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| − | '''Photopia Ltd.''' was a photographic distributor based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. The company sold cameras and accessories - some of them made and branded for Photopia by various manufacturers such as [[Vredeborch]], [[Regula|King]], [[Wata|Edmund Wateler]], and others under their original names, such as [[Wirgin]] and [[Regula]]. The Photopia company developed from an earlier name, Norths Staffs Photographic Services<ref>[http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Photopia_history.html Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia]</ref>. Photopia was at one time the UK importers for [[Minolta]]. The company | + | '''Photopia Ltd.''' was a photographic distributor based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. The company sold cameras and accessories - some of them made and branded for Photopia by various manufacturers such as [[Vredeborch]], [[Regula|King]], [[Wata|Edmund Wateler]], and others under their original names, such as [[Wirgin]] and [[Regula]]. The Photopia company developed from an earlier name, Norths Staffs Photographic Services<ref>[http://www.photomemorabilia.co.uk/Photopia_history.html Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia]</ref>. Photopia was at one time the UK importers for [[Minolta]]. The company became Johnsons Photopia, and for some time distributed major brands including Mamiya and Sekonic in the UK. Johnsons Photopia was liquidated in 2018-19.<ref>[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/notice/3243480 Notice of appointment of liquidators for Johnson's Photopia] in the Gazette, 29 March 2019.</ref> |
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| Photopia-branded light meter, probably by Sekonic image by Anssi Puisto (Image rights) |
Photopia Ltd. was a photographic distributor based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. The company sold cameras and accessories - some of them made and branded for Photopia by various manufacturers such as Vredeborch, King, Edmund Wateler, and others under their original names, such as Wirgin and Regula. The Photopia company developed from an earlier name, Norths Staffs Photographic Services[1]. Photopia was at one time the UK importers for Minolta. The company became Johnsons Photopia, and for some time distributed major brands including Mamiya and Sekonic in the UK. Johnsons Photopia was liquidated in 2018-19.[2]
Photopia Cameras
- Mastra V35 (also called USC 35 IIa; a simpler variant of a Regula III)
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| Photopia-branded rangefinder, a rebadged early version of the Watameter made by Edmund Wateler image by orzalana69 (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia
- ↑ Notice of appointment of liquidators for Johnson's Photopia in the Gazette, 29 March 2019.
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- Photopia company history on Maurice Fisher's Photomemorabilia
- Photopia accessory rangefinder instructions from Nesster on Flickr.
- Mastra V35 on Flickr by John F Richardson
