Mihama

Mihama was a brand of Japanese cameras, particularly 120 folding cameras, produced from 1952 until 1957.

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.

6×4.5 folding cameras

• Semi Mihama I
• Semi Mihama II

6×4.5/6×6 dual-use folding cameras

• Mihama Six (I, II, IIIA, R, S, S2)
• Mihama Rhyme Six (I, II)

120 TLR camera

• Mihama Flex

35mm leaf-shutter rangefinder cameras

• Mihama 35A
• Mihama X

Sources / further reading

• 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 Pp. 198–200, 306–7, 370, 408.

Links

• Mihama Flex specifications (in Japanese)