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The [[Ruvinal folders]] and [[Ruvinal Flex]] TLRs are attributed to a company either called '''Shōei Kōgaku''' (昭栄光学) or '''Shōei Sangyō''' (昭栄産業).<REF> Shōei Kōgaku: {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;373. Shōei Sangyō: McKeown, p.&nbsp;891, ''Supuringu kamera de ikou'', p.&nbsp;113, and Lewis, p.&nbsp;73. </REF> The name Shōei Kōgaku would indicate a camera making company, while Shōei Sangyō looks like a distributor name.
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The [[Ruvinal folders]] and [[Ruvinal Flex]] TLRs are attributed to a company either called '''Shōei Kōgaku''' (昭栄光学) or '''Shōei Sangyō''' (昭栄産業).<REF> Shōei Kōgaku: {{Kokusan}}, p.&nbsp;373. Shōei Sangyō: McKeown, p.&nbsp;891, ''Supuringu kamera de ikou'', p.&nbsp;113, and Lewis, p.&nbsp;73. </REF> The cameras appeared in 1950 and were distributed by Maki Shōji, the new name of the prewar distributor [[Eikō-Dō]]. The distributor was named [[Eikō-Dō]] again in 1953.
  
 
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The Ruvinal folders and Ruvinal Flex TLRs are attributed to a company either called Shōei Kōgaku (昭栄光学) or Shōei Sangyō (昭栄産業).[1] The cameras appeared in 1950 and were distributed by Maki Shōji, the new name of the prewar distributor Eikō-Dō. The distributor was named Eikō-Dō again in 1953.

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  1. Shōei Kōgaku: Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 373. Shōei Sangyō: McKeown, p. 891, Supuringu kamera de ikou, p. 113, and Lewis, p. 73.

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