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The '''Selon''' is a Japanese leaf shutter, mounted on a couple of prewar Japanese cameras.
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The '''Selon''' is a Japanese leaf shutter. It is listed as made by [[Miyoshi]] in the {{Inquiry1943_short}} compiled in April 1943.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter item 18-U-10. </REF> It is not known if it was an original Miyoshi product or if it was made by [[Proud]] before this company was absorbed by Miyoshi.
  
In 1940, the range of speeds is T, B, 5&ndash;250 and it appears on the [[Doris (3&times;4)]] camera, sometimes advertised as '''Selon II''' (セロンシヤツターⅡ).<REF> Advertisements for the Doris (3&times;4) reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;80. </REF>
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The range of speeds was T, B, 5&ndash;250 in 1940 and T, B, 5&ndash;300 in 1941. In 1940, the shutter was sometimes advertised as '''Selon II''' (セロンシヤツターⅡ).<REF> Advertisements for the Doris (3&times;4) reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;80. </REF>
  
In 1942, the range of speeds is T, B, 5&ndash;300 and it appears on the [[Semi Proud (prewar)|Semi Proud II]] (Ikonta copy).<REF> Advertisement for the Semi Proud II reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;89. </REF>
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== Cameras equipped ==
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This list is incomplete. The fact that a camera appears in this list does not mean that all the variants were equipped.
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* [[Doris (3&times;4)]] (T, B, 5&ndash;250)
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* [[Semi Proud (prewar)|Semi Proud II]] (Ikonta copy, T, B, 5&ndash;300)
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* [[Alma Four]] (T, B, 5&ndash;300)
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* {{Showa10}} Items 155 and 220.
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* {{Showa10}}
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* {{Inquiry1943}}
  
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]
 
[[Category: Leaf shutters]]
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]
 
[[Category: Japanese shutters]]

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The Selon is a Japanese leaf shutter. It is listed as made by Miyoshi in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") compiled in April 1943.[1] It is not known if it was an original Miyoshi product or if it was made by Proud before this company was absorbed by Miyoshi.

The range of speeds was T, B, 5–250 in 1940 and T, B, 5–300 in 1941. In 1940, the shutter was sometimes advertised as Selon II (セロンシヤツターⅡ).[2]

Cameras equipped

This list is incomplete. The fact that a camera appears in this list does not mean that all the variants were equipped.

Notes

  1. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-U-10.
  2. Advertisements for the Doris (3×4) reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 80.

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