List of companies

This page contains a list of camera-related companies: camera makers, lens makers, shutter makers and distributors. When a brand name is better known than the company name, it is mentioned in parentheses.

Companies

3M Acro Actina Adams Adams & Westlake Adobe Adox Advanced Plus Aetna Agfa Agilux Aiptek Aires Akabane Akakabe Akita Ako Alfa Camera Allied Impex (Soligor) Aloha Alsaphot American Advertising and Research Co. American Camera American Home Industries American Optical Ancient Magic Angénieux Ansco Anthony Aoba Apparate & Kamerabau Apparatebau und Kamerafabrik Apple Arae Aram Arax Arca Swiss Arco Argentum Argus Ars Ars Optical Ars Seiki Arsenal (Kiev) Artima As de Trèfle Asaflex Asahi Bussan Asahi Kōgaku Asahi Musen Asahi Shashin Kōgyō Asahi Shōten Asanuma Shashinki-ten Asanuma Shōkai Asao Tenchidō Aspen Astro Berlin Ataka Atom Atoms Aubertin AVO Baby Kamera Kenkyūjo Balcar Balda Banno Barnet Ensign Bardin Baron Bertram, Ernst & Wilhelm Bauchet Baudry Bausch & Lomb Beauty Beck Beier (Beirette) Belca Bell & Howell Bell International Bell Labs Bellieni Belomo Bencini Bender Photographic Benetfink Bentzin Berkey Berlebach Bermpohl Bernard Berthiot Beseler Bewi Bilora Bing Binoca Birnbaum Blair Bolsey Bolta Boots Boston Camera Mfg. Co. Boumsell Bowens Boyer Braun (Paxette) Briois British Ferrotype Bronica Bronzavia Brooks (Veriwide) Brumberger Burke & James Busch Busch, Emil Bushnell Butcher B W Calumet Cambo The Camera Man Camera Specialty Co. (Caspeco) Cam-O Candid (Perfex) Candid Camera Supply K. B. Canham Canon Carl Carpentier Casio Caspeco Centon Century Certex Certo Charten Chicago Aerial Chicago Camera Co. Chicago Ferrotype Co. Chinon Chiyoda Kōgaku Seikō (Minolta) Chiyoda Kōgaku Kōgyō Chiyoda Shōkai Chūō Seiki Chūō Shashin-yōhin Chūyūsha Ciro Citizen Clarus Closter C.M.F. Compass Cameras Concord Condor Camera Conley Contessa Contessa-Nettel Cooke Copal Cord Corfield (Periflex) Corning Cornu Coronet Cosina Cosmo Cragstan Croma Cromofilter (Cokin) Crown Optical Crystal Crystar Dacora Daidō Daiichi Kikō Daiichi Kōgaku (Zenobia) Daiichi Kōki Daimaru Daimon Daitoh Daiyū Dallmeyer Dalka Dalsa Dan Shashin-yōhin Darian David White (Stereo Realist) Dax Shōkai Deardorff Decaux Deckel Demaria-Lapierre (Telka) Detrola De Vry DHW Fototechnik Dia Optical Co. Dixons Doi Dollond Doris Camera Doryu Druopta Dufa Dufay (Dufay-Chromex) Durst Dycam E.F.I.C.A. Earth Ebner Ebony Echt Eder Efke Ehira Eho-Altissa Eikōdō Elbow Elcan Elega Elgawa Elgeet Elliott Elmo Enna Endō Epson Ernemann Esca Eumig Expo Camera Company FAP (Norca (35mm)) FED Feinmess Ferrania Fex FFV FIL Finetta Fisher-Price The Focus Fodor Foitzik Folmer & Schwing Foma (Fotochema) Foth Fotofex Fotoimpex Fototecnica Foto-Quelle (Revue) Fővárosi Finommechanikai Vállalat

Foveon Fowell Foxconn Franka Friedrich Fuji (FujiFilm) Fuji Kōgaku Fuji Seimitsu Fuji Shashin Kōgyōsha Fujimoto Fujita Fujiwara Fukada Shōkai Fuku Bōeki Futami Kōki Futami Shōkai Futura Kamerawerk GmbH Fuyōdō GAF Galileo Gallus Gamma Gamma Optikail Művek Gandolfi Gaoersi Gassner and Marx Gaumont Gauthier Geiss Gem Industrial General Electric General Imaging Genkōsha G. Gennert Genos Georges Paris (Gap) Gerlach, Adolf Gevaert G.H. Works Ginrei Girard Giroux Gitzo Glico Glunz Gnome Goerz Goerz (Austria) Gojō Kōki (K.O.L.) Goko Gold Camera Goldammer Goldmann Goldstein Goltz & Breutmann GOMZ (Lubitel) GoPhoto GoPro Gossen Gotō Kōgaku Goyō Graf Graflex Green.L GRC Great Wall Plastic (Diana) G.T.S. (Muley) Hachiyō (Alpenflex) Hagi Hagimoto Haking (Halina) Hall Hanimex Hare Harukawa Haruki Hasegawa Hasselblad Hattori Tokei-ten (Seikosha) Heart Sangyō Héard & Mallinjod (Hemax) Hermagis Herold Mfg Co. Hewlett-Packard Hideyoshi Hinode Hioki HNS Hōei Hofmans Hokuto Holga Honjō Houghtons (Ensign) Houghton-Butcher (Ensign) Hoya Hulcher Hunter Hüttig Hwa Ni ICA I.C.A.F. Ichikawa Ichikawaya Ichizuka Idam Ideax Ihagee (Exakta) Ihara Ilford Iloca Imperial (Herbert George Co.) Indra Camera Intreprinderea Optica Romana (IOR) Industria Scientifica Ottica (ISO) Industrias Sintéticas Abril Inoue International Innovations IPC Irwin Isco Ising Industria Brasileira Ishibashi Ishii ISO Itō Iwato Jackson Jeicy Camera Works Jeilin Jenoptik JID Jilona Kadunder Kaftanski Kafu Kagiya Kajiro Kōgaku (K.O.L.) Kalimar Kaneki Kankyū Kansai Kōgaku Kanto Kardon Kashimura Kashiwa Katsuma Katsura Kawakami Kawara Keith Kemper Kenko (Tokina) Kenngott Kerman Kern Kershaw Keystone Kigawa Kikō Shōji Kikōdō Kimura Kinax King (Regula) King Shōkai Kinjō Kino Kinshō (K.S. Fabrik) Kintetsu Kintin KMZ (Zenit, Zorki, Horizon) Kobayashi Seiki (Kopil) Kobayashi Seikō Kochmann (Korelle) Kodak AG (Retina) Kodak Ltd. Kodak USA Kodak Pathé Koike Seiki Kojima Kokusaku Komamura (Horseman) KOMZ Kondo Konica Konica Minolta Konishiroku Kongsbak & Cohn Koritska Kōryōsha Koshimitsu Kōsoku-sha Kōsoku Kikan Kotani Kowa Kōwadō Kōyō Krauss Krügener Kuribayashi Kuwata (Mulber) KW (Praktica) Kyocera (Yashica, Contax) Kyokutō Kyōto Seiki Kyōwa Kyūreidō Laack Laboratorios Mechanicos M.C. (Nebro Argentina) Lancaster Lark Camera Leaf Leica Leidolf Leitax Leitmeyr Lena Lensless Camera Leonar Leotax Linhof Lipca Lista Lizars Logitech LOMO (Lubitel) Long Hall Technologies Lotus View Camera Ludwig Lumière Lustre Dr. Lüttke & Arndt LZOS Mackenstein Maki Shōji Mamiya Manhattan Optical Co. Manufrance Mars Marumi Marusan Marusō Maruyama Maruzen Mascot Camera Masmy

Masumi Matsuhisa Matsushima Matsushita (Panasonic) Matsuzaki Mazo Medion Meguro (Melcon) Mejiro (Honor) Mentor Meopta Metropolitan Industries Metz Meyer MFAP (Pontiac) MGA Entertainment Mihama Mikado Shōkai Milburn Million Shōkai Mima Shōkai Mimosa Minagawa Minica Minifex Minolta Minox MIOM Miranda Misuzu Kōgaku Misuzu Shōkai (Midget) Mitsukoshi Miyagawa (Picny, Boltax) Miyama Miyamoto Miyoshi Kōgaku (U.L.L.) Mizuho Mizuno MMZ Mollier Molta MOM Monarck (Monarch) Monroe Montanus (Rocca) Montgomery Ward Mori Morita Motodori MPP MRS Mukui Multiblitz Multi-Speed Mundus Murakami Murer & Duroni Musashi Musashino (Rittreck) Mycro Camera Mycro-sha Nagaoka Nagata Nagel Nakamura Patē Shōkai Nakayama Narimasu National Instrument Corp. Nauticam Nedinsco Nefotaf Negra Neidig Neithold Neoca Nettel Neumann & Heilemann Neville Brown & Co Ltd (Nebro, UK) New Taiwan Newman & Guardia Nicca Nichiei Shōkai Nichizui Niezoldi & Krämer (Nizo) Niida Niishin Riken Nihon Seiki Nihon Seimitsu Kōgyō Nihon Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyōsha Nihon Shashin Kōgyō Nihon Shōkai Nikoh Nikon Nippon Kōgaku Nippon Kōki Nimslo Nippon Kōsokki (Taron) Nishida Nishika Nissan Kōgaku Nisshin Shōkō Nittō Kōgaku Nittō Seikō Nittō Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyōsha Nittō Shashin Yōhin Nixon N.M.K. Noblex Nokia Nomura Norisan Apparatebau Norita Norma Novoflex Obergassner (Oga) Ōfuna Ogasawara Ōhashi Okada (Waltax) Okamoto Okano Okari Okaya (Lord) Ōki Olbia Old Delft (Oude Delft) Olympus Omega Ōmiya (Hansa) Omori Onoon OPL (Foca) Optochrom Oriental Orionwerk Orion Seiki (Miranda) Ōsaka Shashinki Shōkai Ōsawa Oshiro Otowa (Middl) Owla Panon (Widelux) Pentacon (Praktica) Pentax Perka Perken Son & Rayment Petri Phase one Phenix Philips Pho-Tak Photo News Photopia Pierrat Pignons (Alpa) Plawa (AgfaPhoto) Pioneer Camera Promura Plaubel (Makina) Plavic Plasmat Pluto PMC Polaroid Polskie Zaklady Optyczne (PZO) Porst (Hapo) Potthoff Pouva Powershovel Praktica Précidès Premier Prosch Proud Purma Quantum Ray RBT RCP Rectaflex Recesky Reichenbach, Morey and Will Reid & Sigrist Reichert Reise Rengō Rich-Ray Richard (Jules) Richter Ricoh (Steky) Rietzschel Riken Riley Ring Light Digital Rittreck Robot Rochester Camera and Supply Co. Rochester Optical Co. Rocket Camera Co. Rocks Rodehüser Rodenstock Roeschlein-Kreuznach Rokuoh-sha Rokuwa (Rocca) Rollei Rolls Rolly Rosko Ross Ross Ensign Roto W.W. Rouch H. Roussel Royal Camera Royer Rüdersdorf Ryūbi Sakar Sakata Samoca Samsung Samyang Sanae Shōkai Sanderson SanDisk Sands & Hunter Sanei Sangyō (Samoca) Saneidō Sanesudō Sankei Kōki Sankei Shōkai Sankō Sankyō Kōgaku Sankyō Kōki (Komura) Sans & Streiffe Sansei Kōki Sanshin Sanwa (Mycro) Sanyo Sanyō Shōkai Sasaki Satō Sarvis Satsuki Sawyer's (View-Master)

Schacht Schmidt Shōten Schneider Schott Scovill Seagull Sears Secam Sedic Seibidō Seiki Kōgaku Seikō Denki Kōgyō (Sekonic) Seikōdō Seikōsha Seitō Sekonic SEM (Semflex) Seneca Seymour Shackman Shanghai Shenhao Sharp Shashin Bijutsuin J.F. Shew Shibayama Shibundō Shichiyō (Pluto) Shikōdō Shimadzu Shimura Shin Nippon Shinano Shinbidō Shinchō Shinkō Seiki Shinkō Shōji Shinwa Seiki Shiono Shōei Shōwa Kōden Shōwa Kōgaku (Leotax) Shōwa Kōki SIAP Sida Sigma Silvestri Simmon Bros (Omega) Sinar Sister Skanhex Smart Shop Soho Sone Shunsuidō Sony Sound Vision E.J. Southern Spartus Spiratone Spirotechnique Staeble Standard Cameras Ltd (Conway) Svetozor-Polaroid Star Camera Co. Star Camera Company, The Star Camera Works Starblitz Steiner Steinheil Stöckig (Union) Sugaya Sugihara Sugimoto Sugiyama Sukiya Sumida Sumimitsu Summit Sun Sunpak Sunart Sunex Super Shashin-yōhin Suruga Suter Suzuki Swallow Tachibana Tachihara Tahbes Taikodō Takashimaya Taisei Kōgaku (Tamron) Taisei Kōki Taiyō Kōki (Viscawide) Taiyōdō (Beauty) Takagawa Takahashi Takane (Mine Six) Takasago Takemoto Tamron Tamura Nisshindō Tanaka (Mulix) Tanaka Kōgaku (Tanack) Tanaka Shōkai Taniyama Taron Taylor-Hobson Teikoku Kōgaku Teikoku Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyōsha Tenshōdō Teraoka (Terra) Tiffen Tiranty Thornton-Pickard Thowe Tōa Denki Seiki Tōa Kinzoku Tōa Kōki (Gelto) Tōa Kōki-sha Tōa Kokusaku Seikō Tohken Tohko Tōhō Kōgaku Tōhōkōken Tōkai Shashin-yōhin Tokiwa Kōgaku Tokiwa Seiki Tōgōdō (Tougodo) Tōkōdō Tōkō Shashin Tōkyō Denki Tōkyō Kamera Tōkyō Kamera Shōkai Tōkyō Kōgaku (Topcon) Tōkyō Kōken (Dolca) Tōkyō Kōsoku Seiki-sha Tōkyō Niimiyakan Tōkyō Seiki Tōkyō Shashinkan Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyōsha Tōkyō Shashin Shōkai Tomioka Top Camera Co. Top Camera Works Tōsei (Frank) Toshiba Tōshin Bōeki Tougodo Tōyō Kōki (Tone) Tōyō Kōki Seizō Traid Corporation Trusite Tōyō Seiki Kenkyūjo Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku Toyo Seiko Tōyō-sha Tōyō Shashinki-zai Transvision Trust Tsuji Tsukada Tynar Corporation T.Y.O.W. Udagawa Ueda Ueno Ugajin UMAX Umemoto Union Kōgaku United Optical Instruments United States Camera Universal Utility Manufacturing Company (Falcon) Vageeswari Vastfame Vena Vergne Victor Camera Victor Company of Japan (JVC) Vinten Visca Vivitar Vive Camera Company Voigtländer Vokar Voss (Diax) Vredeborch Walker Walz Wards Warszawskie Zakłady Fotooptyczne (WZFO) Watkins Watson Wekaha Welta Werner Western Camera Manufacturing Co. Weston Whitehouse Products (Beacon) Wica Wetzlar WIPA Wild Will Williamson Winbond Electronics Corporation Wirgin (Edixa) Wista Wittnauer Woca Wollensak Wray Wünsche Yachiyo Yakumo Yale Yamagata Yamamoto Kōjō Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsakusho Yamamoto Shashinki-ten Yamanashi Seisanbu Yamasaki Kōgaku (Congo) Yamasaki Seiki Yamashita Yamato Yashica (Contax) Yashima (1950s) Yashima (1970s) Yasuhara YK Yokoyama Yoshino Kōgaku Yoshino Shashinki-ten Yoshino Shōkai Zar Zeh Zeika Carl Zeiss (Werra) Zeiss Ikon Carl Zeiss Palmos Zenith Zenobia Kōgaku Zion (France) Zero Image ZOMZ Zoran Zuihō (Honor) Zuman Zunow

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