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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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'''Kinshō Kōki Seisakusho''' (錦彰光機製作所, meaning Kinshō Optical Works) was a Japanese company based in Kyoto.<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>
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It made the [[Vero Four]] camera and its Verona 60/3.5 three-element lens.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 153, lens item K4. </REF> A ''K.S.'' logo was used on this camera, probably for <U>K</U>in<U>s</U>hō or <U>K</U>inshō <U>S</U>eisakusho.
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The company also made the Rapid-Presto shutter (T, B, 1&ndash;500) mounted on the [[Semi Rosen|Semi Rosen U]] and on the [[Primo]], perhaps a name variant of the Rapid-Vero shutter of the Vero Four.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter item 18-R-4. </REF> This shutter sometimes has a ''K.S. FABRIK'' marking. The same marking is also reported on the back on the [[Semi Rosen|Semi Rosen U]],<REF> Example described in an online auction. </REF> which was perhaps made by the company too.
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Kinshō also made the KP III shutter mounted on at least one version of the [[Mulix]].<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, shutter item 18-P-9. </REF>
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==

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Kinshō Kōki Seisakusho (錦彰光機製作所, meaning Kinshō Optical Works) was a Japanese company based in Kyoto.[1]

It made the Vero Four camera and its Verona 60/3.5 three-element lens.[2] A K.S. logo was used on this camera, probably for Kinshō or Kinshō Seisakusho.

The company also made the Rapid-Presto shutter (T, B, 1–500) mounted on the Semi Rosen U and on the Primo, perhaps a name variant of the Rapid-Vero shutter of the Vero Four.[3] This shutter sometimes has a K.S. FABRIK marking. The same marking is also reported on the back on the Semi Rosen U,[4] which was perhaps made by the company too.

Kinshō also made the KP III shutter mounted on at least one version of the Mulix.[5]

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 item 18-R-4.
  4. Example described in an online auction.
  5. "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-P-9.

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