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The name '''Prince''' appears on various Japanese cameras:
 
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* cameras attributed to [[Fujimoto]] by McKeown:
 
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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
 
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** [[Prince Peerless]], maker dubious
 
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** [[Prince Flex]], probably made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]], also distributed by Fukada Shōkai
 
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** Prince, 6.5x9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown)
 
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** Pocket Prince, 4x6.5 folding (only in McKeown)
 
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* cameras by a company called Prince Camera Works:
 
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** Baby Doris, 3x4 folding
 
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** Prince Baby Ref, fixed focus pseudo TLR, perhaps the same camera as the [[Riken]] [[Chukon Ref]]
 
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* cameras by a company called Prince Camera Company:
 
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** [[Princeflex]], model I and II
 
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** [[Prince Junior]]
 
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Here is a possible theory:
 
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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]]
 
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* at the end of the 1930s a company named Prince Camera Works (related or not to Fukada) probably existed and probably made some cameras named Doris (name cited again in McKeown under the Tokyo Seiki entry for 1950s cameras)
 
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* (McKeown again lists Doris cameras in the 1950s under the entry "Tokyo Seiki")
 
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* after the war a company named Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku (東洋精機光学) reused the names Prince and Doris; among them the [[Princeflex]] was sometimes attributed to a Prince Camera (プリンスカメラ) company and the Dorisflex to a so-called Doris Camera (ドリスカメラ) company
 
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== Links ==
 
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* Discussion about Prince on [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html this page at tlr-cameras.com]
 
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The name '''Prince''' designates one of the following:
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[[Category: Japan]]
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* Prince products sold before 1945 by the Japanese distributor [[Fukada|Fukada Shōkai]], in association with the trademark "Prince Camera Works" (プリンスカメラウアークス, ''Purinsu Kamera Uākusu'') and a ''PCW'' logo:
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** [[Prince plate folders|Prince]] 6.5×9 plate folder
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** [[Prince Peerless]] 6.5×9 plate folder
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** [[Semi Prince]] 4.5×6 folder
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** [[Prince Flex]] 6×6 TLR
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** [[Pocket Prince]] 4×6.5 folder
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** [[Japanese 3×4 and 4×4 pseudo TLR|Prince Baby Ref]] 3×4 pseudo TLR
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** Prince auxiliary rangefinder
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* [[Princeflex|Princeflex and Prince Junior]] 6×6 TLR, sold in the 1950s by the Japanese distributor [[Mima|Mima Shōkai]], again in association with the trademark "Prince Camera Works" (プリンスカメラワークス, ''Purinsu Kamera Wākusu'') and a ''PCW'' logo
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* Prince [[Hit]]-type subminiature
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* [[Toyoca Ace|Prince Ruby]], name variant of the [[Toyoca Ace]]
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* [[Prince 16-A]], subminiature camera taking 17.5mm film
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* L. M. Prince & Bro., a US camera maker of the late XIXth century

Latest revision as of 17:06, 4 November 2008

Disambiguation Page

The name Prince designates one of the following:

  • Prince products sold before 1945 by the Japanese distributor Fukada Shōkai, in association with the trademark "Prince Camera Works" (プリンスカメラウアークス, Purinsu Kamera Uākusu) and a PCW logo:
  • Princeflex and Prince Junior 6×6 TLR, sold in the 1950s by the Japanese distributor Mima Shōkai, again in association with the trademark "Prince Camera Works" (プリンスカメラワークス, Purinsu Kamera Wākusu) and a PCW logo
  • Prince Hit-type subminiature
  • Prince Ruby, name variant of the Toyoca Ace
  • Prince 16-A, subminiature camera taking 17.5mm film
  • L. M. Prince & Bro., a US camera maker of the late XIXth century
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