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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.) | + | '''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'''. The maker of the Ceres is confirmed by an advertisement dated September 1955.<REF> Published in the September 1950 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, item 511. </REF> (Today there is a company called Fuji Seimitsu, but [http://www.fun.co.jp/ 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. | 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. |
Revision as of 14:46, 30 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. The maker of the Ceres is confirmed by an advertisement dated September 1955.[1] (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
- Condor (35mm) (Rectus-MX, B, 1–500)
- Elbow flex (B, 1–300 reported)
- Fodorflex
- Fujica Six IICR
- Mine Six and Mine Six IIF (B, 1–200)
- Neoca 2S
- Primoflex
- Prince Junior (unsure, B, 1–300 reported)
Cameras equipped with a Ceres shutter
- Elbow flex (B, 1–300)
- Prince Junior (B, 1–300)