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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. | + | '''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. Neumann & Heilemann made the Rulex and Perfekt shutters and they also made cameras and lenses. Their logo was ''NH'' inside a circle. |
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| − | Neumann & Heilemann made the Rulex and Perfekt shutters and they also made cameras and lenses. Their logo was ''NH'' inside a circle. | ||
== Cameras == | == Cameras == | ||
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== Shutters == | == Shutters == | ||
| + | * Rulex | ||
| + | * Perfekt | ||
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Cameras equipped with Neumann & Heilemann shutters: | Cameras equipped with Neumann & Heilemann shutters: | ||
* [[Riken Adler]], some variants | * [[Riken Adler]], some variants | ||
Revision as of 20:37, 21 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. Neumann & Heilemann made the Rulex and Perfekt shutters and they also made cameras and lenses. Their logo was NH inside a circle.
Contents
Cameras
Neumann & Heilemann made some cameras.
- Condor? (4.5x6 folding according to McKeown)
- Prince Flex, the first Japanese TLR
Both Neumann & Heilemann and Fujimoto used the name Prince on some cameras, but they also shared the same distributor Fukada Shōkai, and maybe the name was theirs. This is discussed in the Prince page.
Shutters
- Rulex
- Perfekt
Cameras equipped with Neumann & Heilemann shutters:
- Riken Adler, some variants
- Fujimoto Semi Prince, some
Lenses
- Radionar 75/4.5, probably under license from Schneider, equipped some Fujimoto Semi Prince
- Tritar 105/4.5, camera unknown, shown here
Bibliography
- The Japanese camera by John Baird, ed. HCP
