Kobayashi Seiki
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Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho (小林精機製作所) was a Japanese company, which made cine cameras, bellows and accessories sold under the Kopil brand.[1] It used a K.S.S logo at some time.[2]
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| Kopil Bellowscope in Leica screw mount. Picture by David Murphy. (Image rights) |
A company called "Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho" (小林精機製作所) was founded in October 1953 in the city of Morioka.[3] It is not known if it is the same as that described above. It became "Y.K. Kobayashi Seiki" in 1977 and "K.K. Kobayashi Seiki" in 2001.[4] It still exists today (2009) and makes various mechanical parts.
Products
- Kopil cine cameras[5]
- bellows units:
- Kopil Folding Bellowscope, in various mounts
- Alpex Bellox Jr, in various mounts, name variant of the Kopil Folding Bellowscope
- Miranda Bellox Jr, in Miranda bayonet mount, name variant of the Kopil Folding Bellowscope
- Kopil self-timers
Notes
- ↑ This page and this page at Shisantei.
- ↑ Kopil bellows observed in online auctions.
- ↑ Official company history of the current Kobayashi Seiki. The address was Morioka-shi Shike-chō (盛岡市志家町) until 1958, and Morioka-shi Sannō-chō (盛岡市山王町) until 1989.
- ↑ Official company history of the current Kobayashi Seiki.
- ↑ Examples observed in online auctions.
Links
In Japanese:
- Bellows units and close-up accessories at Shisantei (mentions the Kopil as made by Kobayashi Seiki Seisakusho)
- Profile and history in the Kobayashi Seiki official website
