Sun
Sun Kōki K.K. (サン光機㈱) was a Japanese lens maker.
The company appeared soon after World War II as a successor of the company Gojō Kōki Seisakusho, maker of the K.O.L. lenses, which ceased its activity in 1945.[1] Early Sun lenses had the brand names Xebec and Sola, inherited from the K.O.L. period.
already used before 1945 on the K.O.L. Xebec 5cm f/2 lens made in Leica screw mount for the Nippon Leica copy.
It 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.[2] It was still in existence in 1983, and disappeared in the 1980s.[3]
Contents
Lenses
- Sun lenses in Leica screw mount
- Sun Sola 9cm f/4 in Exakta mount
- Sun 13.5cm f/3.8 in Exakta mount
Notes
- ↑ 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
- 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
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
