Palma Brilliant and Rosko Brilliant

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The Palma Brilliant and Rosko Brilliant are Japanese 6×6 pseudo TLR cameras. It is said that they were distributed by Goyō Shōkai around 1955.[1] The Rosko Brilliant was certainly exported to the USA by Rosko.

Description

The Palma Brilliant and Rosko Brilliant have the same bakelite body. The central part is shaped like a TLR, with a very large brilliant finder above and a fixed-focus lens below. The film runs horizontally and the film spool containers extend from each side, with the advance knob at the top left and a symmetrical knob on the other side. The shape is thus half way between a (pseudo) TLR and a rigid viewfinder camera.

The release button is to the right of the central box and two control wheels are available at the bottom of the front plate: one has B and I speed settings and the other has 1, 2, 3 aperture settings.

Variations

The Palma Brilliant is only known from Sugiyama. The name PALMA is written in big letters at the bottom of the front plate, and BRILLIANT MODEL 2 is written in small letters underneath. It reportedly takes 120 film.[2]

The Rosko Brilliant is externally identical. The name ROSKO is written at the bottom of the front plate, with BRILLIANT 620 MODEL 2 written underneath. This model reportedly takes 620 film[3] and is an export version, certainly distributed by Rosko.

Notes

  1. Sugiyama, items 4164 and 4171; McKeown, p.365.
  2. Sugiyama, item 4164.
  3. Sugiyama, item 4171.

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