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Revision as of 15:32, 12 June 2006
The Semi Proud (セミ・プラウド) was a 4.5×6 folding camera made by the Japanese company Proud. It was essentially a copy of the Balda Baldax for #0 size shutters. The body of the Semi Proud was also sold to the Olympus company for their first Semi Olympus camera. The Riken Adler CII and Adler III were also probably based on the same body.
In the Sep 1938 issue of Asahi Camera a Semi Proud II was advertised with body release (from ¥63 to ¥125), and a Semi Proud III with stop advance (from ¥68 to ¥130).
Here are some observed lens/shutter combinations:
- lens release:
- Proud Anastigmat 75/4.5 & Neumann & Heilemann Rulex 25-50-100-150-B-T shutter (see here, accessory shoe maybe not original, said to be a Semi Proud II but seems dubious)
- C. Friedrich München Corygon Anastigmat 7.5cm f:4.5 & Prontor II T, B, 1–150 (see here)
- C. Friedrich München Corygon Anastigmat 7.5cm f:3.5 & Compur T, B, 1–250 (seen at Bièvres fair 2006)
- body release:
- U.L.L. Anastigmat 7.5cm f:4.5 & Compur T, B, 1–250 (seen at a Yahoo Japan auction)
The Super Semi Proud (スーパー・セミ・プラウド) was a version with a coupled rangefinder copied on the Plaubel Roll Op II (itself derived from the Baldax). It appeared in the Sep 1938 ad mentioned above. It also appeared in a 1938 price list of a dealer called Shinbi-Dō (眞美堂), offered with an f:4.5 lens and a Compur shutter for ¥140.
Here are some observed lens/shutter combinations:
- U.L.L. Proud Anastigmat 7.5cm f:4.5 & Compur T, B, 1–250 (see here, picture barely readable)
Links
In Japanese:
- Semi Proud II at Japan Family Camera, with an accessory shoe, maybe not original
- Semi Proud at Puppy's Island
- Super Semi Proud in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- The medium format folders at the Olympus corporate site (source for the Semi Olympus body being made by Proud)