Difference between revisions of "Rubies"

From Camera-wiki.org
Jump to: navigation, search
(more adverts)
m (Rubies B and C: Replaced location of rebollo_fr image due to expected deletion of images on Flickr Feb.2019, /photos/rebollo_fr/2167331832)
 
(16 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Japanese plate
+
{{Japanese plate folding bed
|image=[http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/698976798/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1233/698976798_e39e1997da_m_d.jpg]<br>''{{public domain Japan old}}''
+
|image=[http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/31837153867/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4809/31837153867_eebc68c2c8_m_d.jpg]<br>''{{public domain Japan old}}''
 
}}
 
}}
The '''Rubies'''<REF> The Roman spelling "Rubies" is given in Lewis, p.44, but it is unconfirmed. </REF> (ルビース) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed and perhaps made by [[Fuyōdō]] in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
+
The '''Rubies'''<REF> The Roman spelling "Rubies" is shown in an advertisement in Asahi Camera February 1930. See image on this page</REF> (ルビース) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed by [[Fuyōdō]] in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
  
 
== Rubies Hand Camera ==
 
== Rubies Hand Camera ==
The camera was advertised as the '''Rubies Hand Camera''' (ルビースハンドカメラ) in the May, July and September 1929 issues of ''[[Asahi Camera]]''.<REF> Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9) and September 1929 (p.A10). </REF> It is described as having an all-metal body, double extension bellows, [[Meyer]] lenses, and vertical and horizontal movements. The illustration shows a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a screw certainly used for vertical movements, and both a [[brilliant finder]] and a wireframe finder with a round eyepiece. An oval plate engraved ''RUBIES'' is visible inside the folding bed, between the focusing rails. The following versions are listed, supplied with six plate holders and one film pack holder:<REF> A similar, less detailed list is given in Lewis, p.44. </REF>
+
The camera was advertised as the '''Rubies Hand Camera''' (ルビースハンドカメラ) in the May, July, August and September 1929 issues of ''[[Asahi Camera]]''.<REF> Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9), August 1929 (p.A24) and September 1929 (p.A10). </REF> It is described as having an all-metal body, true double extension bellows, [[Meyer]] lenses, and vertical and horizontal movements. The illustration shows a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a screw certainly used for vertical movements, a square [[brilliant finder]] and a wireframe finder with a round eyepiece. An oval plate engraved ''RUBIES'' is visible inside the folding bed, between the focusing rails. The following versions are listed, supplied with six plate holders and one film pack holder:<REF> A similar, less detailed list is given in Lewis, p.44. </REF>
 
* f/6.3, [[Vario]], {{yen|40|1929}};
 
* f/6.3, [[Vario]], {{yen|40|1929}};
 
* f/6.3, [[Ibsor]], {{yen|46|1929}};
 
* f/6.3, [[Ibsor]], {{yen|46|1929}};
Line 13: Line 13:
  
 
{| class="plainlinks" align="center" style="text-align: center;"
 
{| class="plainlinks" align="center" style="text-align: center;"
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/2262863514/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/2262863514_e4f83375fd_m_d.jpg] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/2236050067/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2044/2236050067_d12bdffb91_m_d.jpg] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/697293950/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1399/697293950_bc17b50ea3_m_d.jpg]
+
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/39813680503/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7883/39813680503_642058d021_m_d.jpg] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/31837228117/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7869/31837228117_043eb4836a_m_d.jpg]
 
|-
 
|-
|| ''Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' May, July and September 1929 (right). {{public domain Japan old}}''
+
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/46054086094/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7840/46054086094_e7a8f22d90_m_d.jpg] [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/32903383298/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7856/32903383298_d89cb7f3b4_m_d.jpg]
 +
|-
 +
|| ''Advertisements in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' May and July 1929 (top),''<br>''and August and September 1929 (bottom). {{public domain Japan old}}''
 +
|}
 +
 
 +
== Rubies B and C ==
 +
{| class="plainlinks floatright" width=200px style="text-align: center;"
 +
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/31837490937/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7895/31837490937_5566844878_m_d.jpg]
 +
|-
 +
|| ''Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' February 1930. {{public domain Japan old}}''
 
|}
 
|}
 +
The '''Rubies B''' (ルビース・B・カメラ) was advertised in the February 1930 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]'', where it was presented as a new model, sister of the Rubies Hand Camera.<REF> Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' February 1930, p.A21. </REF> It has short double extension (小二段伸), allowing close-up pictures up to eight ''sun'' (about 27cm). The illustration shows a rounded front standard, a focusing wheel on the right, a rounded brilliant finder and no wireframe finder. The movement ability has perhaps disappeared. The shutter is a dial-set [[Vario]] (T, B, 25, 50, 100) and the lens is a [[Meyer]] Anastigmat f/6.3. The camera was supplied with three plate holders and one film pack holder, for {{yen|32|1930}}. The advertisement says that the Rubies Hand and Rubies B were made in the shop's factory; this might mean that Fuyōdō had its own workshop, or simply means that the camera was made by a subcontractor.
  
== Rubies B ==
+
{| class="plainlinks floatright" width=200px style="text-align: center; clear: right;"
The '''Rubies B''' (ルビース・B・カメラ) was advertised in the June 1932 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]''. It has double extension bellows and an all-metal body, presented as "improved and perfected". The picture shows many differences with the Rubies Hand, and it seems that the vertical movement ability has disappeared. The lenses are provided by [[Meyer]] and [[Schneider]]. The following versions are listed:
+
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/32903742838/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4811/32903742838_c83402ea9e_m_d.jpg]
 +
|-
 +
|| ''Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' June 1932. {{public domain Japan old}}''
 +
|}
 +
The Rubies B was advertised again in the June 1932 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]'', in an '''improved''' form (改良完成). The camera now has true double extension bellows. The picture shows many differences with the previous Rubies B, and the camera again has a wireframe finder. The lenses are provided by [[Meyer]] and [[Schneider]]. The following versions are listed, supplied with three single-sided plate holders, one film pack holder and a release cable:
 
* Meyer f/6.3, [[Vario|New Vario]], {{yen|32|1932}};
 
* Meyer f/6.3, [[Vario|New Vario]], {{yen|32|1932}};
 
* Meyer f/6.3, [[Ibsor]], {{yen|38|1932}};
 
* Meyer f/6.3, [[Ibsor]], {{yen|38|1932}};
Line 26: Line 40:
 
* Meyer f/4.5, [[Compur|Auto Compur]], {{yen|55|1932}};
 
* Meyer f/4.5, [[Compur|Auto Compur]], {{yen|55|1932}};
 
* Xenar f/4.5, [[Compur|Auto Compur]], {{yen|65|1932}}.
 
* Xenar f/4.5, [[Compur|Auto Compur]], {{yen|65|1932}}.
The pictured camera is the most expensive version, with the Schneider Xenar 10.5cm f/4.5 lens and the newer rim-set [[Compur]].
+
The pictured camera is the most expensive version, with the Schneider Xenar 10.5cm f/4.5 lens and the newer rim-set [[Compur]]. The list of versions also mentions a '''Rubies C''', with single extension bellows and an f/6.3 lens, for {{yen|22|1932}}.
 
 
{| class="plainlinks" align="center" style="text-align: center;"
 
|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/rebollo_fr/2167331832/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2153/2167331832_4f1b18362e_d.jpg]
 
|-
 
|| ''Advertisement in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' June 1932. {{public domain Japan old}}''
 
|}
 
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
Line 38: Line 46:
  
 
== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* ''[[Asahi Camera]]''. Advertisement by [[Fuyōdō]] in May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9), September 1929 (p.A10), February 1930 (p.A21) and June 1932 (p.A17).
+
* ''[[Asahi Camera]]''. Advertisement by [[Fuyōdō]] in May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9), August 1929 (p.A24), September 1929 (p.A10), February 1930 (p.A21) and June 1932 (p.A17).
 
* {{Lewis}} P.44.
 
* {{Lewis}} P.44.
 
The Rubies is not listed in {{Sugiyama}}.
 
The Rubies is not listed in {{Sugiyama}}.

Latest revision as of 19:10, 17 January 2019

Japanese plate cameras, folding bed (edit)
No.0 (4×5cm) Alpha | Sweet | Pony Sweet | Taishō-shiki
atom (4.5×6cm) Monarch | Need | Palma
meishi (5.5×8cm) Eagle | Idea A | Idea B | Idea Snap | Idea No.1 | Iris | Lily (horizontal) | Pearl No.3 | Special Camera | Venis | X
daimeishi (6.5×9cm) Apollo | Arcadia | Crite | Special East | Eaton | Elliotte | First | First Etui | Gold | Happy | Hope | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Kinka | Kokka | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Tropical Lily | Lloyd | Lomax | Masnette | Mikuni | Need | Nifca Klapp | Nifca Sport | Ohca | Palma | Peter | Prince | Prince Peerless | Proud | Romax | Rosen | Rubies | Sirius | Sun | Super | Tokiwa | Venus | Weha Idea | Weha Light
tefuda (8×10.5cm) Eagle | Idea A | Idea B | Idea No.1 | Idea (metal) | Iris | Lily (original) | Lily (horizontal) | Lily (metal) | Palma | Pearl No.3, No.4 | Minimum Pearl | Special Pearl | Sakura Palace | Sakura Pocket Prano | Star | Tokiwa | Weha
nimaigake (8×12cm) Eagle | Idea | Idea Binocular | Sakura Prano | Sakura Binocular Prano | Star Premo
hagaki (8×14cm) Eagle | Noble | Pearl No.3, No.4 | Star
kabine (12×16.5cm) Idea | Noble | Sakura Prano | Star Premo
Japanese plate film: monocular, box, strut-folding and SLR ->
3×4 and 4×4, 4×5 and 4×6.5, 4.5×6, 6×6 and 6×9 ->

The Rubies[1] (ルビース) are Japanese 6.5×9cm plate folders distributed by Fuyōdō in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Rubies Hand Camera

The camera was advertised as the Rubies Hand Camera (ルビースハンドカメラ) in the May, July, August and September 1929 issues of Asahi Camera.[2] It is described as having an all-metal body, true double extension bellows, Meyer lenses, and vertical and horizontal movements. The illustration shows a small focusing wheel on the photographer's right, a screw certainly used for vertical movements, a square brilliant finder and a wireframe finder with a round eyepiece. An oval plate engraved RUBIES is visible inside the folding bed, between the focusing rails. The following versions are listed, supplied with six plate holders and one film pack holder:[3]

The Compur is the older dial-set model, as appears in the illustration.

Rubies B and C

The Rubies B (ルビース・B・カメラ) was advertised in the February 1930 issue of Asahi Camera, where it was presented as a new model, sister of the Rubies Hand Camera.[4] It has short double extension (小二段伸), allowing close-up pictures up to eight sun (about 27cm). The illustration shows a rounded front standard, a focusing wheel on the right, a rounded brilliant finder and no wireframe finder. The movement ability has perhaps disappeared. The shutter is a dial-set Vario (T, B, 25, 50, 100) and the lens is a Meyer Anastigmat f/6.3. The camera was supplied with three plate holders and one film pack holder, for ¥32. The advertisement says that the Rubies Hand and Rubies B were made in the shop's factory; this might mean that Fuyōdō had its own workshop, or simply means that the camera was made by a subcontractor.

The Rubies B was advertised again in the June 1932 issue of Asahi Camera, in an improved form (改良完成). The camera now has true double extension bellows. The picture shows many differences with the previous Rubies B, and the camera again has a wireframe finder. The lenses are provided by Meyer and Schneider. The following versions are listed, supplied with three single-sided plate holders, one film pack holder and a release cable:

The pictured camera is the most expensive version, with the Schneider Xenar 10.5cm f/4.5 lens and the newer rim-set Compur. The list of versions also mentions a Rubies C, with single extension bellows and an f/6.3 lens, for ¥22.

Notes

  1. The Roman spelling "Rubies" is shown in an advertisement in Asahi Camera February 1930. See image on this page
  2. Advertisements in Asahi Camera May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9), August 1929 (p.A24) and September 1929 (p.A10).
  3. A similar, less detailed list is given in Lewis, p.44.
  4. Advertisement in Asahi Camera February 1930, p.A21.

Bibliography

  • Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Fuyōdō in May 1929 (p.A9), July 1929 (p.A9), August 1929 (p.A24), September 1929 (p.A10), February 1930 (p.A21) and June 1932 (p.A17).
  • 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.44.

The Rubies is not listed in Sugiyama.