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| − | The '''Type 99 Handheld Aerial Camera (15cm)''' (九九式航空写真機十五糎) was produced for the Japanese Navy by [[Konica|Rokuoh-sha]]( (六桜社) ) / [[Konica|Konishiroku]]) (小西六) and also by [[Fuji|Fuji Shashin Film]] (富士寫眞フィルム株式會社)<REF name="JNP p8"><i>Japanese Naval Photography</i>. Compiled by Lt W.D.Hedden, USNR, with LtCdr G.Z.Dimitroff USNR and Lt(jg) W.A. Seymour, USNR. Intelligence Targets Japan (DNI) of 4 September 1945. Facicle A-1, Target A-39. U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan. December 1945. pp.8-9.</REF><REF>See also the examples depicted in this article.</ref> As was usual practice with the Japanese military ordnance of the time, the name "type 99" stands for year 2599 in the Japanese imperial calendar, i.e. 1939, and signals the year the Japanese military issued the type specification.
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| − | The camera is loaded with 9cm wide<REF name="JNP p8" /> perforated film rolls. The picture format is about 7.5×10cm.<REF name="Iwama"> Iwama Tomohisa (岩間倶久). "Konica history 8. Konishiroku no gun'yō kamera." (Konica history 8. 小西六の軍用カメラ. Konishiroku military cameras.) Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.10, September 1987. No ISBN number. Konishiroku kamera no rekishi (小西六カメラの歴史, special issue on Konishiroku). Pp.54–5.</ref><ref>[http://www.wetwing.com/aerialcamera/aerialcameras/cameras.html this page] at Wetwing Aerial Camera, and ''Japanese Naval Photography'', p.11, all say 7.5×10cm. [http://www.geocities.jp/kyo_oomiya/99cam.html This page] at Kore Nāni says 70×100mm, and {{SUG}}, item 6010, says 72×98mm. </REF> The film strips are 2.3 metres in length,<REF name="JNP p8" /><REF name="JNP p18"> ''Japanese Naval Photography'', p.18.</REF> allowing for 20 exposures.<REF>The camera pictured in [http://www.geocities.jp/kyo_oomiya/99cam.html this page] at Kore Nāni clearly shows an exposure counter graduated from 1 to 20. ''Japanese Naval Photography'' * p.11) also mentions 20 exposures. [http://www.wetwing.com/aerialcamera/aerialcameras/cameras.html This page] at Wetwing Aerial Camera, mentions 6 or 10-exposure film strips, perhaps by mistake. {{SUG}}, item 6010, says that the camera takes glass plates and sheetfilm, but this is obviously a mistake. </REF>
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| − | At this point, it is not clear which company designed the camera. It is probable that the design originated by [[Konica|Rokuoh Sha / Konishiroku]] which had designed and manufactured several other cameras for the Japanese military. On the other hand, the top line of the contents list attached to the inside lid of the transport case of the Fuji-built unit sn#62 reads " 假稱" 九九式 (kashō 99-shiki; temporary designation Type 99), with the first two characters of the aluminium tag blackened out.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/7567103848/ see this image]. Transliteration and translation by [[User:Rebollo_fr]].</ref> Given the reputed reliability problems which delayed the introduction into service,<REF name="Wetwing Aerial"/> it is quite possible that the early models testing models entering limited service before they were formally approved.
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Navy Field Camera
The Navy Field Camera (21cm & 36cm) (¶¶¶) was produced for the Japanese Navy by Rokuoh-sha( (六桜社) ) / Konishiroku) (小西六)[1]
f/4.5 21cm or 36cm , plate size 12 x 16.5 (nominally)
discuss relationship to Army camera
A report from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan, written in December 1945, gives detailed production figures (Table 1), showing that the camera was introduced in 1942.[1] The dramatic drop of actual deliveries compared or orders in 1945 shows the impact of the Allied bombing on specialised camera production.
Table 1 Production volume of Navy Field Cameras for the period 1941-1945[1]
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1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Total
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| 21cm model
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| Ordered |
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150 |
150 |
300 |
300 |
900
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| Delivered |
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127 |
28 |
293 |
20 |
468
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| 36cm model
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80 |
100 |
120 |
120 |
420
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| Delivered |
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55 |
124 |
3 |
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Army Type B Field Camera
The Army Type B Field Camera (21cm) (¶¶¶) was produced for the Japanese Army by Rokuoh-sha( (六桜社) ) / Konishiroku) (小西六)[1]
discuss relationship to Navy camera
A report from the U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan, written in December 1945, gives detailed production figures (Table 1), showing that the camera was introduced in 1941.[1]
f/4.5 21cm , plate size 12 x 16.5 (nominally)
Table 1 Production volume of Army Type B Field Camera for the period 1941-1945[1]
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1941 |
1942 |
1943 |
1944 |
1945 |
Total
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| Ordered |
75 |
125 |
50 |
50 |
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300
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| Delivered |
50 |
100 |
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100 |
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250
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Navy Type 99 Aerial Camera Sets
As was custom with all Japanese military camera gear, the the Type 99 Handheld Aerial Cameras (15cm) (九九式航空写真機十五糎) were supplied as a set complete with all the required paraphernalia (such as filters, additional magazines etc).
Storage Boxes
Table 1 Shape of boxes
Packaging Lists
To ensure that store personnel could account for the contents of the sets, camera manufacturers affixed content labels on the insides of the storage boxes. These labels were made of aluminum, printed paper or (cheaper) duplication by mimeograph or Whiteprint.
Table 2 Packing Labels (Lists of Contents)
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Japanese Naval Photography. Compiled by Lt W.D.Hedden, USNR, with LtCdr G.Z.Dimitroff USNR and Lt(jg) W.A. Seymour, USNR. Intelligence Targets Japan (DNI) of 4 September 1945. Facicle A-1, Target A-39. U.S. Naval Technical Mission to Japan. December 1945. pp.8-9 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ The camera that came with the case is a Rokuoh-sha-built unit sn#1257, but the paper label in the lid shows that the box belonged to a Fuji Shashin Film-built unit sn#122.
- ↑ See this Wikipedia entry for the duplication technique.
- ↑ See this Wikipedia entry for the duplication technique.
