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| − | The '''Patent Etui''' are extra-slim folding plate cameras | + | 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. |
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| − | 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. One (with ''blue'' bellows and covering) was offered for sale at Westlicht with a 12 cm f/5.5 Meyer Doppel-Plasmat<ref>[ | + | 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. One (with ''blue'' bellows and covering) was offered for sale at Westlicht with a 12 cm f/5.5 Meyer Doppel-Plasmat<ref>[https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.Object?inC=WLPA&inA=20141215_1156&inO=434 6.5x9 cm Patent Etui] with 12 cm f/5.5 Doppel-Plasmat, and with blue leather, offered for sale at the [https://wlpa.auction2000.se/auk/w.ObjectList?inSiteLang=&inC=WLPA&inA=20141215_1156 28th Camera Auction] by Westlicht Photographica Auction (now [https://www.leitz-auction.com/auction/en/home 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. |
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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.
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 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. One (with blue bellows and covering) was offered for sale at Westlicht with a 12 cm f/5.5 Meyer Doppel-Plasmat[1] (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.
  
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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
- ↑ 6.5x9 cm Patent Etui with 12 cm f/5.5 Doppel-Plasmat, and with blue leather, offered for sale at the 28th Camera Auction by Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction), on 21 November 2015.
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
