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'''Neumann & Heilemann''' was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two German people 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 Nichidoku company (that would later become [[Minolta]]), before founding their own company. Its logo was ''NH'' inside a circle. It made the [[Rulex]] and Perfect (or Perfekt) shutters as well as lenses and maybe cameras.
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'''Neumann & Heilemann''' was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two German people 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 Nichidoku company (that would later become [[Minolta]]), before founding their own company. Its logo was ''NH'' inside a circle. It made the [[Rulex]] and [[Perfect]] (or Perfekt) shutters as well as lenses and maybe cameras.
  
 
== Cameras ==
 
== Cameras ==
The company certainly participated in the development of the [[Prince Flex]], the first Japanese TLR (1937), distributed by [[Fukada|Fukada Shōkai]]. Some sources say that it was made by Neumann & Heilemann,<REF> See [http://www.geocities.jp/yume_camera/princeflex.html this page at yume_camera]. </REF> and the camera is indeed engraved with the company name. A dubious rumor says that Neumann & Heilemann merged with the [[Prince]] factory and that the Prince Flex was the first resulting product.<REF> This is mentioned as a rumor in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;340, whereas ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten,'' p.&nbsp;28, says that Neumann & Heilemann merged with Fujimoto. </REF> However the company continued to produce shutters under its own name at least until the war.
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The company certainly participated in the development of the [[Prince Flex]], the first Japanese TLR (1937), distributed by [[Fukada|Fukada Shōkai]]. It sold a plant in Mukogawa to [[Fujimoto]] in 1937,<REF> Tanimura, p.&nbsp;51 of {{KKS}} no.&nbsp;11. </REF> and the Prince Flex was perhaps taken over by Fujimoto at the same time (see [[Prince Flex]]). (The [[Semi Lucky]] by Fujimoto would be produced in this Mukogawa plant.)<REF> Tanimura, p.&nbsp;51 of {{KKS}} no.&nbsp;11. </REF>
  
{{McKeown}} says that Neumann & Heilemann made a 4.5&times;6 folder called Condor.<REF> {{McKeown}}, p.&nbsp;717. </REF> This is probably a confusion with the [[Condor folders]], most of them having a [[Rulex]] shutter made by the company.
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The attribution of the [[Condor folders]] to Neumann & Heilemann is a mistake.<REF> Mistake in {{McKeown}}, p.&nbsp;717. Most Condor folders have a [[Rulex]] shutter made by the company. </REF>
  
 
== Shutters ==
 
== Shutters ==
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* Hibi Takashi (日比孝). "Nihon no supuringu kamera: Orinpasu" (日本のスプリングカメラ・オリンパス, "Japanese folding cameras: Olympus"). {{KKS008}} Pp.&nbsp;62&ndash;5.
 
* Hibi Takashi (日比孝). "Nihon no supuringu kamera: Orinpasu" (日本のスプリングカメラ・オリンパス, "Japanese folding cameras: Olympus"). {{KKS008}} Pp.&nbsp;62&ndash;5.
 
* {{McKeown12}}
 
* {{McKeown12}}
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* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Semi Purinsu kara Rakku made &mdash; Takahashi Kenzō shi ni kiku." (セミプリンスからラックまで・高橋健三氏にきく, "From the Semi Prince to the Luck &mdash; Asking Takahashi Kenzō") {{KKS011}} Pp.&nbsp;50&ndash;1. Based on an interview of Takahashi Kenzō, senior advisor of [[Fujimoto]].
 
* ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten'' (私の二眼レフカメラ展, Exhibition of twin lens reflex cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.&nbsp;25.
 
* ''Watakushi no ni-gan-refu kamera-ten'' (私の二眼レフカメラ展, Exhibition of twin lens reflex cameras). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1992. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number.) P.&nbsp;25.
  

Revision as of 21:15, 8 July 2007

Neumann & Heilemann was a company founded in the 1930s by Billy Neumann and Willy Heilemann, two German people 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 Nichidoku company (that would later become Minolta), before founding their own company. Its logo was NH inside a circle. It made the Rulex and Perfect (or Perfekt) shutters as well as lenses and maybe cameras.

Cameras

The company certainly participated in the development of the Prince Flex, the first Japanese TLR (1937), distributed by Fukada Shōkai. It sold a plant in Mukogawa to Fujimoto in 1937,[1] and the Prince Flex was perhaps taken over by Fujimoto at the same time (see Prince Flex). (The Semi Lucky by Fujimoto would be produced in this Mukogawa plant.)[2]

The attribution of the Condor folders to Neumann & Heilemann is a mistake.[3]

Shutters

Lenses

  • Radionar 75/4.5, certainly under license from Schneider
  • Tritar 105/4.5[4]

List of cameras equipped with a Neumann & Heilemann lens (this list is incomplete, and that a model appears in the list does not mean that all its variants are concerned):

Notes

  1. Tanimura, p. 51 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no. 11.
  2. Tanimura, p. 51 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no. 11.
  3. Mistake in McKeown, p. 717. Most Condor folders have a Rulex shutter made by the company.
  4. Example pictured in this page at ksmt.com, and example pictured in Hibi, p.&nbsp65 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no. 8.

Bibliography