Rosen plate folder
The Rosen Hand or Rosen Hand Camera is a Japanese 6.5×9cm folding plate camera, attributed to the company Proud[1]. It has a brilliant finder and a folding frame finder, and is known with a Corygon f:4.5 lens and a Vario shutter giving T, B, 25–100 speeds[2].
It was advertised at least in 1935.[3]
A 6.5×9 plate folder has been sold in a Yahoo Japan auction, said to be a Rosen and equipped with a Corygon 10.5cm f:4.5 lens by Friedrich and a Compur shutter giving T, B, 1–250 speeds. It has some similarity with the Rosen illustrated in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, but differences are visible, notably in the U-shaped part supporting the lens. The metal body also shows some similarity to the Proud plate folder, to which it is perhaps related.
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343 and McKeown, p. 804.
- ↑ This example appears in the book Kamera zukan by Sugiyama and Naoi, and a small picture is reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343. It is also the date given by McKeown, p. 804.
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. P. 343.
- 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.