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'''Kinshō Kōki Seisakusho''' (錦彰光機製作所, meaning Kinshō Optical Works, the reading "kinshō" is unsure) was a Japanese company based in Kyoto in 1943.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Kyōto-shi Kamigyō-ku Kita-Ōjidōri Horikawa-kado (京都市上京区北大路通堀川角). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> It is mentioned in the {{Inquiry1943_short}} as the maker of the [[Vero Four]] camera, of its Verona 60/3.5 three-element lens and of the Rapid-Presto shutter.
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'''Kinshō Kōki Seisakusho''' (錦彰光機製作所, meaning Kinshō Optical Works, the reading "kinshō" is unsure) was a Japanese company based in Kyoto in 1943.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Kyōto-shi Kamigyō-ku Kita-Ōjidōri Horikawa-kado (京都市上京区北大路通堀川角). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> It is mentioned in the {{Inquiry1943_short}} as the maker of the [[Vero Four]] camera and its Verona 60/3.5 three-element lens.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 153, lens item K4. </REF> It also made the Rapid-Presto shutter and the KP III shutter mounted on at least one version of the [[Mulix]].<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter items 18-R-4 and 18-P-9. </REF>
  
 
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== Notes ==

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Kinshō Kōki Seisakusho (錦彰光機製作所, meaning Kinshō Optical Works, the reading "kinshō" is unsure) was a Japanese company based in Kyoto in 1943.[1] It is mentioned in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") as the maker of the Vero Four camera and its Verona 60/3.5 three-element lens.[2] It also made the Rapid-Presto shutter and the KP III shutter mounted on at least one version of the Mulix.[3]

Notes

  1. Its address in 1943 was Kyōto-shi Kamigyō-ku Kita-Ōjidōri Horikawa-kado (京都市上京区北大路通堀川角). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
  2. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), item 153, lens item K4.
  3. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter items 18-R-4 and 18-P-9.

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