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'''Neumann & Heilemann''' was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two Germans living in Japan. They had previously helped Kazuo Tashima to found the Nichi-Doku company that would become [[Minolta]]. They made the Rulex shutters and they also made cameras. Their logo was ''NH'' inside a circle.
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'''Neumann & Heilemann''' was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two Germans living in Japan. Billy Neumann had previously worked for [[Krauss]] in Paris, and Willy Heilemann for [[Kenngott]], then they had helped Kazuo Tashima to found the Nichi-Doku company that would become [[Minolta]], before founding their own company. They made the Rulex and Perfekt shutters and they also made cameras. They also made lenses, as the Tritar 105/4.5 shown [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm here]. Their logo was ''NH'' inside a circle.
  
 
There is sporadic reference to the following models:
 
There is sporadic reference to the following models:
 
* Condor
 
* Condor
* Perfekt ? (maybe a mistake, some shutters were named Perfekt)
 
 
* Prince ?
 
* Prince ?
 
* [[Princeflex]], the first Japanese TLR
 
* [[Princeflex]], the first Japanese TLR

Revision as of 16:46, 4 April 2006

Neumann & Heilemann was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two Germans living in Japan. Billy Neumann had previously worked for Krauss in Paris, and Willy Heilemann for Kenngott, then they had helped Kazuo Tashima to found the Nichi-Doku company that would become Minolta, before founding their own company. They made the Rulex and Perfekt shutters and they also made cameras. They also made lenses, as the Tritar 105/4.5 shown here. Their logo was NH inside a circle.

There is sporadic reference to the following models:

  • Condor
  • Prince ?
  • Princeflex, the first Japanese TLR

Cameras equipped with Neumann & Heilemann shutters:

Bibliography

  • The Japanese camera by John Baird, ed. HCP