Perfect
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The Perfect or Perfekt is a leaf shutter made by the Japanese company Neumann & Heilemann in the 1930s and early 1940s. It is said to be a copy of the Compur.
Shutter plate
The shutter plate is inscribed PERFECT or PERFEKT in fancy letters at the bottom. The company name Neumann & Heilemann or NEUMANN & HEILEMANN PATENTS PENDING is sometimes directly written in small characters at the top and sometimes inscribed on a small crescent-shaped plate screwed to the top. The NH logo of Neumann & Heilemann is on the right. The aperture scale is on a separate crescent-shaped plate screwed to the bottom.
Variants
- 25, 50, 100, 250, B, T
- 5–150[1]
- 5–250
- 1–200
- 1–300
Cameras equipped
Listing of a camera here should not be taken to mean that all examples of the camera were fitted with Rulex shutters.
- Adler (Perfekt)
- Baby Rosen, Rosen Four and Adler Four (5–250)
- Letix (5–250)
- Semi Lucky (Perfekt, 5–250)
- Prince plate folder (5–150)
- Prince Peerless (1–200)
- Semi Prince
- Prince Flex (1–300)
- Seica (25, 50, 100, 250, B, T)
Notes
- ↑ Reported on a Prince plate folder pictured in McKeown, p. 331.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover).
