi no shūshū" (レンズの話[175]首の収集, Lens story [175] Collection of heads). In {{CCN}} no.265 (July 1999). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.9–11. | * Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (175) Kubi no shūshū" (レンズの話[175]首の収集, Lens story [175] Collection of heads). In {{CCN}} no.265 (July 1999). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.9–11. | ||
Revision as of 21:41, 10 February 2008
The Need is a Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folder distributed by Eikōdō in the mid-1930s.
One advertisement by Eikōdō in the June 1st, 1935 issue of Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin says that it was the distributor of the Need cameras, with no more details.[1]
The only known surviving example is pictured in Sugiyama.[2] It has a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a brilliant finder and a wireframe finder (whose front frame is missing), and no movement ability. The shutter is a dial-set Elka, giving 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds, and the lens is reported as a Steinheil Anastigmat Trionar 105mm f/6.3.
Yazawa shows a Fuji Optische Werk Anastigmat Trionar 105mm f/6.3 and Elka-C shutter (10–150, B, T), reportedly coming from a Need.[3] The shutter plate has ELKA–C at the bottom, Patent–Pending at the top and a TB logo on the right. The name "Fuji Optische Werk" certainly corresponds to Fuji Kōgaku, which maybe acquired the license of the Trionar lens to Steinheil, and maybe assembled the lenses from elements coming from Germany.
The same source also shows a Steinheil Anastigmat Trionar 105mm f/6.3 and dial-set Elka, said to come from a Sun plate folder looking very much like the Need and probably related.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced on p.27 of Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku.
- ↑ Sugiyama, item 1212.
- ↑ Yazawa, pp.10–1 of Camera Collectors' News no.265.
- ↑ Yazawa, pp.10–1 of Camera Collectors' News no.265.
Bibliography
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P.261.
- Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin (日本写真興業通信). Hyaku-gō goto jūkai no kiroku (百号ごと十回の記録, Ten records, every hundred issues). Tokyo: Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Tsūshin Sha (日本写真興業通信社), 1967. No ISBN number. P.27, corresponding to p.9 of the June 1st, 1935 issue.
- 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 1212.
- Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (175) Kubi no shūshū" (レンズの話[175]首の収集, Lens story [175] Collection of heads). In Camera Collectors' News no.265 (July 1999). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.9–11.
