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| − | '''Ehira''' was a Japanese camera maker before and after World War II. | + | '''Ehira''' was a Japanese camera maker before and after World War II. Its full name was Ehira Kōki Seisakusho (江平光機製作所, means Ehira Optical Works) and its logo read Ehira KSK. Ehira was the name of Ehira Shinjirō (江平信次郎). Ehira made rangefinder cameras, folding or rigid, with a coupled rangefinder looking like the [[Super Ikonta]]. |
* [[Weha Chrome Six]], 1937 | * [[Weha Chrome Six]], 1937 | ||
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* Ehira Six, postwar, reported with Lansar 85/3.5 (mistake for Lausar?), Ehira Rapid shutter | * Ehira Six, postwar, reported with Lansar 85/3.5 (mistake for Lausar?), Ehira Rapid shutter | ||
| − | A Weha Light 6.5x9 folding plate camera is mentioned in McKeown under Ehira, but there is some doubt. At the Japanese site ksmt.com (see [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm here] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm here]), there is a mention of the Weha Light as made or sold around 1930 by Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, | + | A Weha Light 6.5x9 folding plate camera is mentioned in McKeown under Ehira, but there is some doubt about it. At the Japanese site ksmt.com (see [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm here] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm here]), there is a mention of the Weha Light as made or sold around 1930 by Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto camera shop), which was also the distributor of the Weha Chrome Six. The name Weha possibly belonged to this distributor. It is unknown if it is related to the [[Yamamoto]] company that sold the [[Semi Kinka]]. |
| − | A | + | A 6×6 folding camera has been sold at an ebay auction as a Weha Six. It had a body release, a black tubular optical finder, a 400-1-B-T shutter marked ''Kōki T.T.S.H.'' and a 75/3.5 lens marked ''Weha Anastigmat''. |
An accessory rangefinder marked ''WEHA'' in a box marked ''WEHA Range Finder'' has been sold at a Yahoo Japan auction. | An accessory rangefinder marked ''WEHA'' in a box marked ''WEHA Range Finder'' has been sold at a Yahoo Japan auction. | ||
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Revision as of 10:01, 9 August 2006
Ehira was a Japanese camera maker before and after World War II. Its full name was Ehira Kōki Seisakusho (江平光機製作所, means Ehira Optical Works) and its logo read Ehira KSK. Ehira was the name of Ehira Shinjirō (江平信次郎). Ehira made rangefinder cameras, folding or rigid, with a coupled rangefinder looking like the Super Ikonta.
- Weha Chrome Six, 1937
- Weha Chrome Six II, 1938
- Weha Chrome Six III or Ehira Chrome Six, 1940
- Ehira Six, postwar, reported with Lansar 85/3.5 (mistake for Lausar?), Ehira Rapid shutter
A Weha Light 6.5x9 folding plate camera is mentioned in McKeown under Ehira, but there is some doubt about it. At the Japanese site ksmt.com (see here and here), there is a mention of the Weha Light as made or sold around 1930 by Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto camera shop), which was also the distributor of the Weha Chrome Six. The name Weha possibly belonged to this distributor. It is unknown if it is related to the Yamamoto company that sold the Semi Kinka.
A 6×6 folding camera has been sold at an ebay auction as a Weha Six. It had a body release, a black tubular optical finder, a 400-1-B-T shutter marked Kōki T.T.S.H. and a 75/3.5 lens marked Weha Anastigmat.
An accessory rangefinder marked WEHA in a box marked WEHA Range Finder has been sold at a Yahoo Japan auction.
