Nittō Kōgaku
Nitto Kogaku (日東光学株式会社, Nittō Kōgaku) is a Japanese optical company that in the 1950s produced "Kominar" lenses used in a variety of cameras, as well as enlarging lenses.
The company still (2006) exists, now spelling its name "Nittoh".
Cameras with Nitto lenses
These lists are incomplete.
That a particular model is listed here should not be taken to mean that all examples were fitted with Nitto lenses.
Medium format
- Mine Six (first model)
- Mine Six IIF
- Wagoflex
- Walzflex
35mm
- Meprozenit
- Walz Electric
- Walz Envoy 35
- Walz Wide
Links
- Nittoh Kogaku's site (in Japanese)
- Walz Walzflex semi-automatic Matt Denton praises the Kominar lens
- Kominar-E enlarging lens (text in Japanese)
- Meprozenit a Soviet camera with a Japanese lens (text in Japanese)
- Kominar lenses at Nittoh's site. A short history (in Japanese).
- Kominar lens advertisements at Nittoh's site. The advertisements are in Japanese, and unfortunately are reproduced so small as to be virtually indecipherable.