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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]]. 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]]
* Aires M2.8
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* [[Aires M28]]
 
* Aires Ever
 
* Aires Ever
* [[Aires Penta 35]]
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* [[Aires Penta 35]]/Reflex 35
 
* [[Aires Radar Eye]]
 
* [[Aires Radar Eye]]
* Aires Reflex 35
 
 
* [[Aires Viscount]]
 
* [[Aires Viscount]]
 
* [[Yallu Flex]]
 
* [[Yallu Flex]]
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== 120 film ==
 
== 120 film ==
* Aires Automat
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=== 6×6 TLR ===
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* [[Airesflex|Aires Automat]]
 
* [[Airesflex]]
 
* [[Airesflex]]
* Aires Reflex
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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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== Bibliography ==
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* {{Showa10}}
  
==Links==
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== Links ==
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In English and Italian:
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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
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* [http://collectiblend.com/Cameras/Aires-Cameras/ Aires Price Guide] at [http://collectiblend.com/ CollectiBlend]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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In French :
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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]
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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://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/aires/aires.html Survey of Aires cameras] by Massimo Bertacchi; very well illustrated, text in Italian
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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[[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 :