Yamato

Yamato Kōki Kōgyō K.K. (大和光機工業㈱) is a Japanese company that was active as a camera maker at least from the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 1960s. It was founded in 1926 as Kikuchi Seisakusho (菊池製作所) by Kikuchi Rikichi, and took its present name in 1944. The company still exists (2007) and currently makes microtomes (medical research instruments).

The Bonny Six 6×6 folder is attributed to a company called Yamato too, but it was advertised in 1942 and this is probably not the same company.

35mm film

Rangefinder, fixed lens

• Pax M3
• Pax M4

120 film

6×6 folders

• Minon Six II / III

Links

General links

In English:

• Yamato page in the Pacific Rim Photographica Pages

In Japanese:

• Chronology at the current Yamato website

Miscellaneous

In English:

• Boltax, Dan and Minon 35 cameras at submin.com
• Post about the Dan 35 at the Camera Collector forum

In Japanese:

• Pal Junior at Bon's Homepage