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'''Amigo-Werk''' was perhaps a German optical company based in Berlin. Lenses inscribed both ''Amigo–Werk, Berlin'' and ''Amigo–Anastigmat'' (either in lowercase or in capital letters) have been observed on Japanese cameras of the late 1920s or early 1930s. It was reportedly mounted on [[Mikuni]] cameras in the 1920s.<REF> Lewis, p.44. </REF>
 
  
List of known lenses:
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Amigo was used as a name for the following cameras and lenses:
* Amigo-Anastigmat 13.5cm f/4.5 no.51160, capital markings, with a [[Vario]] shutter on an unknown plate folder<REF> Lens observed in an online auction. </REF>
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*[[Polaroid Amigo 620 |Amigo 620]] a model of the Polaroid camera range
* Amigo-Anastigmat 10.5cm f/4.5 no.52847, lowercase markings, with a [[Compur]] shutter on a plate folder presented as a [[Mikuni]]<REF> Lens pictured in [http://mutohide.net/reconst/amigo-1.htm this page at Handmade and Classic Camera]. </REF>
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*[[Amigo Werk]] for lenses fitted to folding plate cameras of the 1920s an early 1930s
* Amigo-Anastigmat 10.5cm f/4.5 no.53030, capital markings, with a [[Perfect]] shutter on an unknown camera<REF> Lens pictured in Tanimura, p.97 of {{KKS}} no.12. </REF>
 
* Amigo-Anastigmat 10.5cm f/4.5, capital markings, with a [[Vario]] shutter on a plate folder presented as a [[First plate folders|First]]<REF> Lens pictured in {{Sugiyama}}, item 1042. </REF>
 
 
 
== Notes ==
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
* {{Lewis}} P.44.
 
* {{Zukan}} Item 1042.
 
* Tanimura Yoshihiko (谷村吉彦). "Neumann & Heilemann: kieta ashiato, Minoruta setsuritsu to sono ato no karera wo otte" (Neumann & Heilemann 消えた足跡・ミノルタ設立とその後の彼等を追って, On the traces of Neumann & Heilemann at the founding of Minolta and afterwards.) {{KKS012}} Pp.96–9.
 
 
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://mutohide.net/reconst/amigo-1.htm Mikuni camera with Amigo lens and Compur shutter], at [http://mutohide.net/ Handmade and Classic Camera]
 
 
 
[[Category: German lens makers]]
 
[[Category: German lenses]]
 
[[Category: Japanese lenses]]
 

Latest revision as of 19:54, 5 November 2012

Disambiguation Page

Amigo was used as a name for the following cameras and lenses:

  • Amigo 620 a model of the Polaroid camera range
  • Amigo Werk for lenses fitted to folding plate cameras of the 1920s an early 1930s