Difference between revisions of "Komamura"
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=== Topcon Horseman Press / VH-series === | === Topcon Horseman Press / VH-series === | ||
| + | * PC-101 (1948) | ||
* Horseman 102 (1950) | * Horseman 102 (1950) | ||
* Horseman Press 104 (1958) | * Horseman Press 104 (1958) | ||
| − | * Topcon Horseman 960 ( | + | * Topcon Horseman 960 (1956) |
* Horseman 970 (1963) | * Horseman 970 (1963) | ||
| − | * Horseman 760 | + | * Horseman 760 (1965 or 1966) |
* [[Horseman 980]] (1969) | * [[Horseman 980]] (1969) | ||
* Horseman 985 (1973) | * Horseman 985 (1973) | ||
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=== 4x5" field cameras === | === 4x5" field cameras === | ||
* Horseman Woodman (1994) | * Horseman Woodman (1994) | ||
| − | * Horseman 45HF | + | * Topcon Horseman 45HF (May 1983) |
| − | * Horseman 45FA | + | * Horseman 45FA (October 1985) |
| − | * Horseman 45HD | + | * Horseman 45HD (September 1995) |
=== 4x5" monorail cameras === | === 4x5" monorail cameras === | ||
* Horseman 450 | * Horseman 450 | ||
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* Horseman 450 LX | * Horseman 450 LX | ||
* Horseman 450 LX-C | * Horseman 450 LX-C | ||
| − | * Horseman | + | * Horseman LS45 (December 1990) |
| − | * Horseman | + | * Horseman LE45 (1997) (simplified LS45) |
| − | * Horseman | + | * Horseman LX45 (June 1989) |
| − | * Horseman LX- | + | * Horseman LX-C45 (June 1989) |
| − | * Horseman L45 | + | * Horseman L45 ([[monorail camera]])(August 1978) |
| + | * Horseman L45EM (September 1983) | ||
* Horseman L45 Pro | * Horseman L45 Pro | ||
=== 5x7" monorail cameras === | === 5x7" monorail cameras === | ||
* Horseman 570 | * Horseman 570 | ||
| − | * Horseman LX57 | + | * Horseman L57 (June 1983) |
| − | * Horseman LX-C57 | + | * Horseman LS57 (December 1990) |
| + | * Horseman LX57 (March 1991) | ||
| + | * Horseman LX-C57 (March 1991) | ||
=== 8x10" monorail cameras === | === 8x10" monorail cameras === | ||
* Horseman 810 | * Horseman 810 | ||
| − | * Horseman LX810 | + | * Horseman L810 (June 1983) |
| − | * Horseman LX-C810 | + | * Horseman LS810 (December 1990) |
| + | * Horseman LX810 (March 1991) | ||
| + | * Horseman LX-C810 (March 1991) | ||
=== Medium format panorama cameras === | === Medium format panorama cameras === | ||
* [[Horseman SW69 Pro]] (2000) | * [[Horseman SW69 Pro]] (2000) | ||
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* Horseman DigiFlex II | * Horseman DigiFlex II | ||
* Horseman DigiWide | * Horseman DigiWide | ||
| − | * Horseman LD ([[monorail camera]] for [[DSLR]]) | + | * Horseman LD ([[monorail camera]] for [[DSLR]]) (2005) |
| − | * Horseman LD Pro ([[monorail camera]] for digital back) ( | + | * Horseman LD Pro ([[monorail camera]] for digital back) (2007) |
* Horseman SW-D Pro (2005) | * Horseman SW-D Pro (2005) | ||
* Horseman SW-D II Pro (2007) | * Horseman SW-D II Pro (2007) | ||
Revision as of 16:13, 9 August 2015
Komamura is a Japanese company, maker of the Horseman cameras and distributor of other products.
Contents
History
The company was founded in 1933 in Kyoto, under the name Komamura Keitei Kaisha (駒村兄弟会社), based in Kyoto.[1] It took its present name K.K. Komamura Shōkai (㈱駒村商会) in 1947, and opened a branch in Kanda, Tokyo, in 1950.[1]
The company made its first camera in 1948.[1] It was a wooden kabine-size field camera called PC-101, for the Japanese police.[1] In 1950, it developed the Horseman 102, also for the Japanese police; in 1958 this camera evolved into the Horseman 104, made in cooperation with Tōkyō Kōgaku.[1] This was the predecessor of the Topcon Horseman camera series, which started in 1960 with the model 960.[1]
Nowadays (2010), the company still makes Horseman cameras, and also distributes Minox and Rollei products as well as German and US photo accessories, and US and Australian video equipment.
Horseman products
This list is incomplete:
Topcon Horseman Press / VH-series
- PC-101 (1948)
- Horseman 102 (1950)
- Horseman Press 104 (1958)
- Topcon Horseman 960 (1956)
- Horseman 970 (1963)
- Horseman 760 (1965 or 1966)
- Horseman 980 (1969)
- Horseman 985 (1973)
- Horseman VH-R (1977)
- Horseman VH (1977)
- Horseman ER-1 (1984)
4x5" field cameras
- Horseman Woodman (1994)
- Topcon Horseman 45HF (May 1983)
- Horseman 45FA (October 1985)
- Horseman 45HD (September 1995)
4x5" monorail cameras
- Horseman 450
- Horseman 450 B
- Horseman 450 EM II
- Horseman 450 LX
- Horseman 450 LX-C
- Horseman LS45 (December 1990)
- Horseman LE45 (1997) (simplified LS45)
- Horseman LX45 (June 1989)
- Horseman LX-C45 (June 1989)
- Horseman L45 (monorail camera)(August 1978)
- Horseman L45EM (September 1983)
- Horseman L45 Pro
5x7" monorail cameras
- Horseman 570
- Horseman L57 (June 1983)
- Horseman LS57 (December 1990)
- Horseman LX57 (March 1991)
- Horseman LX-C57 (March 1991)
8x10" monorail cameras
- Horseman 810
- Horseman L810 (June 1983)
- Horseman LS810 (December 1990)
- Horseman LX810 (March 1991)
- Horseman LX-C810 (March 1991)
Medium format panorama cameras
- Horseman SW69 Pro (2000)
- Horseman SW612 (1995)
- Horseman SW612D
- Horseman SW612 Pro (1998)
- Horseman SW617 Pro (2007)
Digital
- Horseman DigiFlex
- Horseman DigiFlex II
- Horseman DigiWide
- Horseman LD (monorail camera for DSLR) (2005)
- Horseman LD Pro (monorail camera for digital back) (2007)
- Horseman SW-D Pro (2005)
- Horseman SW-D II Pro (2007)
- Horseman Axella
- Horseman VCC Pro
- Horseman X-Act-D
Misc
- Horseman 3D (2006)
- Horseman Roll Film Holder
Other distributed products
- Doryu 2-16 pistol-shaped camera, distributor for the Kansai area (Western Japan) in 1955[2]
Later it took over Horseman. Nowadays it also distributes Minox and Rollei products as well as German and US-American photo accessories as well as US-American and Australian video equipment.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Company history in Japanese.
- ↑ Advertisement in Sankei Camera September 1955.
Links
In English:
In French:
In Japanese:
- History in the Japanese website
