Shinkō Seiki
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The company Shinkō (新光) was mentioned in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. It was certainly called Shinkō Seiki (perhaps 新光精機).[1] It made the Shinko Baby or Rorox and certainly also the Shinkoflex and the Shinko Super.[2] All these cameras were distributed by Yamashita Shōten, as well as the Shinko enlarger.[3]
Contents
Camera list
- Shinkoflex (6×6 SLR with focal plane shutter, 1940)
- Shinko Super (6×6 viewfinder with focal plane shutter, 1942)
- Shinko Baby (3×4 viewfinder)
Other
- Shinko enlarger model A, sold ¥113.20 in February 1942[4]
- Shinko enlarger model D, sold ¥158.60 in February 1942[5]
Notes
- ↑ This name is written on the shutter plate of a Rorox pictured in McKeown, p. 891.
- ↑ The "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") says that the company made the body, lens and shutter of the Shinko Baby, the lens and shutter of the Shinkoflex and the lens of the Shinko Super (the other information about the Shinkoflex and Shinko Super is missing).
- ↑ Shinko enlarger: advertisement dated February 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 74.
- ↑ Advertisement dated February 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 74.
- ↑ Advertisement dated February 1942, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 74.
Bibliography
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover).
