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− | '''Alfa Camera Seisakusho''' (アルファカメラ製作所, ''Arufa Kamera Seisakusho'') was a Japanese company, which made the [[Alfaflex]] and [[Cosmoflex]] TLR cameras from 1952 to 1954. The name Cosmo was re-used by [[Cosmo|Cosmo Camera Seisakusho]] from 1955. | + | '''Alfa Camera Seisakusho''' (アルファカメラ製作所, ''Arufa Kamera Seisakusho'') was a Japanese company, which made the [[Alfaflex]] and [[Cosmoflex]] TLR cameras from 1952 to 1954. It used the English name '''Alfa Optical Co.''' for some camera markings. The name Cosmo was re-used by [[Cosmo|Cosmo Camera Seisakusho]] from 1955. |
The address was Nerima-ku Minamimachi (練馬区南町) 3–6016 in Tokyo.<REF> Advertisements dated March 1953 and February 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp. 117 and 136, and [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/51212433.html advertisement] dated 1954 reproduced in [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/ Shashin-Bako]. </REF> | The address was Nerima-ku Minamimachi (練馬区南町) 3–6016 in Tokyo.<REF> Advertisements dated March 1953 and February 1954, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp. 117 and 136, and [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/archives/51212433.html advertisement] dated 1954 reproduced in [http://blog.livedoor.jp/united3arrows/ Shashin-Bako]. </REF> |
Revision as of 10:28, 21 May 2007
Alfa Camera Seisakusho (アルファカメラ製作所, Arufa Kamera Seisakusho) was a Japanese company, which made the Alfaflex and Cosmoflex TLR cameras from 1952 to 1954. It used the English name Alfa Optical Co. for some camera markings. The name Cosmo was re-used by Cosmo Camera Seisakusho from 1955.
The address was Nerima-ku Minamimachi (練馬区南町) 3–6016 in Tokyo.[1]
Notes
- ↑ Advertisements dated March 1953 and February 1954, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 117 and 136, and advertisement dated 1954 reproduced in Shashin-Bako.
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 Japanese:
- Advertisement by Alfa Camera dated 1954, reproduced in Shashin-Bako