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| − | The '''Tsubasa Super Semi''' (ツバサスーパーセミ) is a [[Japanese 4.5×6 folders|Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera]] that was made by the company [[Kigawa|Optochrom]]. | + | The '''Tsubasa Super Semi''' (ツバサスーパーセミ) is a [[Japanese 4.5×6 folders|Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera]] that was made by the company [[Kigawa|Optochrom]]. |
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| + | == General description == | ||
| + | All the models of the Tsubasa Super Semi have a horizontal folding body with incurved struts and a film advance key at the bottom right. The back is embossed ''TSUBASA SUPER SEMI'' and has two uncovered red windows to control the film advance. There is a button on the top plate that looks like a shutter release, but it only opens the folding bed<REF> See [http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tsubasa-supersemi_ca.html this page of Aya's camera site]. </REF>, under which the shutter release is hidden. | ||
== The original model == | == The original model == | ||
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* {{Showa10}} Items 144, 146–52 and 344. | * {{Showa10}} Items 144, 146–52 and 344. | ||
* {{McKeown12}} P. 465. | * {{McKeown12}} P. 465. | ||
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* [http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tsubasa-supersemi_ca.html Tsubasa Super Semi] at [http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Aya's camera site] | * [http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tsubasa-supersemi_ca.html Tsubasa Super Semi] at [http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Aya's camera site] | ||
* [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371068&APage=7 The Tsubasa Super Semi] 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] | * [http://sts.kahaku.go.jp/sts/detail.php?id=1033&key=103310371068&APage=7 The Tsubasa Super Semi] 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] | ||
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| + | == Timeline == | ||
| + | {{Kigawa timeline}} | ||
[[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder folding]] | [[Category: Japanese 4.5x6 viewfinder folding]] | ||
[[Category: Kigawa]] | [[Category: Kigawa]] | ||
[[Category: T]] | [[Category: T]] | ||
Revision as of 14:34, 13 September 2006
The Tsubasa Super Semi (ツバサスーパーセミ) is a Japanese 4.5×6 folding camera that was made by the company Optochrom.
Contents
General description
All the models of the Tsubasa Super Semi have a horizontal folding body with incurved struts and a film advance key at the bottom right. The back is embossed TSUBASA SUPER SEMI and has two uncovered red windows to control the film advance. There is a button on the top plate that looks like a shutter release, but it only opens the folding bed[1], under which the shutter release is hidden.
The original model
The original model has a folding optical finder. It is advertised from 1938 to 1941. In 1938[2] the folding bed opening button is to the left of the top plate, the two decorative knobs on each end are quite flat and there is a choice of two lenses: a Lucomar f:4.5 (¥45) or a Lausar[3] f:4.5 (¥50, case ¥5 or ¥6 extra). The shutter is a Tsubasa with T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds. At the beginning of 1939[4] the body is similar but the Lausar lens choice has disappeared. Later the same year[5] the opening button has moved to the right, maybe to look more like a true body release, and the decorative knobs look higher, with a more conical shape. It is still advertised in 1940[6] and 1941[7] for ¥58, apparently unchanged.
The Tsubasa Super Semi observed thus far (see for example the links below) have the high conical knobs, a Lucomar Anastigmat 75/4.5 lens and an everset shutter with T, B, 25, 50, 100, 150 speeds. The shutter plate is marked TSUBASA SHUTTER at the top, with a NE logo between the two words, and NEW GOLD at the bottom, these markings are the same as the advertising pictures. Kokusan kamera no rekishi mentions that the shutter is called Kikō (キコー) instead of Tsubasa in some 1941 advertisements. Kikō is an acronym of Kigawa Kōgaku, the later name of Optochrom.
The Rondex
The Rondex (ロンデックス) is certainly a name variant of the Tsubasa Super Semi. It is described in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, saying that it is featured in the new products section of the May 1940 issue of Asahi Camera. The camera pictured is indistinguishable from the Tsubasa Super Semi except for the presence of an accessory shoe to the left of the viewfinder. The characteristics of the lens and shutter are the same, but they have different names[8]. Kokusan kamera no rekishi attributes this camera to Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten (山下友治郎商店), that was probably only the distributor.
The Tsubasa II Super Semi
The Tsubasa II Super Semi (ツバサⅡ型スーパーセミ) has a direct vision eye level finder and a waist level brilliant finder, both under a short top housing. The rest of the camera is very similar except maybe the shutter plate markings. This model is advertised in 1940[9] with a Lucomar f:4.5 lens for ¥60. It was short lived and did not replace the original Tsubasa Super Semi. Other more expensive models followed like the Tsubasa Nettar and the Tsubasa Kiko III.
Notes
- ↑ See this page of Aya's camera site.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Super Semi, Tsubasa Chrome and Tsubasa Spring, published in the June 1938 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 146. — Template:Gochamaze
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana ローザー
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Super Semi, Tsubasa Chrome New, Tsubasa Spring Camera and Baby Chrome, published in the February 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 144. This advertisement is looking the same as the one dated September 1938 cited above, but there are some detail differences.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Super Semi, Tsubasa A Chrome and Tsubasa Chrome, published in the April 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 147. — Advertisement for the Tsubasa Arawashi and Tsubasa Super Semi, published in the September 1939 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 148 and item 149.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Nettar and Tsubasa Super Semi, published in the October 1940 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 151.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa Kiko III and Tsubasa Super Semi, published in the March 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 152.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi says ロンデー for the lens and ロンパー, maybe "Rompur", for the shutter.
- ↑ Advertisement for the Tsubasa II Super Semi and Tsubasa Arawashi, published in the April 1940 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 150.
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. Items 144, 146–52 and 344.
- 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. 465.
- 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. 56 (brief mention only).
Links
In Japanese:
- Template:Gochamaze
- Tsubasa Super Semi at Aya's camera site
- The Tsubasa Super Semi in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
Timeline
| Kigawa timeline () | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Type | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3×4 | rigid | Baby Chrome | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baby Oso | Tsubasa Oso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsubasa Arawashi | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4×6.5 | telescopic | Tsubasa Chrome | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| folding | Tsubasa Spring | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4.5×6 | strut folding | Semi Chrome B | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| horizontal folding | Tsubasa Super Semi | ... | _ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsubasa II Super Semi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tsubasa Nettar | Tsubasa Kiko Three | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| vertical folding | Semi Chrome A | Semi Sixteenth (dates unclear) |
Semi Kulax | Kiko Semi | ... | _ | Tsubasa Semi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6×6 | horizontal folding | Gotex | ... | ... | Poppy Six (dates unknown) |
... | Carl Six | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| TLR | Kiko Flex | Tsubasaflex | Graceflex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16mm | subminiature | ... | Poppy (dates unknown) |
... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Manufacturer: | ... | Kigawa Seimitsu | ... | Kigawa Kōgaku | Carl Kōgaku | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shin Nippon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Optochrom-sha | ... | Nichiei Shōkai | Kikō Shōji | ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameras whose actual existence is dubious are in a lighter shade. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cameras in yellow are variants sold and maybe assembled by other companies. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
