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== Cameras distributed == | == Cameras distributed == | ||
− | * [[Super Makinet Six]] 6×6 strut-folder by [[Umemoto]] | + | * [[Super plate folders]] (6.5×9) by an unknown maker |
− | * [[Super Flex Baby]] 4×4 SLR by [[Umemoto]] | + | * [[Super Makinet Six]] (6×6 strut-folder) by [[Umemoto]] |
+ | * [[Super Flex Baby]] (4×4 SLR) by [[Umemoto]] | ||
== Cameras sold as authorized dealer == | == Cameras sold as authorized dealer == |
Revision as of 23:18, 29 January 2007
Kikō-Dō (暿光堂) was a Japanese distributor based in Tokyo.[1] In 1934, the company asked Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎) to set up a camera plant, that would become Umemoto Seisakusho, founded in 1935.[2] It sold the cameras made by Umemoto until the war.
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 6×6 TLRs called Superflex, but it is probably unrelated.
Cameras distributed
- Super plate folders (6.5×9) by an unknown maker
- Super Makinet Six (6×6 strut-folder) by Umemoto
- Super Flex Baby (4×4 SLR) by Umemoto
Cameras sold as authorized dealer
- Wester or Semi Wester 4.5×6 folder by Nishida
Other
- Super accessory rangefinder (sold ¥15 in 1937)[3]
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1937 and 1938 was Tōkyō-shi nihonbashi-ku Kodenma-chō 1, 1 (東京市日本馬市区小伝馬町1の1). Source: advertisements for the Super Makinet Six reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 94.
- ↑ Umemoto company history.
- ↑ Advertisement dated April 1937 for the Super Makinet Six, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 94.
Links
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