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| − | The '''Patent Etui''' are extra-slim folding plate cameras. They were manufactured in two sizes 9×12cm and 6.5×9cm by '''[[KW]]''' '''Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch''' of Dresden between 1920 and 1938. Although originally designed for glass plates both sizes also accept '''[[Rada Rollfilm Back|Rada]] or [[Rollex rollfilm back|Rollex]]''' 120 6×9 roll film backs as well as film packs. | + | The '''Patent Etui''' are extra-slim folding plate cameras. They were manufactured in two sizes 9×12cm and 6.5×9cm by '''[[KW]]''' '''Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch''' of Dresden between 1920 and 1938. Although originally designed for glass plates both sizes also accept '''[[Rada Rollfilm Back|Rada]] or [[Rollex rollfilm back|Rollex]]''' 120 6×9 roll film backs as well as film packs. Both sizes were sold in USA by [[Brooks | Burleigh Brooks]] as the '''Kawee''' Camera. |
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The 9×12 Patent Etui weighs 815g, and was considerably smaller than most of its German competitors. In comparison a 4×5in Crown Graphic weighs 2.4kg. | The 9×12 Patent Etui weighs 815g, and was considerably smaller than most of its German competitors. In comparison a 4×5in Crown Graphic weighs 2.4kg. | ||
| − | The 9×12 cameras were often fitted with an f/4.5 135mm Zeiss [[Tessar]] initially in a dial-set [[Compur]], and after 1931 in the new rim-set | + | The 9×12 cameras were often fitted with an f/4.5 135mm Zeiss [[Tessar]] initially in a dial-set [[Compur]],<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/KW-Patent-Etui-brown/AI-36-38108 9x12 Patent Etui] with 135mm f/4.5 Tessar in dial-set Compur, and with ''brown'' leather (decorative, not tropical), with matching pouch case and filmpack holder, and with ten (black) plate-holders and leather cases for all the holders, sold at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-36/ 36th Leitz Photographica Auction], on 13 June 2020.</ref> and after 1931 in the new rim-set Compur. They were also available with an f/4.5 150mm Tessar. |
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| − | The 6.5×9 cameras were usually fitted with an f/4.5 105mm Zeiss | + | The 6.5×9 cameras were usually fitted with an f/4.5 105mm Zeiss Tessar, again in a dial-set Compur, and later in the new rim-set Compur. They were also available with an f/4.5 120mm Tessar. Two budget triplet lenses the f/4.5 & f/6.3 105mm [[Meyer]] Görlitz Anastigmatic Trioplan were also available, the f/4.5 in a Compur shutter and the f/6.3 in a 3 speed [[Vario]] shutter. A camera with ''blue'' bellows and covering was offered for sale at Westlicht with a 12 cm f/5.5 Meyer Doppel-Plasmat<ref>[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/K.W.-Patent-Etui-Doppel-Plasmat/AI-28-33114 6.5x9 cm Patent Etui] with 12 cm f/5.5 Doppel-Plasmat, and with ''blue'' leather, offered for sale at the [https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Cameras/Past-Auctions/Auction-28/ 28th Westlicht Photographica Auction] (now Leitz Photographica Auction), on 21 November 2015.</ref> (a [[convertible lens]], allowing the rear group to be used alone as a 21 cm f/11, taking advantage of the double-extension bellows); the shutter face of that example has a triple aperture scale, allowing the shutter to be used with the Doppel-Plasmat, a Tessar, or an 8-cm wide angle lens. The focusing bed also has infinity-focus markers for the Doppel-Plasmat and wide-angle lenses, suggesting that both may originally have been supplied with the camera, giving it a useful three-lens kit. |
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
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| + | * [https://apenasimagens.com/en/patent-etui-kamera-werkstatten-2/ Patent-Etui and Kamera Werkstätten] at apenasimagens.com | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
Latest revision as of 20:43, 17 January 2024
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| Patent Etui with Carl Zeiss Jena – Tessar (4.5/105mm) Accessories: rollfilm adapter, extinction meter, tripod, film sheet or plate holders. image by Siim Vahur (Image rights) |
The Patent Etui are extra-slim folding plate cameras. They were manufactured in two sizes 9×12cm and 6.5×9cm by KW Kamera Werkstätten Guthe & Thorsch of Dresden between 1920 and 1938. Although originally designed for glass plates both sizes also accept Rada or Rollex 120 6×9 roll film backs as well as film packs. Both sizes were sold in USA by Burleigh Brooks as the Kawee Camera.
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| Patent-Etui 6,5 x 9 cm fitted with Rada 120 roll film adapter image by Wagner Lungov (Image rights) |
The 9×12 Patent Etui weighs 815g, and was considerably smaller than most of its German competitors. In comparison a 4×5in Crown Graphic weighs 2.4kg.
The 9×12 cameras were often fitted with an f/4.5 135mm Zeiss Tessar initially in a dial-set Compur,[1] and after 1931 in the new rim-set Compur. They were also available with an f/4.5 150mm Tessar.
  
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| Patent Etui Luxus, 6.5×9cm, Tessar 10.5cm f/4.5, dial-set Compur. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
The 6.5×9 cameras were usually fitted with an f/4.5 105mm Zeiss Tessar, again in a dial-set Compur, and later in the new rim-set Compur. They were also available with an f/4.5 120mm Tessar. Two budget triplet lenses the f/4.5 & f/6.3 105mm Meyer Görlitz Anastigmatic Trioplan were also available, the f/4.5 in a Compur shutter and the f/6.3 in a 3 speed Vario shutter. A camera with blue bellows and covering was offered for sale at Westlicht with a 12 cm f/5.5 Meyer Doppel-Plasmat[2] (a convertible lens, allowing the rear group to be used alone as a 21 cm f/11, taking advantage of the double-extension bellows); the shutter face of that example has a triple aperture scale, allowing the shutter to be used with the Doppel-Plasmat, a Tessar, or an 8-cm wide angle lens. The focusing bed also has infinity-focus markers for the Doppel-Plasmat and wide-angle lenses, suggesting that both may originally have been supplied with the camera, giving it a useful three-lens kit.
  
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| Patent Etui Luxus, 6.5×9cm, rim-set Compur. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
A few Patent Etui's were also sold with lenses from a variety of other manufacturers, and there were also some variations of the two basic models, including one with no focus rack adjustment instead having a Schneider Radionar with front cell focussing, and an Ibsor shutter. Not all cameras were fitted with the sports finder.
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| Patent Etui 9×12. Among the Patent Etui's attractions was its extreme compactness when folded. Images by Ian Grant. (Image rights) | |||||
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| Patent Etui 9×12 (left) alongside an Orionwerks 9×12 camera. image by Ian Grant (Image rights) |
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| two sizes image by Uwe Kulick (Image rights) |
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| 1935 Advert in The British Journal Photographic Almanac image by Ian Grant (Image rights) |
A Japanese copy of the 6.5×9 model, called the Prince Peerless, was made from 1934.
Japanese advertisements
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| Advertisement by Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten in Ars Camera November 1924, showing the Patent Etui (パテント・ヱツヰ・カメラ) and the Thowe plate folder (ソウヱカメラ). (Image rights) | Leaflet by Photo News, November 1938. (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ 9x12 Patent Etui with 135mm f/4.5 Tessar in dial-set Compur, and with brown leather (decorative, not tropical), with matching pouch case and filmpack holder, and with ten (black) plate-holders and leather cases for all the holders, sold at the 36th Leitz Photographica Auction, on 13 June 2020.
- ↑ 6.5x9 cm Patent Etui with 12 cm f/5.5 Doppel-Plasmat, and with blue leather, offered for sale at the 28th Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction), on 21 November 2015.
Links
In English :
- Patent-Etui and Kamera Werkstätten at apenasimagens.com
Bibliography
- Ars Camera. Advertisement by Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten in November 1924. No page number.
- Photo News Sha. Leaflet presenting the Rolleicord, Perle, Semi Olympus II and Patent Etui, dated November 1938. Document reproduced in this Flickr album by Rebollo_fr.
- Instruction manual for a Patent-Etui 6.5 X 9 at www.orphancameras.com
