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| − | '''Okada Kōgaku Seiki K.K.''' (岡田光学精機株式会社) was a Japanese camera maker, active from the late 1930s. Its name was often abbreviated to '''Okako''' (岡光, Okakō).
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| − | It is identified with the company Walz Camera Works that made the [[Walz (original)|original Walz]] 3×4 camera in 1936–7.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 344 (item 346); Sugiyama, item 1262; McKeown, p. 745. </REF>
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| − | Okada also made a series of 4.5×6 folders from 1940, called [[Semi Okaco]] and [[Waltax]]. Some sources<REF> Among which are {{Kokusan}} and {{McKeown}}, but not Lewis, p. 61. </REF> attribute the postwar Waltax cameras to [[Daiichi Kōgaku]], but all the models wear Okako markings. Daiichi made the [[Zenobia]] folders, successors of the Waltax, from 1952. It is probable that Okada renamed itself as or was bought by Daiichi at the same date.
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| − | The Gemmy and Kolt subminiature cameras are also attributed to Okada.<REF> {{McKeown}}, p. 745. </REF>
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| − | ''(Okada should not be confused with [[Okaya]].)''
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | == Camera timeline ==
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| − | {{Okada timeline}}
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| − | == Bibliography ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}}
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| − | * {{Lewis}}
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| − | * {{McKeown12}} Pp. 239 and 745.
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| − | * {{Zukan}}
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| − | == Links ==
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| − | In English:
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| − | * [http://www.submin.com/16mm/collection/okada/introduction.htm A page with Okada subminiatures] at [http://www.submin.com/ www.submin.com]
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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: Japanese camera makers]]
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| − | [[Category: Okada/Daiichi|*]]
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