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'''Aires''' — in Japanese アイレス ''Airesu'' (like "eye-rescue" minus the "cue"); more fully アイレス写真機製作所 ''Airesu shashinki seisakusho'' — was a Japanese manufacturer of a number of 35mm and roll film cameras.
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'''Aires''' &mdash; in Japanese アイレス ''Airesu'' (like "eye-rescue" minus the "cue"); more fully '''K.K. Aires Shashinki Seisakusho''' ({{kabu}}アイレス写真機製作所) &mdash; was a Japanese manufacturer of a number of 35mm and roll film cameras. It was based in Tokyo.<REF> Its address from 1951 to early 1956 was Tōkyō-to Toshima-ku Takada-minami-machi 3&ndash;797 (東京都豊島区高田南町3&ndash;797), from late 1956 to 1959 it was Tōkyō-to Shinjuku-ku Nishi-Ōkubo 1&ndash;437 (東京都新宿区西大久保1&ndash;437). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.&nbsp;113&ndash;4 and 216&ndash;8. </REF>
  
As Yallu Optical Co Ltd (ヤルー光学, Yar&#363; K&#333;gaku), the company started in 1949 to produce the Yallu Flex, a 35mm TLR influenced by the Zeiss [[Contaflex (TLR)|Contaflex]], which was available in Japan at a very high price and was of particular interest in view of the patchy availability of roll film. The Yallu Flex was ingeniously and elegantly designed and was well equipped and appealingly advertised, but in the end it was never offered for sale. About fifty were produced.
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As '''Yallu Optical Co., Ltd.''' (ヤルー光学, Yarū Kōgaku), the company started in 1949 to produce the [[Yallu Flex]], a 35mm TLR influenced by the Zeiss [[Contaflex (TLR)|Contaflex]]. The Yallu Flex was ingeniously and elegantly designed and was well equipped and appealingly advertised, but in the end it was never offered for sale. About fifty were produced.
  
 
Later cameras bore the name ''Aires''.
 
Later cameras bore the name ''Aires''.
 
''[More later.]''
 
  
 
== 35mm ==
 
== 35mm ==
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* [[Aires 35]]
 
* [[Aires 35]]
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* [[Aires M28]]
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* Aires Ever
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* [[Aires Penta 35]]/Reflex 35
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* [[Aires Radar Eye]]
 
* [[Aires Viscount]]
 
* [[Aires Viscount]]
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* [[Yallu Flex]]
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== 120 film ==
 
== 120 film ==
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=== 6×6 TLR ===
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* [[Airesflex|Aires Automat]]
 
* [[Airesflex]]
 
* [[Airesflex]]
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* [[Airesflex|Aires Reflex]]
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=== 6×6 folding ===
 
* [[Aires Viceroy]]
 
* [[Aires Viceroy]]
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== Notes ==
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<references />
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{Showa10}}
  
==Links==
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== Links ==
*A page of [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html old Japanese magazine adverts]:
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In English and Italian:
**[http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/yailu.html Yallu Flex] (billed as "Yallu Reflex-35")
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* [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/aires/aires.html Survey of Aires cameras] by [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Massimo Bertacchi], with pictures of many models
**[http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/airesflex.html Airesflex IV]
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* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Aires-Cameras/ Aires Price Guide] at [http://collectiblend.com/ CollectiBlend]
*Takasaki Motohiro's repair/maintenance pages (text in Japanese, plus pictures):
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/aires/aires_automat/aires_automat.htm Aires Automat TLR 120 PDF manual] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html Butkus' OrphanCameras.com]
**[http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/aires_amat/index.htm Airesflex]
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* [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/other_manuals.htm Aires PDF camera manual (alphabetical listing] at [https://www.butkus.org/chinon/index.html Butkus' OrphanCameras.com]
**[http://kochi-med.net/moto/camera/camera_repair/airesflex/index.htm Airesflex Z]
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In Japanese:
*[http://shinsaku.homeip.net/priv/camera/mednikkor/aires/aires-e.html Airesflex], in particular detail, by Hiura Shinsaku (also [http://shinsaku.homeip.net/priv/camera/mednikkor/aires/aires.html in Japanese])
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/camara_story_1.htm Camera stories 1: Aires cameras] (at the bottom of the page) at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/ Japan Family Camera]
*Cameras at Puppy's Island (text in Japanese, pictures, sample photos):
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In French :
**[http://www3.kiy.jp/~daddy/Viscount/viscount.html Aires Viscount]
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* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/101 Aires page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site]
*[http://www.satoyama-net.com/easy/etc2003_03.htm Aires Viscount] with attachment lens is shown in the 15 March 2003 entry in this blog
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste_imagettes_marque.php?lettre=Aires Aires Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr
*[http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/AIRES_SPEC.htm Airesflex specifications] (in Japanese)
 
*H. Arai's camera repair pages (text in Japanese, pictures):
 
**[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/BUN_RADEREYE.htm Aires Radar-Eye]
 
**[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/BUN_AIRES_Z.htm Airesflex Z]
 
**[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/BUN_PENTA.htm Aires Penta 35]
 
*[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/BUN_AIRES1.htm Airesflex cameras] text in Japanese, pictures
 
*[http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~RD2H-ARI/NAZO_VISCOUNT28.htm Aires Viscount] text in Japanese, pictures
 
*[http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/992.htm Aires Viceroy and Aires 35V]
 
*[http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/airesflex.html Airesflex] at Bob Monaghan's site
 
*Aya's camera (text in Japanese, and pictures):
 
**[http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/aires-flex-4_ca.html Airesflex IV]
 
**[http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/airesflex-ua_ca.html Airesflex UA]
 
**[http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/aires-flex-y3_ca.html Airesflex YIII]
 
**[http://aya-2.hp.infoseek.co.jp/airesflex-zniko_ca.html Airesflex Z]
 
*[http://urawa.cool.ne.jp/hiroa/S_AIRESU_CORAL.htm Sample photos from an Airesflex U]
 
*[http://nikomat.homeip.net/priv/camera/mednikkor/aires/aires-test/index.html Tests of the Nikkor-Q.C. lens on an Airesflex]
 
*[http://nikomat.homeip.net/priv/camera/mednikkor/aires/aires/ Sample photos from an Airesflex Automat]
 
  
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
[[Category: Camera makers]]
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[[Category: Aires|*]]
[[Category: Japan]]
 

Revision as of 00:55, 22 January 2022

Aires — in Japanese アイレス Airesu (like "eye-rescue" minus the "cue"); more fully K.K. Aires Shashinki Seisakusho (㈱アイレス写真機製作所) — was a Japanese manufacturer of a number of 35mm and roll film cameras. It was based in Tokyo.[1]

As Yallu Optical Co., Ltd. (ヤルー光学, Yarū Kōgaku), the company started in 1949 to produce the Yallu Flex, a 35mm TLR influenced by the Zeiss Contaflex. The Yallu Flex was ingeniously and elegantly designed and was well equipped and appealingly advertised, but in the end it was never offered for sale. About fifty were produced.

Later cameras bore the name Aires.

35mm


120 film

6×6 TLR

6×6 folding


Notes

  1. Its address from 1951 to early 1956 was Tōkyō-to Toshima-ku Takada-minami-machi 3–797 (東京都豊島区高田南町3–797), from late 1956 to 1959 it was Tōkyō-to Shinjuku-ku Nishi-Ōkubo 1–437 (東京都新宿区西大久保1–437). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 113–4 and 216–8.

Bibliography

Links

In English and Italian:

In Japanese:

In French :