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=== Rangefinders ===
 
=== Rangefinders ===
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* Kopil Mod.III rangefinder (c.1955)<REF> Date: Fujishima, p.122 of {{KKS}} no.38. </REF>
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* Kopil Mod.III rangefinder (c.1955)<REF> Date: Fujishima, p.122 of {{KKS}} no.38. </REF>
 
  
 
=== Exposure meters ===
 
=== Exposure meters ===
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* Kopil CdS TTL meter, in various mounts
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* Kopil shoe-mounted exposure meter
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|| ''Kopil CdS TTL meter, [[42mm screw lenses|42mm screw mount]]. Picture courtesy of [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/ Pacific Rim Camera]. {{with permission}}''
 
|| ''Kopil CdS TTL meter, [[42mm screw lenses|42mm screw mount]]. Picture courtesy of [http://www.pacificrimcamera.com/ Pacific Rim Camera]. {{with permission}}''
 
|| ''Kopil shoe-mounted exposure meter.<br>Picture by Keith Rock. {{with permission}}''
 
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* Kopil CdS TTL meter, in various mounts
 
* Kopil shoe-mounted exposure meter
 
  
 
=== Other camera accessories ===
 
=== Other camera accessories ===
 
* Kopil self-timers (at least one model was also sold by [[Ōmiya]] under the Hansa brand)<REF> Takeda, pp.110–1 of {{KKS}} no.53. </REF>
 
* Kopil self-timers (at least one model was also sold by [[Ōmiya]] under the Hansa brand)<REF> Takeda, pp.110–1 of {{KKS}} no.53. </REF>
 
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=== Other ===
 
=== Other ===
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
 
In English:
 
In English:
* [http://www.franckh.be/Collection/Kopil/en_Kopil-8EE.html Kopil Zoom 8 EE] cine camera at [http://www.franckh.be/Collection/index.html Stefan's Camera Collection]
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* [http://home.scarlet.be/stef49/Collection/Kopil/en_Kopil-8EE.html Zoom 8 EE] cine camera at [http://www.franckh.be/Collection/index.html Stefan's Camera Collection]
 
* [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/meters/kopil_ttl.html Kopil CdS TTL meter] in [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/index.html James Ollinger's exposure meter collection]
 
* [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/meters/kopil_ttl.html Kopil CdS TTL meter] in [http://www.jollinger.com/photo/meters/index.html James Ollinger's exposure meter collection]
 
* Kopil CdS TTL meter among [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Close-up%20Page.htm Exakta close-up equipment] in [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/ Captain Jack's Exakta Pages]
 
* Kopil CdS TTL meter among [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/Close-up%20Page.htm Exakta close-up equipment] in [http://captjack.exaktaphile.com/ Captain Jack's Exakta Pages]
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* Kopil Bellowsmat and Folding Bellowscope among [http://photobutmore.de/exakta/zubehoer/balgenklein/ Exakta bellows] at [http://photobutmore.de/ Photobutmore]
 
* Kopil Bellowsmat and Folding Bellowscope among [http://photobutmore.de/exakta/zubehoer/balgenklein/ Exakta bellows] at [http://photobutmore.de/ Photobutmore]
 
In Japanese:
 
In Japanese:
* [http://home.a00.itscom.net/shisan12/bellows.htm Bellows units] and [http://home.a00.itscom.net/shisan12/seshiyadogu.htm close-up accessories] at [http://www.geocities.jp/shisantei/ Shisantei] (mentions the Kopil as made by Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho)
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* [http://home.a00.itscom.net/shisan12/KOPIL.htm Kopil page] at [http://www.geocities.jp/shisantei/ Shisantei] (mentions the Kopil as made by Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho)
 
* [http://www.kobayashi-seiki.co.jp/co_about_11.html Profile and history] in the [http://www.kobayashi-seiki.co.jp/ Kobayashi Seiki official website]
 
* [http://www.kobayashi-seiki.co.jp/co_about_11.html Profile and history] in the [http://www.kobayashi-seiki.co.jp/ Kobayashi Seiki official website]
  
 
[[Category: Japanese accessory makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese accessory makers]]
 
[[Category: Meter makers]]
 
[[Category: Meter makers]]

Latest revision as of 06:36, 24 January 2019

Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho (小林精機製作所, meaning Kobayashi Precision Works) was a Japanese company, which made cine cameras, bellows and accessories sold under the Kopil brand.[1] It sometimes used a K.S.S logo.[2]

A company called Kobayashi Seiki still exists today (2009), founded as "Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho" (小林精機製作所) in October 1953 in the city of Morioka.[3] It is probably not the same as that described above, which was certainly already active before 1953.

Products

Bellows units

  • Kopil Folding Bellowscope, single folding rail, in various mounts (shows patent number 472839)
  • name variants of the Kopil Folding Bellowscope:
    • Alpex Bellox Jr, in various mounts
    • Miranda Bellox Jr, in Miranda bayonet mount
    • Asahi Bellowscope, in 42mm screw mount
    • Asahi Bellows Unit, in 42mm screw mount
    • Asahi Pentax Bellows Unit, in 42mm screw mount
    • Minolta Extension Bellows Model 1, in Minolta SR mount
  • Kopil Bellowsmat, single rail, with movements, in various mounts
  • Kopil Duo-Track Bellowscope, dual rail, in various mounts

Rangefinders

  • Kopil Mod.III rangefinder (c.1955)[4]


Exposure meters

  • Kopil CdS TTL meter, in various mounts
  • Kopil shoe-mounted exposure meter

Other camera accessories

  • Kopil self-timers (at least one model was also sold by Ōmiya under the Hansa brand)[5]


Other

  • Kopil cine cameras

Notes

  1. Fujishima, p.122 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.38; Takeda, p.110 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.53; This page and this page at Shisantei.
  2. Kopil self-timer pictured here by Marcfoto, and Kopil bellows observed in online auctions.
  3. Official company history of the current Kobayashi Seiki.
  4. Date: Fujishima, p.122 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.38.
  5. Takeda, pp.110–1 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.53.

Bibliography

Links

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In German:

In Japanese: