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'''Bikōdō''' (美光堂) was a Japanese company, mentioned in 1937 as the distributor or maker of the [[Reex]].<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;343 (item 320). </REF> In 1943 it was based in Tokyo, Shitaya.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shitaya-ku Sakamoto 1&ndash;3&ndash;2 (東京都下谷区坂本1&ndash;3&ndash;2). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF>
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'''Bikōdō''' (美光堂) was a Japanese company, mentioned in 1937 as the distributor or maker of the [[Reex]].<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;343 (item 320). </REF> It made the Tokyo Compur or New Compur shutter (T, B, 1&ndash;300) and the Rapid-Compur (T, B, 1&ndash;500) mounted on the [[Rollekonter]].<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter items 18-Q-4 and 18-R-9. </REF> These shutters were copies of the corresponding German models. In 1943 it was based in Tokyo, Shitaya.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shitaya-ku Sakamoto 1&ndash;3&ndash;2 (東京都下谷区坂本1&ndash;3&ndash;2). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF>
  
 
After the war, '''Bikōdō Seisakusho''' (美光堂製作所) was the maker of the [[Superflex]] and of the [[Tenar Six]]. It was based in Tokyo and it is not known if it was related with the prewar company.<REF> Its address from 1951 to 1953 was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Kami-negishi 60 (東京都台東区上根岸60). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.&nbsp;141&ndash;2 and 149. </REF>
 
After the war, '''Bikōdō Seisakusho''' (美光堂製作所) was the maker of the [[Superflex]] and of the [[Tenar Six]]. It was based in Tokyo and it is not known if it was related with the prewar company.<REF> Its address from 1951 to 1953 was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Kami-negishi 60 (東京都台東区上根岸60). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.&nbsp;141&ndash;2 and 149. </REF>
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Revision as of 19:15, 2 April 2007

Bikōdō (美光堂) was a Japanese company, mentioned in 1937 as the distributor or maker of the Reex.[1] It made the Tokyo Compur or New Compur shutter (T, B, 1–300) and the Rapid-Compur (T, B, 1–500) mounted on the Rollekonter.[2] These shutters were copies of the corresponding German models. In 1943 it was based in Tokyo, Shitaya.[3]

After the war, Bikōdō Seisakusho (美光堂製作所) was the maker of the Superflex and of the Tenar Six. It was based in Tokyo and it is not known if it was related with the prewar company.[4]

Notes

  1. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343 (item 320).
  2. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter items 18-Q-4 and 18-R-9.
  3. Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shitaya-ku Sakamoto 1–3–2 (東京都下谷区坂本1–3–2). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
  4. Its address from 1951 to 1953 was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Kami-negishi 60 (東京都台東区上根岸60). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 141–2 and 149.

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