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The '''Stereo Rocca''' (ステレオロッカ) is a Japanese stereo camera taking pairs of 23×24mm exposures on [[120 film]]. It was distributed and perhaps made by [[Rokuwa]] in 1955–6. | The '''Stereo Rocca''' (ステレオロッカ) is a Japanese stereo camera taking pairs of 23×24mm exposures on [[120 film]]. It was distributed and perhaps made by [[Rokuwa]] in 1955–6. | ||
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The Stereo Rocca (ステレオロッカ) is a Japanese stereo camera taking pairs of 23×24mm exposures on 120 film. It was distributed and perhaps made by Rokuwa in 1955–6.
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Description
The overall concept and body shape were inspired by the Italian Iso Duplex Super 120, but the Stereo Rocca looks much cheaper. It has a plastic body containing the vertically running rollfilm. The top and bottom edges of the body are rounded whereas the sideplates are flat, the reverse of most camera bodies.
The right-hand sideplate is removable together with the exposure chambers to load the film; it is locked by a lever on the other side of the body, with O and C positions (obviously for Open and Close). The advance knob is on the removable sideplate, near the top, and has a red arrow engraved indicating the winding direction. The film advance is controlled by two red windows in the back, one above the other, protected by vertically sliding individual covers. Each number has to be used twice, thus allowing 24 stereo pairs on one roll of film. The metal plate containing the red window covers also has the body serial number engraved in the middle.
There is a rectangular casing protruding at the front of the body, containing the lenses and the shutter mechanism. It has the name Stereo Rocca embossed near the bottom. There is a long release rod protruding above, to the right of the viewfinder. The fixed-focus lenses have no engraving; it is said that they have 42mm focal length.[1] The aperture is controlled by a lever placed between the two lenses, with 8, 11 and 16 settings. The shutter is wound by an index sliding along an arched slit, above the lenses. It is controlled by a small knob under the left-hand lens, with a red dot and B and I indications. There are two female plugs on the photographer's left, between the lenses and the opening lock, certainly to connect a flash unit.
Notes
- ↑ Focal length: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 374.
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 1053.
- 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. 92–3.
- 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). P. 849.
- 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 6038.
Links
In English:
- Stereo Rocca at Stereoscopy.com
- Stereo Rocca at Ralph's 3D page
- Stereo Rocca in a page about stereo cameras at Massimo Bertacchi's Innovative Cameras
In German:
In Japanese:
- Stereo Rocca in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- Stereo Rocca and specs at Dekoyama's Stereo photography website
- Stereo Rocca in a page about cameras at the Transcendental World
