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| − | The '''Tacker''' is a Japanese subminiature camera, distributed around 1950 by [[Tsukada|Tsukada Shōji]].
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| − | == Common features ==
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| − | The Tacker takes ten 14×14mm exposures on 17.5mm paper backed rollfilm. It is better made and has better features than the average [[Hit-type cameras|Hit-type camera]], aiming the same market as the [[Midget]] and [[Mycro]]. The shutter has B, 100, 50, 25 settings selected by an index at the top. It is wound by a lever on the left and tripped by a longer lever on the right. The lens is a Tacker 20mm f/4.5 with adjustable [[Waterhouse stops]] selected by turning a disc at the bottom of the shutter casing. The shutter plate has the name ''TACKER'' inscribed at the top and the initials ''T.S.C.'' at the bottom. The meaning of these initials is unknown, though <u>T</u>sukada <u>S</u>hoji <u>C</u>ompany might be a fair guess.
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| − | == Early Tacker ==
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| − | [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/tcs_tracker/classic.htm This page at submin.com] contains pictures of a presumably '''early Tacker'''. The top housing has two steps on the viewfinder's right — as seen by the photographer. The back is hinged to the left and the spring-loaded latch is attached to the main body by three rivets. No engraving is visible on the main body, and the camera is only identified by the markings on the shutter plate.
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| − | This particular example is the sole of its kind observed so far. It seems to share a number of parts — such as the top housing, advance knob and back latch — with the [[Takka]] subminiature camera. The words "Takka" and "Tacker" would be pronounced roughly the same by a Japanese speaker,<REF> This is why the Takka and Tacker are ostensibly identified in {{Kokusan}}, p.354. </REF> and the Takka was probably a predecessor of the Tacker, whose name was changed to make it look like an English word.
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| − | == Regular Tacker ==
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| − | The '''regular Tacker''' has a less pronounced resemblance to ordinary [[Hit]]-type cameras. Its top housing is slightly slanted to the right, and is engraved ''TACKER T.S.C.'' in the middle, above the viewfinder. The advance knob has an arrow engraved at the top, sometimes with the words ''MADE IN JAPAN'' or ''MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN''.<REF> ''MADE IN JAPAN'': examples pictured in Pritchard, p.76, and in [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/tcs_tracker/alternative.htm this page at Submin.com] (towards the top). ''MADE IN OCCUPIED JAPAN'': example observed in an online auction. No inscription: example pictured in [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/tcs_tracker/alternative.htm this page at Submin.com] (towards the bottom). </REF> The back is hinged to the left and has a massive latch on the right, locked by a sliding bar. The red window is protected by a sliding cover.
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| − | The camera was sold in a red and white case inscribed ''<small>CAMERA</small> T<small>ACKER T.S.C.</small>'', and the name ''T<small>ACKER</small>'' is sometimes embossed at the front of the case.<REF> Original box and case pictured in [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/tcs_tracker/alternative.htm this page at Submin.com]. </REF>
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| − | == Commercial life ==
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| − | The Tacker was advertised by [[Tsukada|Tsukada Shōji]] in Japanese magazines from February to December 1950.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.354. </REF> The February advertisement in ''[[Photography]]'' shows a drawing of the regular Tacker.<REF> Advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.145. </REF>
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | == Bibliography ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}} Item 583.
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| − | * {{Lewis}} P.68 (brief mention only).
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| − | * {{McKeown12}} P.934.
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| − | * {{Pritchard}} P.76.
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| − | The Tacker is not listed in {{SUG}}.
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | In English:
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| − | * [http://www.submin.com/17.5mm/collection/tcs_tracker/index.htm Tacker] at [http://www.submin.com/ Submin.com]
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| − | * [http://www.subclub.org/shop/tacker.htm Tacker] at [http://www.subclub.org/ Subclub.org]
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| − | [[Category: Japanese 17.5mm film]]
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