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'''Kiko-Do''' (暿光堂, Kikô-) was a distributor. In 1934, it asked Umemoto Kinzaburô (梅本金三郎) to setup a camera plant. That would be [[Umemoto]] Seisakusho, founded in 1935. It sold the cameras made by [[Umemoto]] at least until the war. Among them were a Makinette 6 (マキネット6) 6x6 folding camera in 1936, and the [[Super Flex Baby]] from 1938.
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'''Kiko-Do''' (暿光堂, Kikō-) was a distributor. In 1934, it asked Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎) to setup a camera plant. That would be [[Umemoto]] Seisakusho, founded in 1935. It sold the cameras made by [[Umemoto]] at least until the war. Among them were a Makinette 6 (マキネット6) 6x6 folding camera in 1936 and the [[Super Flex Baby]] from 1938. In 1942, Kiko-do was advertising the Super Flex Baby together with a Semi Westar (セミウエスター) 4.5×6 folding camera, it is unknown if it was made by Umemoto.
  
After the war, there was a company called Bikô-Seisakusho (美光堂製作所) or Super Photo (スーパー写真), that made a series of 6x6 TLRs called Superflex, but it is probably unrelated.
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After the war, there was a company called Bikō-Seisakusho (美光堂製作所) or Super Photo (スーパー写真), that made a series of 6x6 TLRs called Superflex, but it is probably unrelated.
  
 
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Revision as of 21:58, 16 May 2006

Kiko-Do (暿光堂, Kikō-dō) was a distributor. In 1934, it asked Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎) to setup a camera plant. That would be Umemoto Seisakusho, founded in 1935. It sold the cameras made by Umemoto at least until the war. Among them were a Makinette 6 (マキネット6) 6x6 folding camera in 1936 and the Super Flex Baby from 1938. In 1942, Kiko-do was advertising the Super Flex Baby together with a Semi Westar (セミウエスター) 4.5×6 folding camera, it is unknown if it was made by Umemoto.

After the war, there was a company called Bikō-Dō Seisakusho (美光堂製作所) or Super Photo (スーパー写真), that made a series of 6x6 TLRs called Superflex, but it is probably unrelated.