Difference between revisions of "Prince"

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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 Shōokai
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** [[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]], by the Prince Camera Company
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** [[Princeflex]], model I and II
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** [[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 Shōokai, who sold cameras made by various other companies, such as [[Neumann & Heilemann]] for the [[Prince Flex]] or [[Fujimoto]] for the [[Semi Prince]]
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* 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:

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

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