Difference between revisions of "Star watch camera"
Rebollo fr (talk | contribs) m (nav t) |
Hanskerensky (talk | contribs) m (→Links: Repaired Link URL) |
||
Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
In Japanese: | In Japanese: | ||
− | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php? | + | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?no=103310371015 Star watch camera] in the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/set_brws_01.php?id=1033 Camera database] of the [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/ Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology] |
[[Category: Japanese subminiature]] | [[Category: Japanese subminiature]] | ||
[[Category: S]] | [[Category: S]] | ||
[[Category: 1911-1914]] | [[Category: 1911-1914]] |
Revision as of 05:27, 22 August 2017
The Star watch camera or Radio camera (ラジヲカメラ, rajiwo kamera) is a Japanese camera disguised as a pocket watch, released in 1912 by Ueda.[1] It was patterned after the Lancaster watch camera. The watch-case opens and reveals the lens and shutter, mounted on a series of six concentric telescopic tubes. Pictures are taken on circular sheetfilm of about 3cm diameter.[2] The camera is fixed-focus and the shutter only has T and I or B and I settings.[3]
The inside of the watch-case has the word REGISTER'D, a five-pointed star, the name THE WATCH CAMERA, the initials S.C.W. for Star Camera Works and the serial number. The example pictured in Sugiyama has no.37414.[4]
It is said that the camera was available in three different versions: with silver plating (¥8), brushed silver plating (¥9) or in sterling silver (¥20).[5]
Notes
Bibliography
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P.27.
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5. Item 5002. (See also the colour picture at the beginning.)
Links
In Japanese: