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| − | '''Nishida''' is a Japanese camera maker that was active from at least 1941. Its full name was '''Nishida Kōgaku Kikai Seisakusho'''<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Takinogawa-ku Takinogawa-chō 1, 935 (東京市滝野川區滝野川町1,935). </REF> (西田光学器械製作所) and later '''Nishida Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K.''' (西田光学工業株式会社). [http://sendai.cool.ne.jp/ayanoshippo/profile9.html | + | '''Nishida''' is a Japanese camera maker that was active from at least 1941. Its full name was '''Nishida Kōgaku Kikai Seisakusho'''<REF> Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Takinogawa-ku Takinogawa-chō 1, 935 (東京市滝野川區滝野川町1,935). </REF> (西田光学器械製作所) and later '''Nishida Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K.''' (西田光学工業株式会社). Nishida made cameras, lenses and shutters called Wester. It also made the [[NKK]] shutters.<REF> Maker of the NKK shutters: [http://sendai.cool.ne.jp/ayanoshippo/profile9.html this page] of [http://sendai.cool.ne.jp/ayanoshippo/ Aya's camera page]. </REF> |
The name "Nishida" consists of two parts: ''nishi'', meaning "west"; and ''ta'', whose pronunciation many Japanese people find distinguishable from the "ter" sound of English "after". Thus the name "Wester" for Nishida's products: "west" from ''nishi'', and "ter" from ''ta.'' | The name "Nishida" consists of two parts: ''nishi'', meaning "west"; and ''ta'', whose pronunciation many Japanese people find distinguishable from the "ter" sound of English "after". Thus the name "Wester" for Nishida's products: "west" from ''nishi'', and "ter" from ''ta.'' | ||
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Nishida Kōgaku went bankrupt in January 1958. | Nishida Kōgaku went bankrupt in January 1958. | ||
| − | + | == 120 film == | |
| − | + | === 6×6 folders === | |
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* [[Wester folders|Wester Model II]] | * [[Wester folders|Wester Model II]] | ||
* [[Wester folders|Wester Chrome Six]] | * [[Wester folders|Wester Chrome Six]] | ||
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* [[Wester folders|Wester Autorol]] | * [[Wester folders|Wester Autorol]] | ||
| − | + | === 4.5×6 folders === | |
| + | * [[Apollo and Mikado|Apollo]] | ||
| + | * [[Apollo and Mikado|Mikado]] | ||
* [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] | * [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] | ||
| + | The Apollo and Mikado are attributed both to Sumida and [[Nishida]].<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 345, for the Apollo II; {{McKeown}}, pp. 737–8 and 907. </REF> | ||
| − | + | == 35mm film == | |
| + | * Auto West | ||
| − | === | + | == Other cameras with lenses by Nishida == |
| − | + | * [[Semi Masmy]] | |
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| + | == Notes == | ||
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== References / further reading == | == References / further reading == | ||
Revision as of 23:00, 7 October 2006
Nishida is a Japanese camera maker that was active from at least 1941. Its full name was Nishida Kōgaku Kikai Seisakusho[1] (西田光学器械製作所) and later Nishida Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. (西田光学工業株式会社). Nishida made cameras, lenses and shutters called Wester. It also made the NKK shutters.[2]
The name "Nishida" consists of two parts: nishi, meaning "west"; and ta, whose pronunciation many Japanese people find distinguishable from the "ter" sound of English "after". Thus the name "Wester" for Nishida's products: "west" from nishi, and "ter" from ta.
Nishida Kōgaku went bankrupt in January 1958.
Contents
120 film
6×6 folders
4.5×6 folders
The Apollo and Mikado are attributed both to Sumida and Nishida.[3]
35mm film
- Auto West
Other cameras with lenses by Nishida
Notes
- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-shi Takinogawa-ku Takinogawa-chō 1, 935 (東京市滝野川區滝野川町1,935).
- ↑ Maker of the NKK shutters: this page of Aya's camera page.
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 345, for the Apollo II; McKeown, pp. 737–8 and 907.
References / 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.
- 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.)
