Kenko

Kenko Co., Ltd. or K.K. Kenkō (株式会社ケンコー) is a Japanese company that currently (2006) sells (and perhaps makes) digital cameras and camcorders as well as all sorts of camera accessories, including tripods, filters, conversion lenses, etc. The company also distributes in Japan the products of Cosina (including the Voigtländer brand), Tokina, Slik, Daiwa, Cokin, Lee and Tamrac.

The Kenko brand exists since before World War II: an advertisement dated 1941 already mentions Kenko products, distributed by Muraue Shōkai. However the origin of the company itself is unknown.

Links

• Kenko official website in English and in Japanese (more complete)

Advertisement for the Semi Kreis, published in the March 1941 issue of Shashin Bunka, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 68.