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Revision as of 18:34, 26 August 2023
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.
In February 1956, a fire broke out at Factory No. 1, which was the camera assembly department, when a young worker fell over near a stove while holding a solvent. The first factory was completely destroyed by fire. The company immediately considered alternative locations and moved to a four-story former warehouse and factory at 1-437 Nishi-Okubo, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, where an inauguration ceremony was held in July 1956. Production capacity was fully restored with the introduction of conveyor belts. The company then designed and launched the Aires 35V, a camera with interchangeable lens, which met all the needs of users at the time, but it did not sell well.Thereafter, the company launched new products one after another, but was unable to continue business. However, the company went bankrupt in July 1960 and was subjected to the Corporate Reorganization Law.
Contents
Lens
The lens brand was initially Excelsior. The company also used Zuiko lenses from Olympus Optical Industries (now Olympus) and Nikkor lenses from Nippon Kogaku Kogyo (now Nikon). After Shōwa Kōki became a subsidiary of the company, the company's Coral lenses were used.
Filter
Aires claimed to use organic dyes for their products, which are of the same high quality as Lens and to the highest quality. Around 1957-1958, when the Aires35 iiiC was sold, there were 12 different Lens Filters available.
| Name | Wratten numbers | Color | Exposure Factor |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIRES HAZE (SL 39 C) | UV | Colorless | ×1 |
| Aires LIGHT YELLOW (SY 44C) | 3 | Light Yellow | ×1.5 |
| AIRES YELLOW (SY48 C) | K2 | Yellow | ×2 |
| AIRES ORANGE (SO 56 C) | G | Orange | ×3 |
| AIRES RED (DR 60 C) | 25A | Light Red | ×6 |
| AIRES GREEN (SG 55C) | X-1 | Light Green | ×2 |
| AIRES SKYLIGHT | 1A | Light Pink | ×1 |
| Aires CLOUDY | 81B | Slightly VBrown | ×1.5 |
| Aires TYPE F | 81C | Brown | ×2 |
| Aires TYPE A | 85 | Brown | ×2 |
| Aires FLASH B-7 | 80F | Light Blue | ×2.5 |
| Aires FLOOD | 80A | Blue | ×3 |
35mm film
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| Aires 35 IIIL image by vincentnip (Image rights) |
- Yallu Flex
- Aires 35
- Aires Viscount
- Aires Viscount 28
- Aires M28/M2.8/Viscount M2.8
- Aires Radar Eye
- Aires Penta 35/Reflex 35/EVER
120 film
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| Aires Viceroy image by Robbie Verhagen (Image rights) |
6×6 TLR
6×6 folding
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ This table is based on an instruction manual for the Aires Filter, circa 1957-1958. Names and variations may vary depending on the year and month of manufacture.
- ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/198409834@N02/53113045586//in/pool-camerawiki
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.
Links
In English and Italian:
- Survey of Aires cameras by Massimo Bertacchi, with pictures of many models
- Aires Price Guide at CollectiBlend
- Aires Automat TLR 120 PDF manual at Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
- Aires PDF camera manual (alphabetical listing at Butkus' OrphanCameras.com
In Japanese:
- Camera stories 1: Aires cameras (at the bottom of the page) at Japan Family Camera
- magazine 『Classic Camera Special No.22, All About Aires / The World of Atom-format Cameras』pp.4-7「All About Aires」,『クラシックカメラ専科No.22、アイレスのすべて/アトム判カメラの世界』pp.4-7「アイレスのすべて」
In French :
- Aires page at Collection G. Even's site
- Aires Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
