Matsuzaki
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Matsuzaki Shashinki-ten (松崎写真機店) was a Japanese distributor based in Osaka.[1] It was active at least as early as 1937 and at least as late as 1953.
Distributed cameras
- Baby Chrome
- Zeitax I (1941)[2]
- Gelto (1937–8): authorized dealer in Kansai (Western Japan), the camera was distributed by Hattori Tokei-ten[3]
- Cosmoflex (1953)[4]
Other
- Gelto accessory rangefinder, for Gelto and for Arsen[5]
- Rangefinder conversions for the Gelto, Arsen, Picny, Vero Four, Roico, Molby and Boltax (1943–4)[6]
- KI extinction meter (1938–41)[7]
- Tsubasa hood (1941)[8]
- Tsubasa self-timer (1941)[9]
- Tsubasa rangefinder (1953)[10]
Many advertisements issued by Matsuzaki, both before and after the war, indicate that it was the "distributor of the Tsubasa photographic products" (ツバサ写真用品発売元).[11] These Tsubasa accessories were perhaps made by Tōkyō Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyō-sho. It is not known if they are unrelated with the cameras called Tsubasa made by Optochrom and later Kigawa.
Notes
- ↑ Its address from 1937 to 1953 was Ōsaka-shi Higashi-ku Kōraibashi 5–16 (大阪市東区高麗橋五丁目十六). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 73, 112 and 136, and advertisements for the Gelto reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 73.
- ↑ Advertisements for the Gelto reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 136.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 112.
- ↑ Advertisements for the Gelto reproduced in the Gochamaze website. Advertisement reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 73. Advertisement reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 73. Advertisement reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ Advertisement reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 136.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 73 and 136. See also the various advertisements for the Gelto reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
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.
Links
In Japanese
- Advertisement for the Tsubasa hood published in the 20 June 1937 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the small format camera page of the Gochamaze website
