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'''Sone Shunsuidō''' (曽根春翠堂) was a Japanese camera maker and distributor, founded in 1902 and based in Tokyo, Kanda.<REF> Lewis, p.28. The address in 1924 was Kanda Ogawamachi-dōri Nishikimachi (神田小川町通錦町). Source: Advertisement in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' November 1924. </REF> In the 1920s, the manufacturing branch was called Tokyo Camera Works and used the "T.C.W." initials.
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'''Sone Shunsuidō''' (曽根春翠堂) was a Japanese camera maker and distributor, founded in 1902 and based in Tokyo, Kanda.<REF> Lewis, p.28. The address was Kanda Ogawamachi-dōri Nishikimachi 1 (神田小川町通錦町一丁目). Source: advertisements in {{AR}} February 1922, November 1924, June and December 1926, and advertisements in {{ACA}} March 1928 (p.A18) and May 1929 (p.A26). </REF> In the 1920s, the manufacturing branch was called Tokyo Camera Works and used the "T.C.W." initials.
  
 
== Camera list ==
 
== Camera list ==
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* [[Adam]] (1918)
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* [[Adam]] (4×5cm, 1918)
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* [[Sweet|Sweet, Alpha and Pony Sweet]] (1918)
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* [[Sweet|Sweet, Alpha and Pony Sweet]] (4×5cm, 1918)
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* [[Speed Reflex]] (1919) made by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]]<REF> Lewis, p.36. </REF>
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* [[Speed Reflex]] (c.1919) made by [[Petri|Kuribayashi]]<REF> Lewis, p.36; Baird, p.42. </REF>
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* [[X (Sone)|X]] (5.5×8cm)
 
* [[Secrette]] (4×5cm and 4.5×6cm, 1923)
 
* [[Secrette]] (4×5cm and 4.5×6cm, 1923)
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* [[Tokioscope]]<REF> Lewis, p.28. </REF>
 
 
* [[Apollo and Lloyd|Apollo and Lloyd]] (6.5×9cm, 1923)
 
* [[Apollo and Lloyd|Apollo and Lloyd]] (6.5×9cm, 1923)
 
* [[Convex Reflex]] (6.5×9cm SLR, 1924)
 
* [[Convex Reflex]] (6.5×9cm SLR, 1924)
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* [[Tokioscope]] (4×10.5cm or 45×107mm stereo, c.1926–8)
 
* [[Monarch (Sone)|Monarch]] (4.5×6cm)
 
* [[Monarch (Sone)|Monarch]] (4.5×6cm)
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* [[Special East]] (6.5×9cm, 1929)
  
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== Testar, Complanar and Modelar lenses ==
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== Other ==
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Advertisements by Sone says that the Testar f/4.5 and f/6.3 and Complanar f/4.5 lenses were specially made for Tokyo Camera Works by a French company in Paris.<REF> Testar: advertisements in ''[[Ars Camera]]'' April and May 1924, reproduced in Yazawa, p.18 of {{CCN}} no.98, p.13 of {{CCN}} no.171 and pp.15–6 of {{CCN}} no.264: "東京カメラウオークス佛國巴里レンズ工場にて新製のテスターレンズF四、五又はF六、三を装せる". Testar and Complanar: advertisement reproduced in Morishita, p.70 of {{KKS}} no.22. </REF> The Testar was advertised as a four-element lens,<REF> Lens scheme visible in the advertisement reproduced in Morishita, p.70 of {{KKS}} no.22. </REF> but recent accounts say that the f/6.3 and f/6.8 versions are actually triplets.<REF> Triplets: see [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#51 this page] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#65 this page] at ksmt.com. </REF> The name Testar was obviously inspired by "Tessar"; it is said that [[Carl Zeiss]] protested, and the lens was renamed Modelar after some time.<REF> Yazawa, p.17 of {{CCN}} no.98 and p.11 of {{CCN}} no.171, quoting books by Kitano Kimio. </REF>
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* [[TCW lenses|Testar, Complanar and Modelar lenses]]
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Testar f/4.5 and f/6.3 lenses were mounted on the [[Apollo and Lloyd|Apollo]] 6.5×9cm plate folders, in 105mm and sometimes 90mm focal length. A Testar 50mm f/4.5 was also mounted on the [[Secrette|Secrette Special]] detective camera. The following lens engravings are known:
 
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* ''TESTAR ANASTIGMAT – f4.5 F90 N°11517''<REF> Lens pictured in Yazawa, p.17 of {{CCN}} no.98, and p.14 of {{CCN}} no.264, mounted in a dial-set [[Compur]] shutter on an Apollo. </REF>
 
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* ''TESTAR ANASTIGMAT f6.8 F90 N°11690''<REF> Lens pictured in [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body9.htm#060324 this page at ksmt.com], mounted in a [[Pronto]] shutter on a [[Pearl (6×9 and above)|No.2 Pearl]] (equipment probably not original). </REF>
 
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* ''T&nbsp;C&nbsp;W PARIS – TESTAR f:6.3 F105 N°13025''<REF> Lens pictured in [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body7.htm#060212 this page at ksmt.com], mounted in an [[Ibsor]] shutter on an Apollo. </REF>
 
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* ''T&nbsp;C&nbsp;W PARIS TESTAR f:4.5 F50 N°13405''<REF> Lens pictured in Yazawa, p.14 of {{CCN}} no.264, on a Secrette Special. </REF>
 
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Modelar f/4.5 and f/6.3 lenses were mounted on the [[Apollo and Lloyd]].<REF> Lewis, p.44, Yazawa, p.13 of {{CCN}} no.171. </REF> One isolated Modelar 10.5cm f/6.3 lens is known on a [[Super plate folders|Super plate folder]], but this equipment is perhaps not original.<REF> Lens pictured in Yazawa, p.12 of {{CCN}} no.171. </REF> On this particular lens, the engraving reads ''Modelar Anastigmat 1:6,3 F=10,5cm T.C.Works N°35921'', and the same markings are repeated on the back rim of the rear element.
 
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The Complanar f/4.5 lens was mounted on the [[Convex Reflex]] 6.5×9cm SLR.<REF> Advertisement reproduced in Morishita, p.70 of {{KKS}} no.22. </REF>
 
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Ars Camera]]''. Advertisement by Sone Shunsuidō in November 1924. No page number.
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* {{AR}}. Advertisements by Sone Shunsuidō in February 1922 and November 1924. No page numbers.
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* {{ACA}}. Advertisement by Sone Shunsuidō in May 1929, p.A26.
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* {{Baird Petri}} P.42.
 
* {{Lewis}}
 
* {{Lewis}}
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* Morishita Hajime (森下肇). "Atomu-han kamera no subete" (アトム判カメラのすべて, All of Atom-size cameras). {{KKS022}} Pp.55–70.
 
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* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (17) Chinpin renzu Tesutā" (レンズの話[17]珍品レンズ・テスター, Lens story [17] A rare lens: the Testar). In {{CCN}} no.98 (August 1985). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.17–9.
 
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* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (88) Modelā" (レンズの話[88]モデラー, Lens story [88] The Modelar). In {{CCN}} no.171 (September 1991). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.11–3.
 
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* Yazawa Seiichirō (矢沢征一郎). "Renzu no hanashi (174) Tesutā" (レンズの話[17]珍品レンズ・テスター, Lens story [174] The Testar). In {{CCN}} no.264 (June 1999). Nishinomiya: Camera Collectors News-sha. Pp.11–6.
 
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== Links ==
 
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In Japanese:
 
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* Pages at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com]:
 
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** [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#51 Testar 105mm f/6.3 lens] on an [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body7.htm#060212 Apollo plate folder]
 
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** [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#65 Testar 90mm f/6.8 lens] on a [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body9.htm#060324 No.2 Pearl]
 
  
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese distributors]]
 
[[Category: Japanese distributors]]

Latest revision as of 12:37, 2 November 2008

Sone Shunsuidō (曽根春翠堂) was a Japanese camera maker and distributor, founded in 1902 and based in Tokyo, Kanda.[1] In the 1920s, the manufacturing branch was called Tokyo Camera Works and used the "T.C.W." initials.

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Notes

  1. ↑ Lewis, p.28. The address was Kanda Ogawamachi-dōri Nishikimachi 1 (神田小川町通錦町一丁目). Source: advertisements in Ars Camera February 1922, November 1924, June and December 1926, and advertisements in Asahi Camera March 1928 (p.A18) and May 1929 (p.A26).
  2. ↑ Lewis, p.36; Baird, p.42.

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