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| + | 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. | ||
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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] | * [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] | ||
| + | * 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 : | In French : | ||
* [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/101 Aires page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site] | * [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/index.php?/category/101 Aires page] at [http://www.collectiongeven.com/piwigo/ Collection G. Even's site] | ||
Revision as of 06:23, 3 June 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.
35mm
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| Aires 35 IIIL image by vincentnip (Image rights) |
- Aires 35
- Aires M28
- Aires Ever
- Aires Penta 35/Reflex 35
- Aires Radar Eye
- Aires Viscount
- Yallu Flex
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.
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
