Kōsoku
This article is a stub. You can help Camera-wiki.org by expanding it.
Kōsoku-sha
Kōsoku-sha (光測社) was probably a Japanese camera maker. It is said that it made the Freude around 1942.[1] It might be the same company as Tōkyō Kōsoku Seiki-sha.
Tōkyō Kōsoku Seiki-sha
Tōkyō Kōsoku Seiki-sha (東京光測精機社) was a Japanese camera maker, which made the Rorter Ref from 1941 to 1944. Its address was Kyōbashi-ku Ginza (京橋区銀座) 8–3 in Tokyo.[2] It might be the same company as Kōsoku-sha.
Kōsoku Kikan
A company perhaps called Kōsoku Kikan (高速機関) is mentioned in the official list of set prices dated November 1941, as the maker of the Semi Ace and of the Romax (6×6). The shutter of the Romax is called Kōsoku (in katakana: コーソク) in an advertisement dated March 1942.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 340, and this page at Asacame.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 105.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 107.
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.
- "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō" (カメラの公定価格官報発表, Official announcement of the set prices of the cameras), November 1941. Extract of a table listing Japanese camera production and setting the retail prices, reproduced in "Bebī Semi Fāsuto 'Kore ha bebī wo nanotta semi-ki da'" (ベビーセミファースト"これはベビーを名乗ったセミ機だ", Baby Semi First, 'this is a Semi camera called Baby'), an article by Furukawa Yasuo (古川保男) in Camera Collectors' News no. 277 (July 2000). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. P. 27.