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| − | '''Okada''' was a Japanese camera maker, active from the 1930s. Its full name was '''Okada Kōgaku Seiki K.K.''' (岡田光学精機株式会社). This name was often abbreviated to '''Okako''' (岡光, Okakō).
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| − | {{Kokusan}} identifies Okada with the company Walz Camera Works that made the [[Walz (original)|original Walz]] 3×4 camera in 1936–7. {{McKeown}} simply attributes the original Walz to Okada, calling it the Baby Walz. Advertisements for this camera (see the corresponding page) only mention Walz Works or Walz Camera Works and [[Nihon Shōkai]] as company names.
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| − | Okada made a series of 4.5×6 folders, called [[Semi Okako]] and [[Waltax]]. {{McKeown}} says that other Waltax cameras were made by [[Daiichi]].
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| − | == 4.5×6 folders ==
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| − | * [[Semi Okako]]
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| − | * [[Waltax]]
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| − | * [[Waltax Junior]]
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| − | == Bibliography ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}}
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| − | * {{McKeown12}}
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | In Japanese:
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| − | * [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.3.htm#okada A page of the AJCC] showing a camera called Okada Semi 2600 and some Okada literature, with the company's full name
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| − | [[Category: Camera makers]]
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| − | [[Category: Japanese companies]]
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