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== Models == | == Models == | ||
| − | *Lord 35 | + | * Lord 35 |
| − | *[[Lord 35IIA]] | + | * [[Lord 35IIA]] |
| − | *Lord 35IVB | + | * Lord 35IVB |
| − | *Lord 35IVA | + | * Lord 35IVA |
| − | *Black Lord 35 | + | * Black Lord 35 |
| − | *Lord 5D | + | * [[Lord 4D and 5D|Lord 4D]] |
| − | *[[Lord 4D]] | + | * [[Lord 4D and 5D|Lord 5D]] |
| − | *Lord SE | + | * Lord SE |
| − | *Lord SL | + | * Lord SL |
| − | *Lord Martian | + | * Lord Martian |
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Revision as of 09:31, 25 June 2009
Okaya Kōgaku Kikai K.K. (岡谷光学機械㈱, meaning Okaya Optical Machinery Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese maker of leaf-shutter 35mm cameras (as well as "Vista" brand binoculars) in the 1950s. Okaya's cameras were distributed within Japan by Hattori Tokei-ten. Their brand name was Lord — a name that was probably owned by Hattori and was already used in 1937–8 by Tōkyō Kōgaku.[1]
Lord cameras have Okaya Highkol lenses. The earliest Lord 35 is a viewfinder camera; all subsequent Lord cameras have viewfinders. The last models have exposure meters.
Okaya's technical innovations (at least for Japanese cameras) included a rewind button that only needed to be depressed at the start rather than all the way through the film (Lord 35, 1953), a folding rewind crank (Lord 35IVB, 1955), and photocells around the front of the lens and thus under any filter (Lord Martian, 1960).[2]
(Okaya should not be confused with Okada.)
Models
- Lord 35
- Lord 35IIA
- Lord 35IVB
- Lord 35IVA
- Black Lord 35
- Lord 4D
- Lord 5D
- Lord SE
- Lord SL
- Lord Martian
Notes
Sources and further reading
In English:
- The Japanese Historical Camera. 2nd ed. Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2004.
In Japanese:
- 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. Items 1043–5, 1822–8.
Links
In Japanese:
- Lord 35, Lord 35IVB, and Lord Martian in the Camera database of the Center of the History of Japanese Industrial Technology
- On lens numbering; at the foot of a long page at Hibimōkoto
- Lord IVB and Lord 35a at Kan's Room
In French/English:
- Cameras at www.collection-appareils.fr
