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The name '''Prince''' appears on various Japanese cameras: | The name '''Prince''' appears on various Japanese cameras: | ||
* cameras attributed to [[Fujimoto]] by McKeown: | * cameras attributed to [[Fujimoto]] by McKeown: | ||
| − | ** [[Semi Prince]] 4.5×6 folder (1934 onwards), distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]], according to [[Fujimoto]]'s current web page, it was made by Fujimoto | + | ** [[Semi Prince]] 4.5×6 folder (1934 onwards), distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]], according to [[Fujimoto]]'s current web page, it was made by Fujimoto which also sold it under its own brand as the Semi Lucky |
** [[Prince Peerless]] 6.5×9 folding plate camera, maker unknown | ** [[Prince Peerless]] 6.5×9 folding plate camera, maker unknown | ||
** [[Prince Flex]] 6×6 TLR, certainly made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]] and distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]] | ** [[Prince Flex]] 6×6 TLR, certainly made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]] and distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]] | ||
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Here is a possible theory: | Here is a possible theory: | ||
| − | * around the mid 1930s the Prince name was used by the distributor [[Fukada Shōkai]], | + | * around the mid 1930s the Prince name was used by the distributor [[Fukada Shōkai]], which 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 (related or not to Fukada) made some cameras named [[Doris]] (name cited again in McKeown under the Tokyo Seiki entry for 1950s cameras), and some of the [[Semi Prince]] | * at the end of the 1930s a company named Prince Camera Works (related or not to Fukada) made some cameras named [[Doris]] (name cited again in McKeown under the Tokyo Seiki entry for 1950s cameras), and some of the [[Semi Prince]] | ||
| − | * after the war this company became Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku (東洋精機光学) and reused the names Prince and [[Doris]]; among them the [[Princeflex]] was sometimes attributed to a Prince Camera ( | + | * after the war this company became Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku (東洋精機光学) and reused the names Prince and [[Doris]]; among them the [[Princeflex]] was sometimes attributed to a Prince Camera Works (プリンスカメラワークス) company and the [[Dorisflex]] to a Doris Camera (ドリスカメラ) company |
== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * Discussion about Prince | + | * Discussion about Prince within [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html this Japanese miscellanea page] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ tlr-cameras.com] |
[[Category: Camera makers]] | [[Category: Camera makers]] | ||
[[Category: Japanese companies]] | [[Category: Japanese companies]] | ||
Revision as of 00:30, 28 July 2006
Prince Camera Works was a Japanese camera maker at some time, but its history is unclear. Its existence is confirmed by an accessory rangefinder marked Prince Camera Works observed at a Yahoo Japan auction, and by a P.C.W. logo appearing on a 1937 ad for the Semi Prince camera. However it is difficult to know exactly which cameras it made.
The name Prince appears on various Japanese cameras:
- cameras attributed to Fujimoto by McKeown:
- Semi Prince 4.5×6 folder (1934 onwards), distributed by Fukada Shōkai, according to Fujimoto's current web page, it was made by Fujimoto which also sold it under its own brand as the Semi Lucky
- Prince Peerless 6.5×9 folding plate camera, maker unknown
- Prince Flex 6×6 TLR, certainly made by Neumann & Heilemann and distributed by Fukada Shōkai
- Prince 6.5×9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown)
- Pocket Prince 4×6.5 folder (only in McKeown)
- cameras attributed to Prince Camera Works:
- Baby Doris, 3×4 folding (McKeown again lists Doris cameras in the 1950s under the entry "Tokyo Seiki")
- Prince Baby Ref, fixed focus pseudo TLR, perhaps the same camera as the Riken Chukon Ref
- cameras attributed to 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 the distributor Fukada Shōkai, which 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 (related or not to Fukada) made some cameras named Doris (name cited again in McKeown under the Tokyo Seiki entry for 1950s cameras), and some of the Semi Prince
- after the war this company became Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku (東洋精機光学) and reused the names Prince and Doris; among them the Princeflex was sometimes attributed to a Prince Camera Works (プリンスカメラワークス) company and the Dorisflex to a Doris Camera (ドリスカメラ) company
Links
- Discussion about Prince within this Japanese miscellanea page at tlr-cameras.com
