Neuheil
The Neuheil is a leaf shutter made by the Japanese company Neumann & Heilemann in the early 1930s. It is everset and has three shutter blades.[1] It seems to exist only in #0 size.
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Versions
The Neuheil was made in three versions: Neuheil A (1–150, B, T), Neuheil B (5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 150, B, T) and Neuheil D (25, 50, 100, 150, B, T).[2] It is said that the 5–150 version was released first.[3]
On all the known examples, the shutter plate is black and is marked Neuheil at the bottom. The aperture scale consists of a separate crescent-shaped plate screwed to the bottom. At least one Neuheil B, perhaps an early one, has Optik & Feinmechanik and JAP. PAT. APPL. FOR at the top of the shutter plate, and has no NH logo.[4] All the other known Neuheil shutters have NEUMANN & HEILEMANN and PATENTS PENDING instead, and have the NH logo of the company on the right.[5]
Camera list
List of cameras equipped (not all the versions have a Lidex shutter):
- Weha Light (5–150 and 25–150 observed, Neuheil A and B advertised)
- Weha Idea (Neuheil A and B advertised)
Notes
- ↑ Three blades: Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ Version names: Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ Released first: Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ Shutter pictured in Tanimura, p.97 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.12.
- ↑ Examples observed in online auction.
Bibliography
- Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Neumann & Heilemann: kieta ashiato, Minoruta setsuritsu to sono ato no karera wo otte" (Neumann & Heilemann 消えた足跡・ミノルタ設立とその後の彼等を追って, On the traces of Neumann & Heilemann at the founding of Minolta and afterwards.) Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.12, October 1988. No ISBN number. Minoruta kamera no subete (ミノルタカメラのすべて, special issue on Minolta). Pp.96–9.
