Nippon Kōgaku lenses before 1945
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Anytar 12cm f/4.5
The first camera lens made by Nippon Kōgaku was the Anytar Anastigmat 12cm f/4.5.[1] The company bought twenty Lily plate folders and mounted the Anytar lenses with dial-set Compur shutters, for experimental purpose.[2] At least two surviving examples are known, reportedly having no.3087 and no.3093, the latter being mounted on a Lily camera.[3] It is said that the Anytar lens was developed from 1929, and that other focal lengths were studied but never produced: 7.5cm, 10.5cm, 15cm and 18cm.[4] Other sources say that the Anytar is dated 1931 or 1932, probably the date of completion of the first lenses or experimental Lily cameras.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Lewis, p.184, and Tanaka, p.89 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10, say Anytar 12cm f/4, certainly by mistake.
- ↑ Sugiyama, item 1126; Baird, p.56.
- ↑ Lenses pictured in Baird, p.56.
- ↑ Date: Lewis, p.184, Baird, p.55. Other focal lengths: Baird, p.55.
- ↑ Tanaka, p.89 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10, says 1931. Sugiyama, item 1126, says 1932.
Bibliography
- Baird, John R. The Japanese Camera. Yakima, WA: Historical Camera Publications, 1990. ISBN 1-879561-02-6. Pp.54–6.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard).
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5.
- Tanaka Masao (田中政雄). "Hekisā F4.5 no tanjō" (ヘキサーF4.5の誕生, The birth of the Hexar f/4.5). 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.10, September 1987. No ISBN number. Konishiroku kamera no rekishi (小西六カメラの歴史, special issue on Konishiroku). Pp.88–9.
Links
In English:
- Anytar 12cm f/4.5 lens on an unknown plate folder, in Fotóművészet Online
