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'''Elega''' (エレガ社) is a company name that appears in a 1938 advertisement<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Elega|30|June 1938|Asahi Camera}} </REF> for the [[Semi Elega]].
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'''Elega-sha''' (エレガ社) was a Japanese company at the end of the 1930s. Its name appears in a 1938 advertisement for the [[SEmi Elega]] 4.5&times;6 folder and the Elega darkroom chemicals.<REF> Advertisement dated June 1938 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;60. </REF>
  
Some postwar cameras have a similar name, like the [[Elega-35]] and the [[Elegaflex]], but {{McKeown}} lists them under the "Nitto Seiko" or "Nitto Shashin" entry.
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After the war, the [[Elegaflex]] and the Elega items were offered for sale by the distributor [[Doi|Doi Shōten]] in 1951 (ヱ<!--sic-->レガ製品発売元).<REF> Advertisement dated September 1951 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;122. </REF> From 1952 to 1954, the [[Elegaflex]], [[Elega-35]], Elega enlarger and other Elega goods were distributed by [[Nittō Shashin Yōhin]].<REF> Advertisements dated November 1952 to July 1954 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;123. </REF>
 
 
== 4.5&times;6 folder ==
 
* [[Semi Elega]]
 
  
 
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
* {{Showa10}} Item 30.
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* {{McKeown12}} P.&nbsp;738.
 
  
== Links ==
 
In English:
 
* [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/0205.htm Elega-35] in [http://www.cameraguild.jp/nekosan/ Nekosan's website]
 
In Japanese:
 
* [http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~okabe/46.html Elega-35] at the [http://www16.ocn.ne.jp/~okabe/index5.html Home made camera website] by Takeshi Okabe
 
* [http://asahide.zdap.jp/hcla02/htera03.htm Elega-35] at [http://asahide.zdap.jp/ Nagoya's Camera Club]
 
  
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Elega-sha (エレガ社) was a Japanese company at the end of the 1930s. Its name appears in a 1938 advertisement for the SEmi Elega 4.5×6 folder and the Elega darkroom chemicals.[1]

After the war, the Elegaflex and the Elega items were offered for sale by the distributor Doi Shōten in 1951 (ヱレガ製品発売元).[2] From 1952 to 1954, the Elegaflex, Elega-35, Elega enlarger and other Elega goods were distributed by Nittō Shashin Yōhin.[3]

Notes

  1. Advertisement dated June 1938 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 60.
  2. Advertisement dated September 1951 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 122.
  3. Advertisements dated November 1952 to July 1954 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 123.

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