Semi Rotte
The Semi Rotte (セミロット) is a series of Japanese 4.5×6 folders made by Kuribayashi at the beginning of the 1940s, and about which few is known.
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Description
The Semi Rotte is a vertical folder, copied from the Nettar with straight diagonal struts.
Documents
The Template:Kakaku1940 short listed a Semi Rotte (セミロット) in three versions: "Semi Rotte I" (¥62), "Semi Rotte II" (¥121), "Semi Rotte III" (¥160).[1] The "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") also mentioned three versions:[2]
- "Semi Rotte I", First f/4.5 lens, Vic I shutter (25–150, T, B);
- "Semi Rotte III" (certainly a typo for "Semi Rotte II"), First f/4.5 lens, Rotte shutter (1–200, T, B);
- "Semi Rotte III", First f/3.5 lens, Hit-Rapid shutter (1–500, T, B).
All three shutters are in #00 size. The Hit-Rapid shutter was made by Tokiwa Kōgaku and was also mounted on the First Reflex.[3] The Vic I was made by Miyoshi and the Rotte was made by Kuribayashi itself.[4]
The BB Semi Rotte has the same dual finders as the late BB Semi First. The name B.B. SEMI ROTTE is inscribed above the viewfinder, and SEMI ROTTE is embossed in the front leather. One actual example has been observed with a First f/4.5 lens and a Rotte shutter.[5] The shutter plate has waveline drawings on both sides and is inscribed ROTTE at the bottom. The same Rotte shutter has also been observed on an example of the BB Baby Semi First.
Notes
- ↑ Template:Kakaku1940 short, type 3, sections 3A, 6B, 7B.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), items 13–5.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-R-1.
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter items 18-U-13 and 18-P-5.
- ↑ Example observed in an online auction.
Bibliography
- Baird, John R. Collectors guide to Kuribayashi-Petri Cameras. Grantsburg, WI (USA): Centennial Photo Service, 1991. ISBN 0-931838-16-9. P. 81.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7. Items 13–5.
- Template:Kakaku1940
This camera is not listed in Sugiyama nor in Kokusan kamera no rekishi.
