Bikōdō
Bikōdō (美光堂) was a Japanese company, mentioned in 1937 as the distributor or maker of the Reex.[1] It made some shutters called Compur, copies of the corresponding German models.[2] 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]
Contents
Camera list
- Reex (6×9 folder)
- Superflex (6×6 TLR)
- Tenar Six (6×6 folder)
Shutter list
- Tokyo Compur or New Compur (T, B, 1–300): on the Rollekonter, Semi Konter and Semi Miss
- Rapid Compur (T, B, 1–500): on the Rollekonter
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 343 (item 320).
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter items 18-Q-4 and 18-R-9.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
