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'''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.
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The name '''Prince''' designates one of the following:
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The name '''Prince''' appears on various Japanese cameras:
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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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* cameras attributed to [[Fujimoto]] by McKeown:
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** [[Prince plate folders|Prince]] 6.5×9 plate folder
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** [[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
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** [[Prince Peerless]] 6.5×9 plate folder
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** [[Prince Peerless]] 6.5×9 folding plate camera, maker unknown
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** [[Semi Prince]] 4.5×6 folder
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** [[Prince Flex]] 6×6 TLR, certainly made by [[Neumann & Heilemann]] and distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]]
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** [[Prince Flex]] 6×6 TLR
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** Prince 6.5×9 folding plate camera (only in McKeown)
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** [[Pocket Prince]] 4×6.5 folder
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** Pocket Prince 4×6.5 folder (only in McKeown)
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** [[Japanese 3×4 and 4×4 pseudo TLR|Prince Baby Ref]] 3×4 pseudo TLR
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* cameras attributed to Prince Camera Works:
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** Prince auxiliary rangefinder
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** Baby Doris, 3×4 folding (McKeown again lists [[Doris]] cameras in the 1950s under the entry "Tokyo Seiki")
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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 Baby Ref, fixed focus pseudo TLR, perhaps the same camera as the [[Riken]] [[Chukon Ref]]
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* Prince [[Hit]]-type subminiature
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* cameras attributed to Prince Camera Company:
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* [[Toyoca Ace|Prince Ruby]], name variant of the [[Toyoca Ace]]
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** [[Princeflex]], model I and II
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* [[Prince 16-A]], subminiature camera taking 17.5mm film
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** [[Prince Junior]]
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* L. M. Prince & Bro., a US camera maker of the late XIXth century
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Here is a possible theory:
 
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* 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]]
 
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* 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]]
 
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* 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
 
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== Links ==
 
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* 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]
 
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 

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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