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The '''Semi Chrome A''' is a vertical folder, with a key to wind the film. It is unclear if the folding finder was an optical one or a simple frame finder. The only advertisement mentioned by {{Kokusan}} is dated February 1937<REF> Advertisement for the Baby Chrome, Baby Oso and Semi Chrome A and B, originally published in the February 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in ''[[Sources:Japanese#Kokusan kamera no rekishi|Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi]]'' in two parts, items 34 and 89–91. </REF>, and no price is indicated. The lens is a New Gold Lausar<REF> Roman writing temptatively inferred from the ''katakana'' ニユーゴールドローザー. </REF> f:4.5, and the shutter has T, B, 5–150 speeds. The shutter is probably a [[Rulex]]: on the picture, the shutter plate is marked ''Semi Chrome'' at the top and ''RULEX'' at the bottom, with a logo at the right that is probably the ''NH'' logo of [[Neumann & Heilemann]]. | The '''Semi Chrome A''' is a vertical folder, with a key to wind the film. It is unclear if the folding finder was an optical one or a simple frame finder. The only advertisement mentioned by {{Kokusan}} is dated February 1937<REF> Advertisement for the Baby Chrome, Baby Oso and Semi Chrome A and B, originally published in the February 1937 issue of ''Asahi Camera'', reproduced in ''[[Sources:Japanese#Kokusan kamera no rekishi|Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi]]'' in two parts, items 34 and 89–91. </REF>, and no price is indicated. The lens is a New Gold Lausar<REF> Roman writing temptatively inferred from the ''katakana'' ニユーゴールドローザー. </REF> f:4.5, and the shutter has T, B, 5–150 speeds. The shutter is probably a [[Rulex]]: on the picture, the shutter plate is marked ''Semi Chrome'' at the top and ''RULEX'' at the bottom, with a logo at the right that is probably the ''NH'' logo of [[Neumann & Heilemann]]. | ||
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Revision as of 18:56, 2 July 2006
The Semi Chrome are Japanese 4.5×6 folders that were made by the company Optochrom.
The Semi Chrome A is a vertical folder, with a key to wind the film. It is unclear if the folding finder was an optical one or a simple frame finder. The only advertisement mentioned by Kokusan kamera no rekishi is dated February 1937[1], and no price is indicated. The lens is a New Gold Lausar[2] f:4.5, and the shutter has T, B, 5–150 speeds. The shutter is probably a Rulex: on the picture, the shutter plate is marked Semi Chrome at the top and RULEX at the bottom, with a logo at the right that is probably the NH logo of Neumann & Heilemann.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement for the Baby Chrome, Baby Oso and Semi Chrome A and B, originally published in the February 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi in two parts, items 34 and 89–91.
- ↑ Roman writing temptatively inferred from the katakana ニユーゴールドローザー.
Printed 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. Items 89–90 and 143.