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| − | '''Sumida''' is a Japanese camera maker that was active in the early 1950s. Its full name is '''Sumida Optical Works''' ('''K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho''', 株式会社隅田光機製作所). | + | '''Sumida''' is a Japanese camera maker that was active in the early 1950s. Its full name is '''Sumida Optical Works''' ('''K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho''', 株式会社隅田光機製作所). It made a number of cameras called Proud, and it is related to the prewar [[Proud]] company. |
"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 Tokyo. | "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 Tokyo. | ||
Revision as of 11:24, 8 October 2006
Sumida is a Japanese camera maker that was active in the early 1950s. Its full name is Sumida Optical Works (K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho, 株式会社隅田光機製作所). It made a number of cameras called Proud, and it is related to the prewar Proud company.
"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 Tokyo.
4.5×6 folding
The Apollo and Mikado are attributed both to Sumida and Nishida.[1]
6×6 folding
- Proud Chrome Six
- Proud Chrome Six II
- Proud Chrome Six III
- Proud Chrome Six IIIA
- Proud Super Six
Notes
- ↑ Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 345, for the Apollo II; McKeown, pp. 737–8 and 907.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen 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, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). P. 907.
