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− | The '''Nifcalette''' was a folding camera taking 4x6.5cm exposures on [[127 film]]. It was | + | The '''Nifcalette''' (ニフカレッテ), made in 1929, was the first camera by Nichi-Doku, the later [[Minolta]]. At the time, the lens and shutter were imported from Germany, only the body was made in Japan. |
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+ | The Nifcalette was a vertical style folding camera, taking 4x6.5cm exposures on [[127 film]]. It had a [[brilliant finder]], sometimes also a folding frame finder. Winding was by a key and the advance was controlled by a red window. It had black or metal trim. | ||
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+ | The book by Francesch lists eleven lens/shutter combinations, in three body variants called '''Nifcalette A''', '''Nifcalette B''' and '''Nifcalette D'''. | ||
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+ | The camera that is most often illustrated is the one displayed at Konica Minolta's page. It has a folding frame finder, metal trim, a Wekar Anastigmat 75/6.3 lens, a Pronto 25-50-100-B-T shutter with the AGC logo, and is marked ''Nifca 3774'' in handwritten style under the shutter. | ||
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+ | == The Nifcalette name == | ||
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+ | "Nifca" comes from '''Ni'''_chi-Doku '''F'''_oto '''CA'''_mera (explanation given at Konica Minolta's official site, also in the book by Francesch). ''Nichi'' in Nichi-Doku means Japan, and it is certainly not coincidental that "Nifca" can also be read as '''NI'''_ppon '''F'''_oto''' '''CA'''_mera. | ||
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+ | Nifcalette is sometimes written '''Nifcarette'''. In Japanese it is written the same and it is unsure which Roman transcription was used by Nichi-Doku at the time. | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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* [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/minroll.htm A page about the Minolta folding cameras], at the [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ Manual Minolta website]. | * [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/minroll.htm A page about the Minolta folding cameras], at the [http://members.aol.com/manualminolta/ Manual Minolta website]. | ||
* [http://www.kefk.net/Fotografie/Kameras/Mittelformat/Anbieter/Minolta/Nifcalette/index.asp A page about the Nifcalette at kefk.net] | * [http://www.kefk.net/Fotografie/Kameras/Mittelformat/Anbieter/Minolta/Nifcalette/index.asp A page about the Nifcalette at kefk.net] | ||
+ | * [http://ca.konicaminolta.jp/oldnew/minolta/1940/1929.html The Nifcalette page] at the [http://ca.konicaminolta.jp/oldnew/ Konica Minolta official history site] | ||
* [http://home.n05.itscom.net/yone-lab/antique/antique.html A page with the Nifcalette] at the [http://home.n05.itscom.net/yone-lab/main.html Yone Lab website] | * [http://home.n05.itscom.net/yone-lab/antique/antique.html A page with the Nifcalette] at the [http://home.n05.itscom.net/yone-lab/main.html Yone Lab website] | ||
Revision as of 17:49, 6 May 2006
Template:127 Japan The Nifcalette (ニフカレッテ), made in 1929, was the first camera by Nichi-Doku, the later Minolta. At the time, the lens and shutter were imported from Germany, only the body was made in Japan.
The Nifcalette was a vertical style folding camera, taking 4x6.5cm exposures on 127 film. It had a brilliant finder, sometimes also a folding frame finder. Winding was by a key and the advance was controlled by a red window. It had black or metal trim.
The book by Francesch lists eleven lens/shutter combinations, in three body variants called Nifcalette A, Nifcalette B and Nifcalette D.
The camera that is most often illustrated is the one displayed at Konica Minolta's page. It has a folding frame finder, metal trim, a Wekar Anastigmat 75/6.3 lens, a Pronto 25-50-100-B-T shutter with the AGC logo, and is marked Nifca 3774 in handwritten style under the shutter.
The Nifcalette name
"Nifca" comes from Ni_chi-Doku F_oto CA_mera (explanation given at Konica Minolta's official site, also in the book by Francesch). Nichi in Nichi-Doku means Japan, and it is certainly not coincidental that "Nifca" can also be read as NI_ppon F_oto CA_mera.
Nifcalette is sometimes written Nifcarette. In Japanese it is written the same and it is unsure which Roman transcription was used by Nichi-Doku at the time.
Bibliography
- Histoire de l'appareil photographique Minolta de 1929 à 1985, D. & J.P. Francesch, ed. Dessain et Tolra
Links
- A page about the Minolta folding cameras, at the Manual Minolta website.
- A page about the Nifcalette at kefk.net
- The Nifcalette page at the Konica Minolta official history site
- A page with the Nifcalette at the Yone Lab website
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