Matsushima

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Matsushima Megane-ten (松島眼鏡店, meaning Matsushima Glasses Shop) was a Japanese distributor active in the mid 1950s and based in Ginza, Tokyo.[1] Its name implies that it was mainly an eyeglasses store, but it also had a photographic department (写真部). From 1953 to 1955, it was distributing various products of Orion Seiki, including the Mirax reflex housing, Focabell bellows and Supreme lenses, as well as the adapters for Leica screw mount.[2] In 1955, it was also selling other accessories under the Unik brand, probably not made by Orion.[3][4]

Unik accessories

  • Prismo pivoting brilliant finder, slipped in the camera's accessory shoe (¥2,800)[3][4]
  • Snap band, a hand strap attached in the tripod thread[3][4]

Notes

  1. The exact address was Tōkyō-to Chūō-ku Ginza 3–2 (東京都中央区銀座3–2). Source: advertisements listed below, dated November 1953 to August 1955.
  2. Advertisements listed below, dated November 1953 to August 1955.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Advertisement in the June 1955 special issue of Photo Art, p.22.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Advertisement in Asahi Camera January 1955 (p.229), February 1955 (p.190), March 1955 (p.180), April 1955 (p.211) and August 1955 (p.206).

Bibliography

  • Asahi Camera. Advertisement by the photo department of Matsushima in November 1953 (p.59), January 1955 (p.229), February 1955 (p.190), March 1955 (p.180), April 1955 (p.211) and August 1955 (p.206).
  • Photo Art rinji zōkan: Kamera akusesarī zensho (フォトアート臨時増刊・カメラアクセサリー全書, Photo Art special issue: All the camera accessories). June 1955, no.80 of the magazine. Advertisement by the photo department of Matsushima Megane-ten on p.22.