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'''Rectus''' was the name of a shutter found on some Japanese cameras from the 1950s. It existed at least in two variants, with B-1-200 and B-1-300 speeds. According to [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/forum/messages/4/4533.html?1116915303 a post in the Classic Camera Repair Forum] it was a copy of the [[Prontor II]]. According to [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/PRINCE_J_PIC.htm this page at Japan Family Camera], it was made by a company called Fuji Seimitsu (富士精密), together with a shutter called '''Ceres'''. (Today there is a company called Fuji Seimitsu, but [http://www.fun.co.jp/ its website] says that it was founded in 1962.)
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'''Rectus''' is the name of a shutter found on some Japanese cameras from the 1950s. There are at least two variants, with B, 1–200 and B, 1–300 speeds. According to [http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/forum/messages/4/4533.html?1116915303 a post in the Classic Camera Repair Forum] it was a copy of the [[Prontor II]]. According to [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/PRINCE_J_PIC.htm this page at Japan Family Camera], it was made by a company called Fuji Seimitsu (富士精密), together with a shutter called '''Ceres'''. (Today there is a company called Fuji Seimitsu, but [http://www.fun.co.jp/ its website] says that it was founded in 1962.)
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The following lists are incomplete. That a particular model is listed should not be taken to mean that all examples were fitted with the particular model of shutter.
  
 
== Cameras equipped with a Rectus shutter ==
 
== Cameras equipped with a Rectus shutter ==
These lists are incomplete. That a particular model is listed here should not be taken to mean that all examples were fitted with this model of shutter.
 
  
 
* [[Condor (35mm)]] (Rectus-MX, B, 1–500)
 
* [[Condor (35mm)]] (Rectus-MX, B, 1–500)
* [[Elbow flex]] (B-1-300 reported)
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* [[Elbow flex]] (B, 1–300 reported)
 
* [[Fodorflex]]
 
* [[Fodorflex]]
 
* [[Fujica Six|Fujica Six IICR]]
 
* [[Fujica Six|Fujica Six IICR]]
* [[Mine Six]] and [[Mine Six IIF]] (B-1-200)
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* [[Mine Six]] and [[Mine Six IIF]] (B, 1–200)
 
* [[Neoca 2s|Neoca 2S]]
 
* [[Neoca 2s|Neoca 2S]]
 
* [[Primoflex]]
 
* [[Primoflex]]
* [[Prince Junior]] (unsure, B-1-300 reported)
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* [[Prince Junior]] (unsure, B, 1–300 reported)
  
 
== Cameras equipped with a Ceres shutter ==
 
== Cameras equipped with a Ceres shutter ==
  
* [[Elbow flex]] (B-1-300)
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* [[Elbow flex]] (B, 1–300)
* [[Prince Junior]] (B-1-300)
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* [[Prince Junior]] (B, 1–300)
  
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]

Revision as of 02:40, 29 July 2006

Rectus is the name of a shutter found on some Japanese cameras from the 1950s. There are at least two variants, with B, 1–200 and B, 1–300 speeds. According to a post in the Classic Camera Repair Forum it was a copy of the Prontor II. According to this page at Japan Family Camera, it was made by a company called Fuji Seimitsu (富士精密), together with a shutter called Ceres. (Today there is a company called Fuji Seimitsu, but its website says that it was founded in 1962.)

The following lists are incomplete. That a particular model is listed should not be taken to mean that all examples were fitted with the particular model of shutter.

Cameras equipped with a Rectus shutter

Cameras equipped with a Ceres shutter