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== Neoca ==
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'''Neoca''' was a Japanese company that made the [[Mizuho Six]] 6×6 folders from 1951, and later Neoca cameras.
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The company's full name at first was '''Mizuho Kōki Seisakusho''' (ミヅホ光機製作所), this name was translated as '''Mizuho Optical''' on some body engravings, and the logo was ''MKS'' in a stylized lens scheme. In July 1952 the company became '''Mizuho Kamera Kōgyō K.K.''' (ミヅホカメラ工業{{kabu}}), translated as '''Mizuho Camera Ind. Co, Ltd''' (observed on a box for a Mizuho Six, for sale in an online auction). While Mizuho seems to have consistently been written in advertisements as ミヅホ (never ミズホ), the company is, rightly or wrongly, sometimes referred to as 瑞穂 (which too would be read "Mizuho").
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[http://www.flickr.com/photos/50678983@N00/154941733/in/pool-camerawiki/ http://static.flickr.com/64/154941733_d27ec197ab_m.jpg]</div>
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In November 1954 the company became '''Neoca''', more fully '''Neoca Kabushiki Kaisha''' (ネオカ株式会社).
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Neoca went bankrupt in January 1960.
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* Neoca 1s
 
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* [[Neoca 2s]]
 
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* Neoca 35a
 
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* Neoca 35 III S
 
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* Neoca 35 IV S
 
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* Neoca 35 K
 
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* Neoca SV (aka Brumberger 35)
 
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* Robin
 
  
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== 6&times;6 folder ==
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six I]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six II]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six III]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six IIB]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six IIIB]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six V]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six VI]] (maybe advertised only)
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six Super]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six Super N]]
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* [[Mizuho Six|Mizuho Six Super T]]
  
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== 35mm rangefinder ==
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{{Flickr_image
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|image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/90900361@N08/40424012593/in/pool-camerawiki/
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|image= https://live.staticflickr.com/7841/40424012593_0ed43c41c3_w.jpg
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|image_align= right
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|image_text= Robin 35 <br><small>image by eBayer roumania</small>
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|image_by=
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|image_rights= wp
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}}
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* [[Neoca 35 (folder)]], prototype only
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* Neoca 35 IS
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* [[Neoca 2S|Neoca 35 2S]]
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* [[Neoca 35A]]
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* Neoca 35 III S
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* [[Neoca 35 IV S]]
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* [[Neoca 35K]]
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* Neoca S
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* Neoca SV
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* Neoca SV Super
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* Neoca SV Deluxe
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* Robin 35
  
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== Sources / further reading ==
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* {{Showa10}} Pp. 190&ndash;93, 367. (Source for company renaming.)
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* {{Lewis}} (Source for bankruptcy.)
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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In Japanese:
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* [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/neoca1s.htm Neoca 35 IS], [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/neoca2s.htm Neoca 35 IIS], [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/neocaivs.htm Neoca 35 IVS], [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/neoca35k.htm Neoca 35K] and [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/neocas.htm Neoca S] at [http://fukucame.fan.coocan.jp/ K.&nbsp;Fukushi's Rangefinder website]
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* [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NE_NEOKA_1S.htm Neoca 35 IS], [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NE_NEOKA_2S.htm Neoca 35 2S], [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NE_NEOKA_3S.htm Neoca 35 IIIS], [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NE_NEOKA_35K.htm Neoca 35K] and [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/NE_NEOKA_SV_DELUXE.htm Neoca SV Deluxe] at [http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~rd2h-ari/ Japan Family Camera]
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110622021744/http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/neoca.html Neoca 35A] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180521074050/http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/ Otowa no ni-kan refu] (archived)
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* [http://ysoota.exblog.jp/1299055/ Neoca SV with Zunow f/1.8 lens] at [http://ysoota.exblog.jp/ ysoota.exblog.jp]
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* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.31.htm#Mizuho6 AJCC page] that says something about company nomenclature
  
  
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*[[http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/index.htm Japanese site with neoca Cameras ]]
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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*[[http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/neoca2s/index.html Neoca 2s]]
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[[Category: Neoca|*]]
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*[[http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/ Guide to classic cameras]]
 
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Latest revision as of 00:50, 23 November 2022

Neoca was a Japanese company that made the Mizuho Six 6×6 folders from 1951, and later Neoca cameras.

The company's full name at first was Mizuho Kōki Seisakusho (ミヅホ光機製作所), this name was translated as Mizuho Optical on some body engravings, and the logo was MKS in a stylized lens scheme. In July 1952 the company became Mizuho Kamera Kōgyō K.K. (ミヅホカメラ工業㈱), translated as Mizuho Camera Ind. Co, Ltd (observed on a box for a Mizuho Six, for sale in an online auction). While Mizuho seems to have consistently been written in advertisements as ミヅホ (never ミズホ), the company is, rightly or wrongly, sometimes referred to as 瑞穂 (which too would be read "Mizuho").

154941733_d27ec197ab_m.jpg

In November 1954 the company became Neoca, more fully Neoca Kabushiki Kaisha (ネオカ株式会社).

Neoca went bankrupt in January 1960.


6×6 folder

35mm rangefinder

40424012593_0ed43c41c3_w.jpg
Robin 35
image by eBayer roumania (Image rights)

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. 190–93, 367. (Source for company renaming.)
  • Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). (Source for bankruptcy.)

Links

In Japanese:

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