Rectus
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.
Contents
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)
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement published in the September 1950 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 511.
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.