Rorox and Shinko Baby
The Rorox is a Japanese camera taking 3×4cm exposures on 127 film. It is only known from an entry in McKeown. It seems that it was made by a company called Shinko Seiki, probably in the late prewar period.[1]
Description of the body
The Rorox has a metal body and a telescopic tube supporting the lens and shutter assembly. It seems that this tube is mounted on a focusing helical.
The top plate is engraved ROROX 3x4 SHINKO. It supports the advance knob on the right end. The eye-level viewfinder is in the middle, it is contained in a housing extending to the left end of the top plate. This housing contains an additional brilliant finder and supports an accessory shoe.
It seems that the back is removed together with the bottom plate for film loading.
Lens and shutter equipment
The only known example of the Rorox has a shutter giving T, B, 5–200 speeds. The shutter plate is marked SHINKO at the top and SHINKO SEIKI in small letters at the bottom. There is a logo on the right whose meaning is unclear. The release lever is on the shutter housing itself.
The lens is a Shinko-Anastigmat 50mm f/4.5 and the aperture scale is above the shutter housing.
Notes
- ↑ McKeown, p. 891, says 1939 but this is unconfirmed.
Bibliography
- 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. 891.
This camera is not listed in Kokusan kamera no rekishi nor in Sugiyama.
