Bikōdō

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Prewar and wartime Bikōdō

Bikōdō (美光堂) was a Japanese company, mentioned in 1937 as the distributor or maker of the Reex 6×9 folder.[1] During the war, Bikōdō made some shutters called Compur, copies of the corresponding German models.[2] These shutters have a round MB logo on the front plate; a similar logo also appears on the Light shutter or its Rosen name variant, perhaps indicating that these were made by Bikōdō too. The company's address in 1943 was Shitaya-ku Sakamoto 1–3–2 (下谷区坂本1–3–2) in Tokyo.[3]

List of Bikōdō shutters:

Postwar Bikōdō

After the war, Bikōdō Seisakusho (美光堂製作所) made the Superflex TLR and announced the Tenar Six folder. It is not known if it was related with the previous Bikōdō company. Its address from 1951 to 1953 was Taitō-ku Kami-negishi 60 (台東区上根岸60) in Tokyo.[4]

Camera list:

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. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
  4. Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.141–2 and 149.

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