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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:

Pre-1945 Japanese cameras

Near exhaustive coverage. Missing or incomplete:

Semi

All the prewar and wartime pages have reached a stable state.

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 (WIP).

The postwar pages are largely incomplete. Coming soon:

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

Many pages on major recent models are incomplete.

Next on the list:

Vest

All the Vest (4×5 and 4×6.5) pages have reached a stable condition.

Baby and Four

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

  • 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 very old models:

Some more details might be added on other very old models:

35mm

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

A few articles on 35mm cameras with focal-plane shutter are done. Next on the list:

  • Kwanon
  • Nippon (35mm)
  • Nicca (bottom loading)
  • Nicca (hinged back)
  • Leotax (two-piece cover)
  • Leotax (one-piece cover)
  • Leotax G

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. Next:

No-need-darkroom film

Prewar and wartime models:

Subminiature

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

Remaining 16mm models:

Remaining 17.5mm models:

Other:

Stereo

All the pages have reached a stable condition. The only missing camera is the Stereo Konan-16, and perhaps a few modern cameras.

Lenses

A few pages on 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