Okada

Okada was a Japanese camera maker, active from the 1930s. Its full name was Okada Kōgaku Seiki K.K. (岡田光学精機株式会社). This name was often abbreviated to Okako (岡光, Okakō).

Some sources seem to indicate that it was related to Walz. Some sources attribute it the original Walz and call it Baby Walz, but an ad for this camera (visible in this page) only shows the Walz name, and Walz Works and Nihon Shōkai as company names.

Okada made a series of 4.5×6 folders, called Semi Okako and Waltax. Some sources say that other Waltax cameras were made by Daiichi.

4.5×6 folders

• Semi Okako
• Waltax
• Waltax Junior

Links

In Japanese:

• A page about the Waltax at Puppy's Island
• A page of the AJCC showing a camera called Okada Semi 2600 and some Okada literature, with the company's full name

Other:

• Chinese page with a picture of an Okako Waltax