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'''Sekonic''' are a Japanese [[light meter]] manufacturer, founded in June 1951 as Seiko Electric Industries Co., Ltd<ref>[http://www.sekonic.com/pages/about.asp Company web site]</ref>. The company still makes light meters (in 2010).
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'''Sekonic''' are a Japanese [[light meter]] manufacturer, founded in June 1951 as Seiko Electric Industries Co., Ltd<ref>[http://www.sekonic.com/pages/about.asp Company web site]</ref>. The company still makes light meters (in 2010). As well as light meters sold under their own name, many were rebranded and sold under various names such as [[Dixons|Prinz]] and [[Hanimex]], whilst others were built in to various Japanese cameras. Sekonic also made 8mm movie cameras and projectors in the 1960s, some of which were also sold under other names like Hanimex, others under their own Sekonic and Elmatic brands.
 
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Sekonic are a Japanese light meter manufacturer, founded in June 1951 as Seiko Electric Industries Co., Ltd[1]. The company still makes light meters (in 2010). As well as light meters sold under their own name, many were rebranded and sold under various names such as Prinz and Hanimex, whilst others were built in to various Japanese cameras. Sekonic also made 8mm movie cameras and projectors in the 1960s, some of which were also sold under other names like Hanimex, others under their own Sekonic and Elmatic brands.