Sugaya
Sugaya Kōki Seisakusho
Sugaya Kōki Seisakusho (菅谷光機製作所)[1] was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Kanda during World War II.[2] Its name appears in an advertisement dated October 1943 for rangefinder conversions distributed by Sankō-sha and by Matsuzaki Shashinki-ten.[3]
Sugaya Seikō
Sugaya Seikō K.K. (菅谷精光㈱) was a Japanese camera maker in the late 1940s and early 1950s. It made the Hope, Myracle, Rubix and Rubina subminiature cameras taking 17.5mm or 16mm film. It was based in Tokyo, Kanda too but it is not known if it was related to the wartime Sugaya company.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The name 菅谷 could conceivably be read Sugedani as well, but Sugaya is much more common.
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Kanda-ku Kajichō (神田区鍛冶町) 3–5 in Tokyo. Source: advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.112.
- ↑ Advertisement in Shashin Bunka October 1943, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.112.
- ↑ Its addres in 1949 was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kanda Asahi-chō 16 (東京都千代田区神田旭町十六). Source: advertisement in Kohga Gekkan September 1949, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.180.
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.