Matsuzaki
Matsuzaki Shashinki-ten (松崎写真機店) was a Japanese distributor. It was active at least as early as 1937 and at least as late as 1953.
Before the war, it sold the Baby Chrome and the Zeitax I, and it was the authorized dealer in Kansai (Western Japan) of the Gelto made by Tōa Kōki and distributed by Hattori Tokei-ten. It was also selling the KI exposure meter.
After the war, the company distributed the Cosmoflex TLR made by Alpha Camera Seisakusho.
Many advertisements issued by Matsuzaki, both before and after the war,[1] indicate that it was the "distributor of the Tsubasa photographic products" (ツバサ写真用品発売元). These Tsubasa accessories were perhaps made by Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyō-sho. It is not known if they are unrelated with the cameras called Tsubasa made by Optochrom and later Kigawa.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 73 and 136. See also the various advertisements for the Gelto reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
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.
Links
In Japanese
- Advertisement for the Tsubasa hood published in the 20 June 1937 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the small format camera page of the Gochamaze website