Mars
See also the Mars Camera and Mars 99 by Emil Wünsche.
Mars Shashin Kōgyō-sha (マース写真工業社) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Ebara in 1943.[1] It was listed in the April 1943 government inquiry on Japanese camera production as the maker of the Patent Mars shutter (T, B, 1–250).[2] The company also made the Lex shutter (T, B, 5–200), and perhaps the Balnet shutter found on some Baby Balnet cameras.
Shutter list
- Patent Mars (T, B, 1–250)
- Lex, see corresponding page
- Balnet (B, 1–200), unconfirmed, see Baby Balnet
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Ebara-ku Ebara 5–28 (東京都荏原区荏原5–28). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), shutter item 18-U-12.
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.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
- 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.