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** [[Semi Prince]], 4.5x6 folding (1934 onwards), mentioned by [[Fujimoto]] on their web page, distributed by Fukada Shōokai, also sold by Fujimoto under their own brand as the Semi Lucky | ** [[Semi Prince]], 4.5x6 folding (1934 onwards), mentioned by [[Fujimoto]] on their web page, distributed by Fukada Shōokai, also sold by Fujimoto under their own brand as the Semi Lucky | ||
** [[Prince Peerless]], maker dubious | ** [[Prince Peerless]], maker dubious | ||
− | ** [[Princeflex]], probably made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]], also distributed by Fukada | + | ** [[Princeflex]], probably made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]], also distributed by Fukada Shōkai |
** Prince, 6.5x9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown) | ** Prince, 6.5x9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown) | ||
** Pocket Prince, 4x6.5 folding (only in McKeown) | ** Pocket Prince, 4x6.5 folding (only in McKeown) | ||
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** Prince Baby Ref, perhaps the same cameras as the [[Riken]] [[Chukon Ref]] | ** Prince Baby Ref, perhaps the same cameras as the [[Riken]] [[Chukon Ref]] | ||
* cameras by the Prince Camera Company: | * cameras by the Prince Camera Company: | ||
− | ** [[Prince Junior]] | + | ** [[Princeflex]], model I and II |
+ | ** [[Prince Junior]] | ||
Here is a possible theory: | Here is a possible theory: | ||
− | * around the mid 1930s the Prince name was used by a distributor named Fukada | + | * around the mid 1930s the Prince name was used by a distributor named Fukada Shōkai, who sold cameras made by various other companies, such as [[Neumann & Heilemann]] for the [[Prince Flex]] or [[Fujimoto]] for the [[Semi Prince]] |
* at the end of the 1930s a company named Prince Camera Works existed, related or not to Fukada | * at the end of the 1930s a company named Prince Camera Works existed, related or not to Fukada | ||
* after the war an altogether different company named Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku 東洋精機光学 reused the name and finally called itself Prince Camera | * after the war an altogether different company named Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku 東洋精機光学 reused the name and finally called itself Prince Camera |
Revision as of 21:04, 21 April 2006
The name Prince appears on various Japanese cameras:
- cameras attributed to Fujimoto by McKeown:
- Semi Prince, 4.5x6 folding (1934 onwards), mentioned by Fujimoto on their web page, distributed by Fukada Shōokai, also sold by Fujimoto under their own brand as the Semi Lucky
- Prince Peerless, maker dubious
- Princeflex, probably made by Neumann & Heilemann, also distributed by Fukada Shōkai
- Prince, 6.5x9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown)
- Pocket Prince, 4x6.5 folding (only in McKeown)
- cameras by the Prince Camera Works:
- Baby Doris
- Prince Baby Ref, perhaps the same cameras as the Riken Chukon Ref
- cameras by the Prince Camera Company:
- Princeflex, model I and II
- Prince Junior
Here is a possible theory:
- around the mid 1930s the Prince name was used by a distributor named Fukada Shōkai, who sold cameras made by various other companies, such as Neumann & Heilemann for the Prince Flex or Fujimoto for the Semi Prince
- at the end of the 1930s a company named Prince Camera Works existed, related or not to Fukada
- after the war an altogether different company named Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku 東洋精機光学 reused the name and finally called itself Prince Camera
Links
- Discussion about Prince on this page at tlr-cameras.com
Disambiguation Page