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'''Cosmo Camera Seisakusho''' (コスモカメラ製作所, ''Kosumo Kamera Seisakusho'') was a Japanese company, which certainly made the [[Cosmo 35, Micronta 35 and Rolex 35|Cosmo 35]] camera in 1955 and its name variants the Micronta 35 and Rolex 35. | '''Cosmo Camera Seisakusho''' (コスモカメラ製作所, ''Kosumo Kamera Seisakusho'') was a Japanese company, which certainly made the [[Cosmo 35, Micronta 35 and Rolex 35|Cosmo 35]] camera in 1955 and its name variants the Micronta 35 and Rolex 35. | ||
Revision as of 18:24, 19 May 2007
Cosmo Camera Seisakusho (コスモカメラ製作所, Kosumo Kamera Seisakusho) was a Japanese company, which certainly made the Cosmo 35 camera in 1955 and its name variants the Micronta 35 and Rolex 35.
It was perhaps also the maker of the Elbowflex TLR and Elbow Six folder, as is indicated in an advertisement dated September 1955.[1] An earlier advertisement (April 1955) for the Elbowflex mentions Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku as the maker.[2] It thus seems that Cosmo Camera Seisakusho was the successor of Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku.
As weird as it might seem, the Cosmoflex TLR was not made by Cosmo but by Alfa Camera Seisakusho, in 1953 and 1954. The name Cosmo was maybe bought by Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku after the demise of Alfa Camera.
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 121.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 121.
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.
