Semi Rosen
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The Semi Rosen is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera, whose maker is unclear. The distributor is Ōsawa Shōkai, that was probably the owner of the Rosen name. Some other Rosen cameras were made by Proud, but there is no definitive evidence about the Semi Rosen.
The original model is an Ikonta copy, with a folding optical finder. It does not seem to have a body release, and it is embossed ROSEN in the front leather.
A Rosen Semi Proud (unclear which is the model name) has been auctioned at eBay, with a Rapit (sic) Anastigmat 75/3.5 lens and a shutter marked KKS, back marked K.S. Nippon. It looked like the Rosen Semi shown in McKeown, with a body quite similar to the Fujimoto Semi Sport.
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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. Item 328–30.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp. 572 and 804.
