Difference between revisions of "Miyamoto"
Rebollo fr (talk | contribs) (unknown company) |
Rebollo fr (talk | contribs) (Cyclon focal-plane shutter camera?) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
| − | '''Miyamoto Lens Kenkyūjo''' (宮本レンズ研究所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Shinagawa in 1943.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shinagawa-ku Ōi Minami-Hamakawa-chō<!-- or Minami-Hamakawa-machi --> 1626 (東京都品川区大井南浜川町1626). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}} | + | '''Miyamoto Lens Kenkyūjo''' (宮本レンズ研究所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Shinagawa in 1943.<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shinagawa-ku Ōi Minami-Hamakawa-chō<!-- or Minami-Hamakawa-machi --> 1626 (東京都品川区大井南浜川町1626). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> It is listed in the April 1943 government inquiry as the maker of the Cyclon 3×4cm camera and its Cyclon 50/3.5 three-element lens.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 162, lens item Jb5. </REF> It seems that this camera has a focal-plane shutter.<REF> The entry of the document is incomplete. The shutter code is F-6, and all the other shutters in the "F" category are of the focal-plane type. </REF> It was distributed by [[Sankō|Sankō-sha]], the same company which sold [[Gelto#Rangefinder conversions|rangefinder conversions for the Gelto]] and other cameras, under the same brand "Cyclon". |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| Line 8: | Line 8: | ||
* {{Inquiry1943}} | * {{Inquiry1943}} | ||
| + | [[Category: Japanese camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | [[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | ||
Revision as of 22:19, 4 June 2007
This article is a stub. You can help Camera-wiki.org by expanding it.
Miyamoto Lens Kenkyūjo (宮本レンズ研究所) was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Shinagawa in 1943.[1] It is listed in the April 1943 government inquiry as the maker of the Cyclon 3×4cm camera and its Cyclon 50/3.5 three-element lens.[2] It seems that this camera has a focal-plane shutter.[3] It was distributed by Sankō-sha, the same company which sold rangefinder conversions for the Gelto and other cameras, under the same brand "Cyclon".
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Shinagawa-ku Ōi Minami-Hamakawa-chō 1626 (東京都品川区大井南浜川町1626). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), item 162, lens item Jb5.
- ↑ The entry of the document is incomplete. The shutter code is F-6, and all the other shutters in the "F" category are of the focal-plane type.
Bibliography
- "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.
