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The company had its origin in a fortified factory set up during the war by [[Nikon|Nihon Kōgaku]] in Yamagata Prefecture (in the north of Japan's main island).<ref>Kanno, p. 118.</ref> | The company had its origin in a fortified factory set up during the war by [[Nikon|Nihon Kōgaku]] in Yamagata Prefecture (in the north of Japan's main island).<ref>Kanno, p. 118.</ref> | ||
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*Kanno <!-- I don't know the reading of his personal name -->(管野経敏). "Alpenflex." In In ''Miryoku saihakken: Nigan refu: Firumu kamera ha e no messēji'' (魅力再発見・二眼レフ：フィルムカメラ派へのメッセージ, Fascination rediscovery: TLRs: A message to film cameras). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppansha,<!-- Yes, this is how the company writes its name. --> 2006. pp. 118–9. | *Kanno <!-- I don't know the reading of his personal name -->(管野経敏). "Alpenflex." In In ''Miryoku saihakken: Nigan refu: Firumu kamera ha e no messēji'' (魅力再発見・二眼レフ：フィルムカメラ派へのメッセージ, Fascination rediscovery: TLRs: A message to film cameras). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppansha,<!-- Yes, this is how the company writes its name. --> 2006. pp. 118–9. | ||
| + | *''Nihon no kamera o omoshiroku shita kyōshū no burando ten'' (日本のカメラを面白くした郷愁のブランド展, Exhibition of nostalgic brands that made Japanese cameras interesting). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1997. Exhibition catalogue. | ||
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Revision as of 08:22, 10 August 2006
Hachiyo Optical Co. (Hachiyō Kōgaku Kōgyō, 八陽光学工業) is a Japanese company known for making Alpenflex and Stereo Alpen cameras.
The company had its origin in a fortified factory set up during the war by Nihon Kōgaku in Yamagata Prefecture (in the north of Japan's main island).[1]
The company went out of business in 1955.[2]
Notes
Sources / further reading
- 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.
- Kanno (管野経敏). "Alpenflex." In In Miryoku saihakken: Nigan refu: Firumu kamera ha e no messēji (魅力再発見・二眼レフ：フィルムカメラ派へのメッセージ, Fascination rediscovery: TLRs: A message to film cameras). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppansha, 2006. pp. 118–9.
- Nihon no kamera o omoshiroku shita kyōshū no burando ten (日本のカメラを面白くした郷愁のブランド展, Exhibition of nostalgic brands that made Japanese cameras interesting). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 1997. Exhibition catalogue.
