Rittreck (6×9)

Optika images by Uwe Kulick (Image rights)

The Rittreck is a 6×9cm SLR without a revolving back, made from 1955 by Musashino Kōki. The most common versions are the Rittreck IIA and Rittreck SP. The Optika IIA was a name variant of the Rittreck IIA, sold by Seymour's, a distributor based in New York.

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. Items 1017 and 1807–9. (See also the advertisement for item 1810.)
• Kamera no ayumi. Zen nihon shashin renmei sōritsu 50-shūnen kinen (カメラのあゆみ・全日本写真連盟創立五〇周年記念, History of cameras, commemorating the 50^th anniversary of the All Japan Association of Photographic Societies). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1976. No ISBN number. P.104.
• Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.94.
• 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). P.705.
• Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Items 2249–50.

Links

In English:

• Rittreck IIA and Rittreck SP at Takasaki Motohiro's camera site, with a reproduction of a brochure and user manual for the Optika IIA
• Rittreck IIA at artbig.com by Sébastien Lallement
• Rittreck IIA serial no. 2537, with 105 mm f/3.5 Luminon, sold at auction no. 15 (May 2009) by Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction).
• Rittreck IIA serial no. 8673, with 90 mm f/3.5 Luminon, 105 mm f/3.5 Luminant and 210 mm f/4.5 Luminant, sold at Westlicht auction no. 9 (May 2006).
• Tele-Luminant 40 cm f/5.6 serial no. 41827, also sold at Westlicht auction 9.
• Rittreck PS PDF manual at Butkus' OrphanCameras.com

In German:

• Rittreck IIA, lot no.371 of Foto Hobby Rahn Photographica Auction no.5 (12 May 2007).

In Japanese:

• Rembrandt prototype (Rittreck's predecessor) at Shashinki to Tōgei
• Rittreck IIA repair notes at Takasaki Motohiro's camera site
• Rittreck IIA repair notes at Kan's Room
• Rittreck IIA at Asacame