Difference between revisions of "User:Rebollo fr"

From Camera-wiki.org
Jump to: navigation, search
m (Websites to check)
m (Pre-1945 Japanese cameras)
Line 67: Line 67:
 
** [[Semi Minolta]]: minor details
 
** [[Semi Minolta]]: minor details
 
** [[Meiritto, Meisupi and Meikai]]: unfinished
 
** [[Meiritto, Meisupi and Meikai]]: unfinished
** [[Pearl (4.5×6)]], to split into [[Semi Pearl]], [[Pearl (I), II, III]] and [[Pearl IV]]
+
** [[Semi Pearl]]
 
** [[Semi Leotax]]
 
** [[Semi Leotax]]
 
** [[Mamiya Six]]
 
** [[Mamiya Six]]

Revision as of 14:35, 24 December 2008

Sub-pages: Flickr hosted material and New documents

Camera interests

Everyday cameras:

Research and collecting interests:

  • Japanese cameras up to the 1950s
  • British press cameras

Work areas

Japanese cameras

Other

Hosted on Flickr

Material hosted on Flickr

User todo list

WIP

WIP tag on:

Unfinished tag on:

Cleanup tag on:

Unsourced tag on:

Pre-1945 Japanese cameras

Near exhaustive coverage. Missing or incomplete:

Semi

All the prewar and wartime pages are up and running. The following need attention:

Most postwar pages are up and running, but many of them still need attention:

Six

All the prewar and wartime pages are up and running. Some still need attention:

A number of postwar pages are missing. The following are sketchy or near void:

The following are already good, but need minor additions:

TLR

All the prewar and wartime pages are up and running, except that on the Elmoflex.

The postwar pages are largely incomplete. The Olympus Flex needs major clean-up. Weird names:

All the pages about 4×4 models are created. Some pages are incomplete:

All the pages about 35mm models are created. The Yallu Flex page might be completed.

Medium format SLR

Most pages need work. Already done:

Next on the list:

Vest

All the Vest (4×5 and 4×6.5) pages have reached a stable condition, except the Pearlette (work in progress).

Baby and Four

All the pages are have reached a stable condition, except the following:

  • Yashica Future 127
  • the rangefinder Molby in Sugiyama might be an aftermarket conversion (?)
  • other two-window rangefinder conversions than the Cyclon are known to exist
  • the postwar Gelto exists in silver and golden finish; unclear s/n details

6×9

All the pages have reached a stable condition.

Plate

All the pages have reached a stable condition, except some older models:

35mm

All the articles about Japanese 35mm folding, 35mm stereo and 35mm TLR cameras have reached a stable condition, except for the Konilette, Yallu Flex and Riken 35mm stereo prototype.

Bolta film

All the prewar and wartime models are done, and the whole Boltax, Silver, Dan and Minon series is done too. Most other postwar models are missing.

No-need-darkroom film

Prewar and wartime models:

Subminiature

All the prewar and wartime models have reached a stable condition. A few postwar models have been addressed too.

Remaining 16mm models:

Remaining 17.5mm models:

Other:

Lenses

The following interchangeable lenses are done:

Next:

Shutters

Many Japanese leaf shutters have been treated.

Pending pictures

Pending documentation

See User:Rebollo fr/New documents

Websites to check

New documents

See User:Rebollo_fr/New documents


Some tools for Japanese language

Useful characters: ā ē ī ō Ō ū Ⅰ型 Ⅱ型 Ⅲ型.

Links to older style kanji characters:

Japanese words, mostly in older script:

  • 焦點=焦点: focus
  • 鏡玉: lens
  • 速寫ケース: eveready case (速写: snapshot)
  • 捲上=巻き上げ: winding
  • 廣角=広角: wide angle
  • 筒型透視ファインダー: tubular optical finder
  • 國産=国産: home-made, Japan made
  • 壱, 弐, 参, 肆, 伍, 陸, 漆, 捌, 玖, 拾, 佰, 阡, 拾 : numbers from 1 to 10, used to prevent alteration
  • 壹, 貳, 參: old form of 1, 2, 3
  • 米: metre (see here)
  • 糎 or 珊: centimetre
  • 粍: millimetre
  • 寸: sun, 30.3mm
  • 分: bu, 3.03mm
  • 瓦: gram
  • 匁: monme, 3.75g

Patents