Union Ref and Hansa Rollette Ref
The Hansa Rollette Ref (ハンザ・ローレット・レフ) is a Japanese 4.5×6 camera. It is a pseudo TLR: its shape imitates a twin lens reflex but the finder is nothing more than a big brilliant finder, and it is probably fixed-focus. Its nameplate is only written Rollette Ref. Kokusan kamera no rekishi attributes it to Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin K.K..
The Hansa Rollette Ref is featured in the new products column of the February 1936 issue of Asahi Camera[1], and it appears in the catalogue of Yamashita Yūjirō Shōten dated April 1937[2], for ¥16. It is said to have a Tribar[3] 50/8 lens and a T, B, 25–100 shutter.[4]
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
- ↑ Reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, items 182 and 183.
- ↑ Inferred from the katakana トリバー.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 339.
Printed 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 183.
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