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'''Mihama''' was a brand of Japanese cameras, particularly 120 folding cameras, produced from 1952 until 1957.
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The name of the company changed twice during this period. At first it was Mihama Seikō (三浜精工株式会社). It became Suruga Seiki (駿河精機株式会社) in 1953 or 1954, and finally during 1956 or 1957 it changed to Mihama Kamera (ミハマカメラ株式会社): most of the "Mihama" models were produced by Suruga Seiki.
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'''Mihama''' was a brand of Japanese cameras, particularly 120 folding cameras, produced from 1952 until 1957. It was founded by Sugie Kichizō (杉江吉三, 1904-1982)<ref name="izu-np">Izu Shimbun (伊豆新聞, local newspaper in Shizuoka, Japan) December 17-19, 2018. Sugie Yoshihiro (杉江良弘) "Ninki taishu camera wo Kaihatsu, Gijutsusha Sugie Kichizo" (人気大衆カメラを開発 技術者・杉江吉三, Develop popular mass-market camera, engineer Sugie Kichizo).</ref> in a village called Mihama (三浜, in the province of Shizuoka). This probably explains the name of the company.
  
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The body of the Mihama Six was manufactured by [[Takane]].
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The name of the company changed twice during this period. At first it was '''Mihama Seikō''' (三浜精工株式会社). It became '''Suruga Seiki''' (駿河精機株式会社) in 1953 or 1954, and finally during 1956 or 1957 it changed to '''Mihama Camera''' (ミハマカメラ株式会社): most of the "Mihama" models were produced by Suruga Seiki.
  
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===6&times;4.5 folding cameras===
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Suruga Seiki closed its business in 1957, but the son of the Sugie Kichizo established Mihama Giken in 1985, which is still thriving today.<ref name="izu-np" />
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* Semi Mihama I
 
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* Semi Mihama II
 
  
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===6&times;4.5/6&times;6 dual-use folding cameras===
 
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* Mihama Six
 
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* Mihama Six II
 
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* Mihama Six IIIA
 
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* Mihama Rhyme Six I
 
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* Mihama Rhyme Six II
 
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* Mihama Six R
 
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* Mihama Six S
 
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* Mihama Six S2
 
  
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===120 TLR camera===
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== Camera list ==
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* Mihama Flex
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* [[Semi Mihama]] I, II, III (4.5&times;6 folder)
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* [[Mihama Six]] I, II, IIIA, R, S, S2, X (6&times;6 folder)
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* [[Mihama Six|Mihama Rhyme Six]] I, II (6&times;6 folder)
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* [[Mihama 35|Mihama 35-A, X]] (35mm leaf-shutter rangefinder)
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* [[Mihamaflex]] (6&times;6 TLR)
  
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===35mm leaf-shutter rangefinder cameras===
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== Notes ==
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* Mihama 35A
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* Mihama X
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==Sources / further reading==
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== Source / further reading ==
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* {{Showa10}} Pp.&nbsp;198&ndash;200, 306&ndash;7, 370, 408.
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*''Asahi Camera'' (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. ''Shōwa 10&ndash;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&ndash;1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7
 
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*Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Mine Shikkusu: Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi no kameramēkā" (ミネシックス：群馬県高崎市のカメラメーカー, Mine Six: A camera-maker in Takasaki, Gunma). Chapter 7 of ''Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari'' (ズノーカメラ誕生：戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 27 (December 1993) of ''Kamera rebyū Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科). (Source for the claim that the body of the Six was manufactured by Takane.)
 
  
 
==Links==
 
==Links==
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In Japanese:
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070211002329/http://www.mihamagiken.co.jp/special/mihamasix.html Mihama Six S page] (archived), with details about the history of Mihama, at [http://www.mihamagiken.co.jp/ the website of Mihama Giken], a company founded by Sugie Kichizō's son
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20040327210307/http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/MIHAMA_SPEC.htm Mihama Flex specifications (archive.org)] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/ Japan Family Camera]
  
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* [http://www3.kiy.jp/%7Edaddy/MIHAMA.html Mihama Rhyme Six] Japanese text, with pictures
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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* [http://tokyo.cool.ne.jp/ackerman/gallery/025/025s.html Mihama Rhyme Six] sample photos
 
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* [http://scr.web.infoseek.co.jp/OTHER/MIHAMA_SIX/SIX_1.htm Mihama Six Model II] Japanese text, with pictures
 
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* [http://mutohide.ddo.jp/etccam/mihamasix_II.html Mihama Six Model II] repair: Japanese text, with pictures and sample photos
 
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* [http://medfmt.8k.com/mf/mihama6.html Mihama Six] at Bob Monaghan's site
 
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* [http://samsul.hp.infoseek.co.jp/mihama6.html Mihama Six Model II] Japanese text, with pictures and sample photos
 
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* [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/MIHAMA_SPEC.htm Mihama Flex specifications] (in Japanese)
 
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Latest revision as of 22:19, 27 March 2022

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Mihama (Suruga) cameras
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Mihama was a brand of Japanese cameras, particularly 120 folding cameras, produced from 1952 until 1957. It was founded by Sugie Kichizō (杉江吉三, 1904-1982)[1] in a village called Mihama (三浜, in the province of Shizuoka). This probably explains the name of the company.

The name of the company changed twice during this period. At first it was Mihama Seikō (三浜精工株式会社). It became Suruga Seiki (駿河精機株式会社) in 1953 or 1954, and finally during 1956 or 1957 it changed to Mihama Camera (ミハマカメラ株式会社): most of the "Mihama" models were produced by Suruga Seiki.

Suruga Seiki closed its business in 1957, but the son of the Sugie Kichizo established Mihama Giken in 1985, which is still thriving today.[1]


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Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Izu Shimbun (伊豆新聞, local newspaper in Shizuoka, Japan) December 17-19, 2018. Sugie Yoshihiro (杉江良弘) "Ninki taishu camera wo Kaihatsu, Gijutsusha Sugie Kichizo" (人気大衆カメラを開発 技術者・杉江吉三, Develop popular mass-market camera, engineer Sugie Kichizo).
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Mihama Six Model II
image by Fred Sherfy (Image rights)

Source / further reading

Links

In Japanese:

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