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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); in July 1952 it became '''Mizuho Camera Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha''' (ミヅホカメラ工業株式会社). This name was translated as '''Mizuho Optical''' on some body engravings. Its logo was ''MKS'' in a stylized lens scheme. On a box for a Mizuho Six, observed at a Yahoo Japan auction, there is ''MIZUHO CAMERA IND. CO,LTD''. 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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| + | In November 1954 the company became '''Neoca''', more fully '''Neoca Kabushiki Kaisha''' (ネオカ株式会社). | ||
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| + | == 6×6 folder == | ||
| + | * [[Mizuho Six]] | ||
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== 35mm rangefinder == | == 35mm rangefinder == | ||
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* Neoca SV (aka Brumberger 35) | * Neoca SV (aka Brumberger 35) | ||
* Robin | * Robin | ||
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| + | == Source / 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.) | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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* [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca1s.htm Neoca 35 IS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca2s.htm Neoca 35 IIS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca2s.htm Neoca 35 IVS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca35k.htm Neoca 35K] and [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neocas.htm Neoca S] at [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/index.htm K.Fukushi's Rangefinder website] | * [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca1s.htm Neoca 35 IS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca2s.htm Neoca 35 IIS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca2s.htm Neoca 35 IVS], [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neoca35k.htm Neoca 35K] and [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/neocas.htm Neoca S] at [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/index.htm K.Fukushi's Rangefinder website] | ||
* [http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/neoca.html Neoca 35A] at [http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/ Otowa no ni-kan refu] | * [http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/neoca.html Neoca 35A] at [http://www.geocities.jp/yastsuji/ Otowa no ni-kan refu] | ||
| + | * [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.31.htm#Mizuho6 AJCC page] that says something about company nomenclature | ||
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese companies]] | [[Category: Japanese companies]] | ||
Revision as of 07:09, 4 June 2006
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); in July 1952 it became Mizuho Camera Kōgyō Kabushiki Kaisha (ミヅホカメラ工業株式会社). This name was translated as Mizuho Optical on some body engravings. Its logo was MKS in a stylized lens scheme. On a box for a Mizuho Six, observed at a Yahoo Japan auction, there is MIZUHO CAMERA IND. CO,LTD. 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").
In November 1954 the company became Neoca, more fully Neoca Kabushiki Kaisha (ネオカ株式会社).
6×6 folder
35mm rangefinder
- Neoca 1s
- Neoca 2s
- Neoca 35a
- Neoca 35 III S
- Neoca 35 IV S
- Neoca 35 K
- Neoca SV (aka Brumberger 35)
- Robin
Source / 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.)
Links
In English:
- Neoca 2s at the Guide to classic cameras
In Japanese:
- Neoca 35 IS, Neoca 35 IIS, Neoca 35 IVS, Neoca 35K and Neoca S at K.Fukushi's Rangefinder website
- Neoca 35A at Otowa no ni-kan refu
- AJCC page that says something about company nomenclature
