Schmidt
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Schmidt Shōten (シュミット商店) was founded in Tokyo in 1896 by Paul Schmidt.[1] The company imported the Leica cameras in Japan in the late 1920s and 1930s. The company evolved into the Schmidt Group, which currently (2008) still exists.
Advertisements for the Leica by Schmidt Shōten in Asahi Camera June 1932. (Image rights) |
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- Company history of the Schimdt Group