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Revision as of 14:44, 18 August 2007
The Rosen Hand or Rosen Hand Camera is a Japanese 6.5×9cm folding plate camera, attributed to the company Proud and advertised in 1935.[1]
General description
The Rosen Hand has a metal body shows some similarity to the Proud plate folder, to which it is perhaps related. There is a brilliant finder and a folding frame finder made of two parts: an eyepiece attached to the rear and a wireframe attached to the front standard. Above the body is a handle and the folding bed release. Focusing is done via a small wheel placed on the right of the folding bed, with what seems to be a focus lock, and the distance scale is on the left.
Versions
One example is pictured in Sugiyama and Kokusan kamera no rekishi with a Corygon-Anastigmat 10.5cm f/4.5 lens, a Vario shutter giving 25, 50, 100, B, T speeds and no movement ability.[2]
A 6.5×9 plate folder presented as a Rosen has been sold in a Yahoo Japan auction. It is mostly similar to the Rosen mentioned above and it has a Corygon-Anastigmat 10.5cm f/4.5 lens by Friedrich, but the shutter is a Compur giving T, B, 1–250 speeds and the U-shaped lens standard is different and allows vertical movements.
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343, Sugiyama, p. 34 and McKeown, p. 804. Kokusan kamera no rekishi mentions one advertisement dated 1935, and the other sources give the same date.
- ↑ Sugiyama item 1240. A smaller version of the same picture is reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343.
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. Item 325.
- 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. 804.
- 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. Item 1240.
