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| − | The '''Semi Rody''' (セミ・ロディ) are [[Japanese 4. | + | The '''Semi Rody''' (セミ・ロディ) are [[Japanese 4.5×6 folders]], made by [[Shibayama|Shibayama Seisakusho]] (柴山製作所) in 1941 and 1942 and distributed by [[Yamashita|Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten]]. There are two very different models, the first being a [[Baldax]] copy and the second being a horizontal folder inspired by the [[Duo Six-20]]. |
== The Baldax copy == | == The Baldax copy == | ||
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=== Evolution === | === Evolution === | ||
| − | The Semi Rody is mentioned in the official list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941.<REF> {{Kakaku0141_short}}, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 6B. </REF> A number of versions are listed, called A ( | + | The Semi Rody is mentioned in the official list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941.<REF> {{Kakaku0141_short}}, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 6B. </REF> A number of versions are listed, called A (¥62), AII (¥85), I (¥62), IA (¥74), IB (¥88), II (both ¥74 and ¥121) and IIA (¥121), with no further detail. In a similar price list dated November 1941, the versions are the A, AII, IA, IB, IC, II, IIB and III, all of them attributed to [[Shibayama|Shibayama Seisakusho]].<REF> {{Kakaku1141_short}}, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B. </REF> Some of these versions correspond to the advertisements described below. |
| − | The camera was first advertised in the February 1941 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]''<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | The camera was first advertised in the February 1941 issue of ''[[Asahi Camera]]''<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.106. It is the earliest advertisement mentioned by the same source, p.344. </REF> as the '''Semi Rody I''' (セミ・ロディⅠ型), in three versions, all having a U.L.L. Anastigmat lens made by [[Miyoshi]]: |
| − | * '''Semi Rody IA''' (ⅠA型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, | + | * '''Semi Rody IA''' (ⅠA型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, 5–200 speeds ({{yen|74|1941}}); |
| − | * '''Semi Rody IB''' (ⅠB型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, | + | * '''Semi Rody IB''' (ⅠB型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, 1–300 speeds ({{yen|88|1941}}); |
| − | * '''Semi Rody IC''' (ⅠC型): f/3.5 lens, T, B, | + | * '''Semi Rody IC''' (ⅠC型): f/3.5 lens, T, B, 1–300 speeds ({{yen|98|1941}}). |
In the advertising picture, the camera has a [[Rulex]] shutter by [[Neumann & Heilemann]]. | In the advertising picture, the camera has a [[Rulex]] shutter by [[Neumann & Heilemann]]. | ||
| − | In an advertisement dated July 1941,<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | In an advertisement dated July 1941,<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.106. </REF> the lenses are called Rody Anastigmat and the following version is added: |
* '''Semi Rody III''' (Ⅲ型): f/3.5 lens, [[Koho]] shutter with self-timer ({{yen|120|1941}}). | * '''Semi Rody III''' (Ⅲ型): f/3.5 lens, [[Koho]] shutter with self-timer ({{yen|120|1941}}). | ||
The advertising picture is the same as before. | The advertising picture is the same as before. | ||
| − | Advertisements by the distributor [[Yamashita|Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten]] dated October 1941 and January 1942,<REF> October 1941 advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | Advertisements by the distributor [[Yamashita|Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten]] dated October 1941 and January 1942,<REF> October 1941 advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.106. January 1942 advertisement published in ''[[Hōdō Shashin]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.89. </REF> still show the same picture with a Rulex, but the shutter is described as a Sport, giving T, B, 1–300 speeds. (The Sport shutter was made by [[Fujimoto]].)<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter item 24-Q-2. </REF> The lens name is U.L.L. again and only two versions are listed: |
* f/4.5 lens ({{yen|88|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|102|1942}} in 1942); | * f/4.5 lens ({{yen|88|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|102|1942}} in 1942); | ||
* f/3.5 lens ({{yen|98|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|114|1942}} in 1942). | * f/3.5 lens ({{yen|98|1941}} in 1941, {{yen|114|1942}} in 1942). | ||
| − | In another advertisement dated January 1942,<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | In another advertisement dated January 1942,<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.107. </REF> directly inserted by the maker [[Shibayama|Shibayama Seisakusho]] (柴山製作所), the vertical model is called '''Semi Rody I''' (Ⅰ型) to distinguish it from the new Semi Rody II (see below). The lens name is Rody Anastigmat, the shutter speeds are T, B, 1–300 and the following variants are listed: |
* f/4.5 lens ({{yen|102|1942}}); | * f/4.5 lens ({{yen|102|1942}}); | ||
* f/3.5 lens ({{yen|114|1942}}); | * f/3.5 lens ({{yen|114|1942}}); | ||
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| colspan="3" | ''Horizontal Semi Rody II, Rody Anastigmat 75mm f/3.5 lens, Pisco shutter.''<br>''Pictures courtesy of eBayer shoppingcartz. {{with permission}}'' | | colspan="3" | ''Horizontal Semi Rody II, Rody Anastigmat 75mm f/3.5 lens, Pisco shutter.''<br>''Pictures courtesy of eBayer shoppingcartz. {{with permission}}'' | ||
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| − | The '''Semi Rody II''' (セミ・ロディⅡ型) is a very different camera, made in 1941 and 1942.<REF> Dates: {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | The '''Semi Rody II''' (セミ・ロディⅡ型) is a very different camera, made in 1941 and 1942.<REF> Dates: {{Kokusan}}, p.344. </REF> It is a horizontal folder, with a body somewhat inspired from the [[Duo Six-20]] and not unlike the [[Semi Prux]] made by [[Proud]] and [[Miyoshi]]. The top housing has a peculiar shape made of multiple facets and contains the optical finder in the middle. The advance knob is on the left, and there is a body release on the right. The back is hinged to the right and contains two red windows at the bottom, protected by a single horizontally sliding cover. The name ''SEMI-RODY'' is embossed in the front leather. |
=== Evolution === | === Evolution === | ||
It is not known if the Semi Rody II and IIA mentioned in the official price lists cited above correspond to the horizontal model. | It is not known if the Semi Rody II and IIA mentioned in the official price lists cited above correspond to the horizontal model. | ||
| − | The Semi Rody II was offered in the advertisement by [[Shibayama]] dated January 1942 and cited above.<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. | + | The Semi Rody II was offered in the advertisement by [[Shibayama]] dated January 1942 and cited above.<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.107. </REF> The lens name is Rody Anastigmat and two shutter types are mentioned, giving T, B, 5–200 or T, B, 1–200 speeds. Three versions are listed: |
* f/4.5 lens ({{yen|87|1942}}); | * f/4.5 lens ({{yen|87|1942}}); | ||
* f/3.5 lens ({{yen|100|1942}}); | * f/3.5 lens ({{yen|100|1942}}); | ||
* f/4.5 lens, self-timer ({{yen|128|1942}}).<!-- Yes, f/4.5. --> | * f/4.5 lens, self-timer ({{yen|128|1942}}).<!-- Yes, f/4.5. --> | ||
| − | The advertising picture shows an example with a 75mm f/4.5 lens engraved ''RODY Anastigmat'', T, B, | + | The advertising picture shows an example with a 75mm f/4.5 lens engraved ''RODY Anastigmat'', T, B, 5–200 speed settings and no self-timer. The shutter plate is marked ''AMI TOKYO'' at the top and something else at the bottom, and the aperture is set by an index above the shutter housing. |
| − | An actual example is pictured in this page with a 75mm f/3.5 lens engraved ''RODY Anastigmat'' and a Pisco shutter giving | + | An actual example is pictured in this page with a 75mm f/3.5 lens engraved ''RODY Anastigmat'' and a Pisco shutter giving 250–1, B, T speeds. The shutter plate is marked ''PISCO'' at the bottom and the aperture is again set by an index above the shutter housing. |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
| − | * {{Showa10}} Items | + | * {{Showa10}} Items 341–2. (See also the advertisement for item 220.) |
* {{Kakaku1141}} Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B. | * {{Kakaku1141}} Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B. | ||
* {{Kakaku0141}} Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B. | * {{Kakaku0141}} Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B. | ||
Revision as of 10:28, 28 April 2008
The Semi Rody (セミ・ロディ) are Japanese 4.5×6 folders, made by Shibayama Seisakusho (柴山製作所) in 1941 and 1942 and distributed by Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten. There are two very different models, the first being a Baldax copy and the second being a horizontal folder inspired by the Duo Six-20.
Contents
The Baldax copy
Description
The original Semi Rody is a vertical folder, copy of the Baldax. There is a folding optical finder, placed to the right as seen by a photographer holding the camera vertically, the reverse of the usual configuration. If the same photographer is now holding the camera horizontally, the body release is placed to the right of the finder and is pressed by the right hand, the advance knob is on the left end of the top plate and the release of the folding bed is on the bottom plate. The back is hinged to the right and the film advance is controlled by two red windows, near the bottom, protected by vertically sliding individual covers. The name SEMI-RODY is embossed in the front leather.
Evolution
The Semi Rody is mentioned in the official list of set prices compiled in October 1940 and published in January 1941.[1] A number of versions are listed, called A (¥62), AII (¥85), I (¥62), IA (¥74), IB (¥88), II (both ¥74 and ¥121) and IIA (¥121), with no further detail. In a similar price list dated November 1941, the versions are the A, AII, IA, IB, IC, II, IIB and III, all of them attributed to Shibayama Seisakusho.[2] Some of these versions correspond to the advertisements described below.
The camera was first advertised in the February 1941 issue of Asahi Camera[3] as the Semi Rody I (セミ・ロディⅠ型), in three versions, all having a U.L.L. Anastigmat lens made by Miyoshi:
- Semi Rody IA (ⅠA型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, 5–200 speeds (¥74);
- Semi Rody IB (ⅠB型): f/4.5 lens, T, B, 1–300 speeds (¥88);
- Semi Rody IC (ⅠC型): f/3.5 lens, T, B, 1–300 speeds (¥98).
In the advertising picture, the camera has a Rulex shutter by Neumann & Heilemann.
In an advertisement dated July 1941,[4] the lenses are called Rody Anastigmat and the following version is added:
The advertising picture is the same as before.
Advertisements by the distributor Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten dated October 1941 and January 1942,[5] still show the same picture with a Rulex, but the shutter is described as a Sport, giving T, B, 1–300 speeds. (The Sport shutter was made by Fujimoto.)[6] The lens name is U.L.L. again and only two versions are listed:
In another advertisement dated January 1942,[7] directly inserted by the maker Shibayama Seisakusho (柴山製作所), the vertical model is called Semi Rody I (Ⅰ型) to distinguish it from the new Semi Rody II (see below). The lens name is Rody Anastigmat, the shutter speeds are T, B, 1–300 and the following variants are listed:
The picture shows a camera with the Sport shutter and a lens engraved RODY Anastigmat. One surviving example has been observed with the Rody Anastigmat f/4.5 lens and the Sport shutter.[8] The shutter plate is inscribed SPORT at the bottom and has the FT logo of Fujimoto on the right.
The Semi Rody II
Description
 
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| Horizontal Semi Rody II, Rody Anastigmat 75mm f/3.5 lens, Pisco shutter. Pictures courtesy of eBayer shoppingcartz. (Image rights) | ||
The Semi Rody II (セミ・ロディⅡ型) is a very different camera, made in 1941 and 1942.[9] It is a horizontal folder, with a body somewhat inspired from the Duo Six-20 and not unlike the Semi Prux made by Proud and Miyoshi. The top housing has a peculiar shape made of multiple facets and contains the optical finder in the middle. The advance knob is on the left, and there is a body release on the right. The back is hinged to the right and contains two red windows at the bottom, protected by a single horizontally sliding cover. The name SEMI-RODY is embossed in the front leather.
Evolution
It is not known if the Semi Rody II and IIA mentioned in the official price lists cited above correspond to the horizontal model.
The Semi Rody II was offered in the advertisement by Shibayama dated January 1942 and cited above.[10] The lens name is Rody Anastigmat and two shutter types are mentioned, giving T, B, 5–200 or T, B, 1–200 speeds. Three versions are listed:
The advertising picture shows an example with a 75mm f/4.5 lens engraved RODY Anastigmat, T, B, 5–200 speed settings and no self-timer. The shutter plate is marked AMI TOKYO at the top and something else at the bottom, and the aperture is set by an index above the shutter housing.
An actual example is pictured in this page with a 75mm f/3.5 lens engraved RODY Anastigmat and a Pisco shutter giving 250–1, B, T speeds. The shutter plate is marked PISCO at the bottom and the aperture is again set by an index above the shutter housing.
Notes
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no kōtei kakaku", type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A and 6B.
- ↑ "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō", November 1941, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.106. It is the earliest advertisement mentioned by the same source, p.344.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.106.
- ↑ October 1941 advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.106. January 1942 advertisement published in Hōdō Shashin, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.89.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 24-Q-2.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.107.
- ↑ Example observed in an online auction.
- ↑ Dates: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.344.
- ↑ Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.107.
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 341–2. (See also the advertisement for item 220.)
- "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō" (カメラの公定価格官報発表, Official announcement of the set prices of the cameras), November 1941. Extract of a table listing Japanese camera production and setting the retail prices, reproduced in "Bebī Semi Fāsuto 'Kore ha bebī wo nanotta semi-ki da'" (ベビーセミファースト"これはベビーを名乗ったセミ機だ", Baby Semi First, 'this is a Semi camera called Baby'), an article by Furukawa Yasuo (古川保男) in Camera Collectors' News no. 277 (July 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P. 27. Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B, 7A, 7B.
- "Kokusan shashinki no kōtei kakaku" (国産写真機の公定価格, Set prices of the Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of October 25, 1940 and setting the retail prices from December 10, 1940. Published in Asahi Camera January 1941 and reproduced in 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. Pp.108—9. Type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 6B.
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama.
