Ōmiya

Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin K.K. (近江屋写真用品株式会社) is a Japanese company. It has been the owner of the "Hansa" (ハンザ) brand name, and it sold some cameras under that name in the 1930s and 1940s, the best known being the Hansa Canon.

In 2004, a company called Hansa K.K. (ハンザ株式会社) was detached from Ōmiya, and today (2006) it manufactures photo accessories, among which are tripod heads and an extensive range of lens adapters.

4.5×6 folders

• Hansa Semi Rollette (1936–7)
• Kadera (1939)

4.5×6 pseudo TLR

• Hansa Rollette Ref (1936–7)

35mm film

• Hansa Jupiter (ハンザジュピター): 35mm box camera, dated 1948–9 and having an MA 60/10 meniscus lens and a shutter with B and 1/25 settings.

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. Items 54, 182–3, 698.
• Peter Dechert. Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933–68. Hove: Hove Foto Books, 1985. ISBN 0-906447-30-5 P. 34.

Links

In Japanese:

• Brief history page in the Hansa official website