Sumida
Sumida was a Japanese camera maker in the early 1950s. Its full name was Sumida Optical Works (K.K. Sumida Kōki Seisakusho, 株式会社隅田光機製作所). Various Japanese websites tend to say that they were related to the prewar Proud company.
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- Apollo II
- Mikado Semi
- Semi Proud
- Million Proud
- Million Proud II
- Million Proud (new)
- 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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- Proud Chrome Six
- Proud Chrome Six II
- Proud Chrome Six III
- Proud Chrome Six IIIA
- Proud Super Six
Source / further reading
- 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.
