Kyokutō
Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho (極東光機製作所) was a Japanese company.
It is said to have made the Semi Tex 4.5×6 folder. An advertisement for this camera[1] shows a logo reading Kyokko Mfg. Co., possibly an abbreviation of the company's name (thus written 極光). It also shows the trademark "Simpu", which is found on the lens of the Semi Tex and has also been observed on the lens of a Pilot Ref.
This page of the AJCC website attributes the Semi Tex to a company called Kyokkō Shōkai, written 旭光商会 with different characters. This might be a mistake, or perhaps Kyokutō Kōki and Kyokkō were different companies.
However the Semi Tex is attributed to Nomura Seisakusho in the official price list dated November 1941.[2]
The Vester-Lette 4.5×6 folder is also attributed to Kyokutō Kōki Seisakusho by some sources,[3] but many hints relate this camera to Ginrei Kōki.
Camera list
- Semi Tex (4.5×6 folder)
- Vester-Lette (4.5×6 folder)
Notes
- ↑ Advertisement in Asahi Camera September 1937, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.80.
- ↑ "Kamera no kōtei kakaku kanpō happyō", November 1941, type 3, sections 3A, 4A, 6A.
- ↑ Sugiyama, item 4068; Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.340–1; McKeown, p.592.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
- McKeown
- Sugiyama, Kōichi (杉山浩一); Naoi, Hiroaki (直井浩明); Bullock, John R. The Collector's Guide to Japanese Cameras. 国産カメラ図鑑 (Kokusan kamera zukan). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1985. ISBN 4-257-03187-5.
