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'''Rengō Kōki''' (聯合光機,<REF> 聯合: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 73&ndash;4. 光機 has not been observed on any original document yet, but it is near certain. The name "Rengo Koki" is written on the cameras with no macrons. </REF> meaning Allied Optical Instruments) was a Japanese company which made a series of products called Renky from 1939 to the end of the war:
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* the Renky and Renky II enlargers.
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'''Rengō Kōki''' (聯合光機,<REF> 聯合: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, items 73–4. 光機: {{Kokusan}}, items 321–2. The name "Rengo Koki" is written on the cameras with no macrons. </REF> meaning Allied Optical Instruments) was a Japanese camera maker from 1939 to about 1943. It made the [[Semi Renky|Semi Renky and New Semi Renky]] 4.5×6 cameras, and certainly also the Renky accessory rangefinder, Renky and Renky II enlargers and Renko 75/4.5 enlarging lens distributed by [[Fuku Bōeki]]. The original Semi Renky was very similar to the [[Semi Olympic]] introduced by [[Asahi Bussan]] and manufactured by [[Ricoh|Riken]]'s subsidiary [[Asahi Bussan|Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō]]. It is not known if the companies were related or if Rengō merely copied the Semi Olympic.
  
 
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]

Latest revision as of 17:57, 9 October 2019

Rengō Kōki (聯合光機,[1] meaning Allied Optical Instruments) was a Japanese camera maker from 1939 to about 1943. It made the Semi Renky and New Semi Renky 4.5×6 cameras, and certainly also the Renky accessory rangefinder, Renky and Renky II enlargers and Renko 75/4.5 enlarging lens distributed by Fuku Bōeki. The original Semi Renky was very similar to the Semi Olympic introduced by Asahi Bussan and manufactured by Riken's subsidiary Asahi Kōgaku Kōgyō. It is not known if the companies were related or if Rengō merely copied the Semi Olympic.

Notes

  1. 聯合: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), items 73–4. 光機: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, items 321–2. The name "Rengo Koki" is written on the cameras with no macrons.

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