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'''Sun''' (サン, ''San'')<REF> The company name is written ''San'' (サン) in ''katakana'' but "Sun" in Roman script. </REF> was a Japanese lens maker. | '''Sun''' (サン, ''San'')<REF> The company name is written ''San'' (サン) in ''katakana'' but "Sun" in Roman script. </REF> was a Japanese lens maker. | ||
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The company appeared soon after World War II as '''Sun Kōki K.K.''' (サン光機{{kabu}}, ''San Kōki'').<REF name="Inoue 132"> Inoue, p.132. </REF> It was a successor of the company [[Kajiro Kōgaku|Gojō Kōki Seisakusho]], maker of the K.O.L. lenses, which ceased its activity in 1945.<REF name="Inoue 132" /> Early Sun lenses had the brand names Xebec and Sola, inherited from the K.O.L. period. In the 1950s or 1960s, the company was using the English name '''Sun Optical Co., Ltd.''' Its logo was an elongated "S" crossed by two brackets. | The company appeared soon after World War II as '''Sun Kōki K.K.''' (サン光機{{kabu}}, ''San Kōki'').<REF name="Inoue 132"> Inoue, p.132. </REF> It was a successor of the company [[Kajiro Kōgaku|Gojō Kōki Seisakusho]], maker of the K.O.L. lenses, which ceased its activity in 1945.<REF name="Inoue 132" /> Early Sun lenses had the brand names Xebec and Sola, inherited from the K.O.L. period. In the 1950s or 1960s, the company was using the English name '''Sun Optical Co., Ltd.''' Its logo was an elongated "S" crossed by two brackets. | ||
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Sun (サン, San)[1] was a Japanese lens maker.
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History
The company appeared soon after World War II as Sun Kōki K.K. (サン光機㈱, San Kōki).[2] It was a successor of the company Gojō Kōki Seisakusho, maker of the K.O.L. lenses, which ceased its activity in 1945.[2] Early Sun lenses had the brand names Xebec and Sola, inherited from the K.O.L. period. In the 1950s or 1960s, the company was using the English name Sun Optical Co., Ltd. Its logo was an elongated "S" crossed by two brackets.
Sun made interchangeable lenses in various mounts, for still and cine cameras. It changed its name to Gotō Sun (ゴトー・サン) at some time, and was already known under that name in 1981.[3] It was still in existence in 1983, and disappeared in the 1980s.[4]
Lenses
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| Advertisement for Sun lenses in Asahi Camera October 1953. (Image rights). |
For 35mm cameras
- Sun lenses in Leica screw mount:
- Sun Xebec 5cm f/2
- Sun Sophia 5cm f/2
- Prominar 7.3cm f/3.5 and 7.5cm f/3.5
- Sun Sola 7.3cm f/3.5 and 7.5cm f/3.5
- Sun Sola 9cm f/4
- Sun Xebec Telephoto 9cm f/4
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.8
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.5
- Lenses in Exakta mount:
- Sun Sola 9cm f/4
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.8
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.5
- Lenses in 42mm screw mount:
- Sun Sola 9cm f/4
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.8
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.5
- many others
- and many other lenses from the 1960s onwards
For 4×4cm cameras
- sets of auxiliary lenses for 4×4cm TLR cameras:
- Sun Xebec Telephoto Model 44
- Sun aux. Telephoto Model 44
- Sun aux. Wideangle Model 44
For subminiature cameras
- Sun-Tele 40mm f/5.6 for Steky
Other
- Stereo-Sun stereo attachment
Notes
- ↑ The company name is written San (サン) in katakana but "Sun" in Roman script.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Inoue, p.132.
- ↑ Still existing in 1983: this page of Imai's BBS, linking to extracts of the Nihon Camera Show 1981 catalogue.
- ↑ Still existing in 1983: this page of Imai's BBS, linking to extracts of the Nihon Camera Show 1983 catalogue.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Sun Kōki in October 1953, p.220.
- Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Raika to sekai no raika-yō renzu" (ライカと世界のライカ用レンズ, Leica and other Leica-mount lenses). In Sekai no Raika renzu (世界のライカレンズ, Leica lenses of the world) Part 1. Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2003. ISBN 4-87956-061-8. Pp.178–88.
- Inoue, Mitsuo (井上光朗). "Shashin renzu no yoake. Renzu-ya Funsenki" (写真レンズの夜明け・レンズ屋奮戦記, Dawn of the photographic lens – Fierce war tales between lens shops). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.14, October 1989. No ISBN number. Rikō kamera no subete (リコーカメラのすべて, special issue on Ricoh). Pp.128–132. (On the relation with Gojō.)
Links
In English:
- Sun Sola 9cm f/4 and Sun 13.5cm f/3.8 in this page of Japanese lenses in Exakta mount at Captain Jack's Exakta Pages
- Sun Telephoto 13.5cm f/3.8 for Exakta, lot no.322 of auction no.10 (18 November 2006) by Westlicht Photographica Auction
- Sun Tele for Steky at submin.com
- Sales in auction no.17 (7 December 2002) by LP Foto:
- Stereo-Sun, lot no.85
- Sun-Tele 40mm f/5.6 for Steky
In Japanese:
- Page of Imai's BBS providing links to the pages of the Nihon Camera Show 1981 and 1983 catalogue devoted to the Gotō Sun lenses
