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'''Hakkōdō''' (白光堂) or '''Hakkōdō Shashinki-ten''' (白光堂写真機店) was a Japanese distributor which sold the [[Rollekonter]] 6&times;6 TLR. It was based in Tokyo.<REF> Its address from 1941 to 1944 was Tōkyō Kōjimachi Iidamachi 2&ndash;2 (東京麹町飯田町2ノ2). Source: advertisement reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;106 and other advertisements linked at the bottom of the page. </REF>
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'''Hakkōdō''' (白光堂) or '''Hakkōdō Shashinki-ten''' (白光堂写真機店) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo. It advertised the [[Rollekonter]] 6×6 TLR from 1941 to 1944, and offered rangefinder conversions for 4.5×6 folders in 1943 (see below). Its address at the time was Kōjimachi Iidamachi (麹町飯田町) 2–2.<REF> Advertisements dated 1941 to 1944 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.106 and 112, [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/cm01_41_l.jpg here] at [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] and [http://www.xylocopal.com/0612/magazine16.jpg here] at [http://xylocopal2.exblog.jp/ Xylocopal's photolog]. </REF> The company survived the war at the same address, and reportedly advertised the [[Minoriflex]] TLR in 1951.<REF> Advertisement in {{AR}} February 1946, p.1, and February 1949, p.48. [[Minoriflex]]: {{Kokusan}}, p.368 (item 915). </REF>
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A company called the same still exists today (2007), its address is Chiyoda-ku Iidabashi (千代田区飯田橋) 3–1–3, probably the same as in the 1940s.<REF> See [http://www.photopartner.org/master/tokyo/chiyoda.html this directory of photographic shops] and other Japanese phonebooks. </REF>
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== Rangefinder conversions ==
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An advertisement by Hakkōdō dated October 1943<REF> Advertisement published in ''[[Shashin Bunka]]'', reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.112. </REF> offered rangefinder conversions for 4.5×6 folders. The conversion was available for any [[Zeiss Ikon]] model (ツアイスイコン各種), namely the [[Ikonta]] and [[Nettar]], as well as for the [[Semi Lyra]], the "new [[Semi Proud]]" (新型セミプラウド), the [[Semi Sport]] and the [[Semi Leotax]], all of them Japanese copies of the Ikonta or Nettar. The conversion cost ¥95 for the Zeiss Ikon models and ¥75 for the Japanese models, and it was taking two weeks.
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The advertisement shows a faintly legible picture of a converted [[Semi Lyra]]. The conversion externally looks like the rangefinder unit of the 4.5×6 [[Super Ikonta]], with the folding optical finder above, but there is no pivoting arm attached to the lens standard. The description mentions a new coupling system, which cannot come loose, but the details are unclear.
  
 
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* {{AR}}. Advertisements by Hakkōdō in February 1946 (p.1) and February 1949 (p.48).
 
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/cm01_41_l.jpg Advertisement for the Rollekonter] dated 1941, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera], a page of old Japanese advertisements by Toshio Inamura
 
* [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/b_camera/cm01_41_l.jpg Advertisement for the Rollekonter] dated 1941, reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera], a page of old Japanese advertisements by Toshio Inamura
* [http://www.xylocopal.com/0612/magazine16.jpg Advertisement for the Rollekonter] published in ''[[Asahi Camera]]'' February 1942, visible in [http://xylocopal2.exblog.jp/5177408 this page about old camera magazines] of [http://xylocopal2.exblog.jp/ Xylocopal's photolog]
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* [http://www.xylocopal.com/0612/magazine16.jpg Advertisement for the Rollekonter] published in {{ACA}} February 1942, visible in [http://xylocopal2.exblog.jp/5177408 this page about old camera magazines] of [http://xylocopal2.exblog.jp/ Xylocopal's photolog]
* [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki52.jpg Advertisement for the Rollekonter] published in the September 1944 issue of ''[[Shashin Kagaku]],'' reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki.htm Japanese camera page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]
 
  
 
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[[Category: Japanese distributors]]

Latest revision as of 06:59, 15 October 2020


Hakkōdō (白光堂) or Hakkōdō Shashinki-ten (白光堂写真機店) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo. It advertised the Rollekonter 6×6 TLR from 1941 to 1944, and offered rangefinder conversions for 4.5×6 folders in 1943 (see below). Its address at the time was Kōjimachi Iidamachi (麹町飯田町) 2–2.[1] The company survived the war at the same address, and reportedly advertised the Minoriflex TLR in 1951.[2]

A company called the same still exists today (2007), its address is Chiyoda-ku Iidabashi (千代田区飯田橋) 3–1–3, probably the same as in the 1940s.[3]

Rangefinder conversions

An advertisement by Hakkōdō dated October 1943[4] offered rangefinder conversions for 4.5×6 folders. The conversion was available for any Zeiss Ikon model (ツアイスイコン各種), namely the Ikonta and Nettar, as well as for the Semi Lyra, the "new Semi Proud" (新型セミプラウド), the Semi Sport and the Semi Leotax, all of them Japanese copies of the Ikonta or Nettar. The conversion cost ¥95 for the Zeiss Ikon models and ¥75 for the Japanese models, and it was taking two weeks.

The advertisement shows a faintly legible picture of a converted Semi Lyra. The conversion externally looks like the rangefinder unit of the 4.5×6 Super Ikonta, with the folding optical finder above, but there is no pivoting arm attached to the lens standard. The description mentions a new coupling system, which cannot come loose, but the details are unclear.

Notes

  1. Advertisements dated 1941 to 1944 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.106 and 112, here at Nostalgic Camera and here at Xylocopal's photolog.
  2. Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1946, p.1, and February 1949, p.48. Minoriflex: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.368 (item 915).
  3. See this directory of photographic shops and other Japanese phonebooks.
  4. Advertisement published in Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.112.

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