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 for many years, and was already using it in 1932.[1] It sold some cameras under that name in the 1930s and 1940s, the best known being the Hansa Canon.[2]
In 2004, a company called Hansa K.K. (ハンザ株式会社) was detached from Ōmiya, and today (2008) it manufactures photo accessories, among which are tripod heads and an extensive range of lens adapters.
Contents
Distributed cameras
120 film
- Hansa Semi Rollette (4.5×6 folder, 1936–7)
- Hansa Rollette Ref (4.5×6 pseudo TLR, 1936–7)
- Kadera (4.5×6 folder, 1939)[3]
- Bonny Six I and II (6×6 folder, 1941–2)
127 film
- Bonny Four (4×4, 1941–2)
35mm film
- Hansa Canon
- Hansa Jupiter (1948–9)
Cameras sold as authorized dealer
- Romax (6×6) (1942)
Sensitized surface
Ōmiya was the distributor of the film and paper made by Asahi Shashin Kōgyō in the early 1930s.
 
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| Advertisements for film and paper in Asahi Camera June 1932. (Image rights) |
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Camera June 1932, p.A10, showing a Hansa enlarger.
- ↑ Dechert, p.34.
- ↑ Attribution: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.335.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Ōmiya Shashin-yōhin in February 1930 (pp.A5 and A10) and June 1932 (pp.A9–10).
- 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.
- Dechert, Peter. Canon Rangefinder Cameras 1933–68. Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1985. ISBN 0-906447-30-5. P.34.
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