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'''Sumida''' was a Japanese camera maker in the early 1950s. Its full name was '''Sumida Optical Works''' ('''Sumida Kōki Seisakusho''', 隅田光機製作所). Various Japanese websites tend to say that they were related to the prewar [[Proud]] company.
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'''K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho''' ({{kabu}}隅田光機製作所) or '''Sumida Optical Works''' was a Japanese camera maker from 1950 to 1953.<REF> The dates correspond to the earliest and latest Sumida advertisements mentioned in {{Kokusan}}, p.362. </REF>
  
== 4.5x6 folding ==
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== Name and history ==
* [[Apollo|Apollo II]]
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"Sumida" is the name of a river in Tokyo, and also of one of the 23 boroughs (区, ''ku,'' conventionally if misleadingly translated as "wards") of the Japanese capital. The company was installed there: its address was Arakawa-ku Minami-Senju (荒川区南千住) 2–13 from 1950 to 1952.<REF name="Kokusan172-3"> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.172–3. </REF> From mid-1951, the sales department was installed in Minato-ku Shibasakurada Bizen-chō (港区芝桜田備前町) 12.<REF name="Kokusan172-3" /> In 1953 the company had a single address, Setagaya-ku Daita (世田谷区代田) 1–748.<REF name="Kokusan172-3" />
* Mikado Semi
 
* Proud Million
 
* Proud Model 50
 
  
McKeown also lists the Mikado under [[Nishida]], but a picture of the back shows a plate marked ''SUMIDA OPTICAL WORKS''. The Asahi anthology similarly describes the Apollo II as from both Sumida and Nishida.
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The ancestor of Sumida was the company [[Proud|Proud-sha]], founded by Miyazaki Shizuma (宮崎静馬) and apparently merged into [[Miyoshi|Miyoshi Kōgaku]] around 1940. The first cameras made by Sumida were perhaps the [[Apollo and Mikado]] folders, a direct continuation of the [[Roavic]] by [[Miyoshi|Miyoshi Kōgaku]], itself descending from the [[Semi Prux]] by [[Proud]]. The Apollo and Mikado are sometimes attributed to [[Nishida]], which provided the lenses and shutters, but this is probably a mistake.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p.345, attributes the "Apollo II" both to Sumida and to Nishida. {{Sugiyama}}, items 1269 and 1350, attributes the "Apollo Semi II" and "Mikado Semi" to Nishida. {{McKeown}}, pp.737–8 and 907, tries to distinguish between the "Apollo 120" (or "Apollo Semi II") and "Mikado" attributed to Nishida, and the "Mikado 120" and "Mikado Semi" attributed to Sumida. These distinctions seem pointless. </REF>
  
== 6x6 folding ==
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One source says that Sumida was first called "Million Optical",<REF> Lewis, p.73. </REF> but no further evidence has been found to sustain this. (Sumida indeed marketed a camera called [[Proud postwar folders|Million Proud]], where Million is a part of the model name.)
* Proud Chrome Six II
 
* Proud Chrome Six III
 
  
==Source / further reading==
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Sumida made a number of cameras called Proud, and the sales department was briefly called "Proud-sha" (プラウド社) in mid-1951.<REF> Proud-sha: advertisement dated May 1951, reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p.172. </REF> From 1950 to 1952, the company's logo was formed by the letters ''KSK'', with the "S" vertically elongated to draw some sort of cross. From late 1952 onwards, it used a logo formed by the words ''KSK Proud'' inside an oval, with a stylized "P". This logo is very close to the one used by Proud-sha before the war.
*''Asahi Camera'' (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. ''Shōwa 10&ndash;40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi'' (昭和10〜40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935&ndash;1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7
 
  
== Links ==
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== Camera list ==
* [http://www.mediajoy.com/en/cla_came/proudchromesix/index.html Proud Chrome Six II at cla_came]
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{| class="plainlinks floatright" style="text-align: center;"
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/madam/camera/Proud.html Proud Chrome Six III at madam's site]
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|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/32868731037/in/pool-camerawiki/ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32868731037_da59228980_t_d.jpg]
* [http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~kosaka/andere.html#6 Proud Chrome Six] at [http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~kosaka/ kosaka's site]
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* [http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~clenssic/lenssam2.html Proud Chrome Six III at clenssic]
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|| ''Apollo''
* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/sub1.25.htm#mabichi Mikado Semi at the All Japan Classic Camera Club (the folding in the middle)]
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|}
* [http://www.ajcc.gr.jp/04aki-03.htm Another picture of the Mikado Semi at the AJCC]
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=== 4.5×6 folders ===
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* [[Apollo and Mikado|Apollo]]
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* [[Apollo and Mikado|Mikado]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Semi Proud]]
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{| class="plainlinks floatright" style="text-align: center;"
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|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/47937167643/in/pool-camerawiki https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47937167643_cd72488212_t_d.jpg]
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|-
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|| ''Million Proud''
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|}
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Million Proud]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Million Proud II]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Million Proud (new)]]
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=== 6×6 folders ===
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Proud Chrome Six]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Proud Chrome Six II]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Proud Chrome Six III]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Proud Chrome Six IIIA]]
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* [[Proud postwar folders|Proud Super Six]]
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== Other ==
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{| class="plainlinks floatright" width=250px style="text-align: center;"
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|| [http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerawiki/47941048046/in/pool-camerawiki https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47941048046_f9acf6362c_m.jpg]
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|| ''Advertisement by Sumida Shōkai in {{AR}} February 1949. {{public domain Japan new}}''
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|}
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A probably unrelated repair service called '''Sumida Shōkai''' (スミダ商会)<REF> "Sumida" is written in ''katakana'', unlike in Sumida Kōki. </REF> existed in 1949 in Asakusa (Tokyo).<REF> Advertisement in {{AR}} February 1949, p.49. </REF>
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== Notes ==
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<references />
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{AR}}. Advertisement by Sumida Shōkai in February 1949 (p.49).
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* {{Showa10}}
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* {{McKeown12}} P.907.
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* {{Zukan}}
  
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]

Latest revision as of 05:34, 27 May 2019

K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho (㈱隅田光機製作所) or Sumida Optical Works was a Japanese camera maker from 1950 to 1953.[1]

Name and history

"Sumida" is the name of a river in Tokyo, and also of one of the 23 boroughs (区, ku, conventionally if misleadingly translated as "wards") of the Japanese capital. The company was installed there: its address was Arakawa-ku Minami-Senju (荒川区南千住) 2–13 from 1950 to 1952.[2] From mid-1951, the sales department was installed in Minato-ku Shibasakurada Bizen-chō (港区芝桜田備前町) 12.[2] In 1953 the company had a single address, Setagaya-ku Daita (世田谷区代田) 1–748.[2]

The ancestor of Sumida was the company Proud-sha, founded by Miyazaki Shizuma (宮崎静馬) and apparently merged into Miyoshi Kōgaku around 1940. The first cameras made by Sumida were perhaps the Apollo and Mikado folders, a direct continuation of the Roavic by Miyoshi Kōgaku, itself descending from the Semi Prux by Proud. The Apollo and Mikado are sometimes attributed to Nishida, which provided the lenses and shutters, but this is probably a mistake.[3]

One source says that Sumida was first called "Million Optical",[4] but no further evidence has been found to sustain this. (Sumida indeed marketed a camera called Million Proud, where Million is a part of the model name.)

Sumida made a number of cameras called Proud, and the sales department was briefly called "Proud-sha" (プラウド社) in mid-1951.[5] From 1950 to 1952, the company's logo was formed by the letters KSK, with the "S" vertically elongated to draw some sort of cross. From late 1952 onwards, it used a logo formed by the words KSK Proud inside an oval, with a stylized "P". This logo is very close to the one used by Proud-sha before the war.

Camera list

4.5×6 folders

6×6 folders

Other

A probably unrelated repair service called Sumida Shōkai (スミダ商会)[6] existed in 1949 in Asakusa (Tokyo).[7]

Notes

  1. The dates correspond to the earliest and latest Sumida advertisements mentioned in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.362.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.172–3.
  3. Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.345, attributes the "Apollo II" both to Sumida and to Nishida. Sugiyama, items 1269 and 1350, attributes the "Apollo Semi II" and "Mikado Semi" to Nishida. McKeown, pp.737–8 and 907, tries to distinguish between the "Apollo 120" (or "Apollo Semi II") and "Mikado" attributed to Nishida, and the "Mikado 120" and "Mikado Semi" attributed to Sumida. These distinctions seem pointless.
  4. Lewis, p.73.
  5. Proud-sha: advertisement dated May 1951, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p.172.
  6. "Sumida" is written in katakana, unlike in Sumida Kōki.
  7. Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1949, p.49.

Bibliography