Seikosha (shutter)
The Seikosha is a Japanese leaf shutter in #0 size, inspired by the German Compur and introduced in 1932 by Seikōsha, the manufacturing branch of Hattori Tokei-ten.[1] It is sometimes called "Seikosha S", apparently because it is equipped with a self-timer and by analogy with the Compur-S. In an advertisement for the Lord by Tōkyō Kōgaku[2] it is called S Seiko (Sセイコー).
Variants and cameras equipped (incomplete list, and not all variants are concerned):
- T, B, 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250
Notes
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 9.
- ↑ Advertisement published in the March 1938 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 105.
Bibliography
- Kamera no mekanizumu sono I: "Hai! Chīzu" Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten (カメラのメカニズム・そのⅠ・「ハイ！チーズ」瞬間をとらえ続けるシャッター展, Camera mechanism, part 1 "Cheese!" Exhibition of instant taking shutters). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number)
