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Kowa is a Japanese company. It was founded in Nagoya in 1894 as a textile shop.[1] It became Kōwa K.K. (興和㈱) in 1939[2] and entered camera production in 1954.[3]
Contents
35mm film
35mm SLR
- Kowa Model E
- Kowa UW190
120 film
6×6 SLR
- Kowa Six
- Kowa Six MM
- Kowa Super 66
6×6 TLR
- Kalloflex
- Kallovex
127 film
4×4 SLR
4×6.5
- Kowa Kid, also called Kowa Zen-99, Super-Lark Zen-99 or Light Super
Other
Digital camera
- TD1
Large format lenses
- Kowa 90mm f/8.0: hugest circle of any 90mm LF lens - covers 8×10 format at f/16.
Notes
Bibliography
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard).
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp. 546–8.
Links
In English:
- Kowa Six page at kilfitt.org, with a picture showing a Kilfitt prototype apparently related to the Kowa Six
- Company data in English and in Japanese in the Kowa official website
In Japanese:
- Kowa camera page by Shihira
- Kowa camera page
- Kallovex, Kallo 35, Kallo T85, Kallo T100 and Kowa UW190 and Kowa Six at Nagoya's Camera Club
