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'''Toko''' was a Japanese camera maker in the 1950s. Its full name was Tōkō Shashin K.K. (東興写真株式会社, which means Toko Photo Co Ltd).
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}}'''Tōkō Shashin K.K.''' (東興写真{{kabu}}, meaning Toko Photo Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese camera maker in the 1940s and 1950s. It was based in Tokyo.<REF> Its address from 1950 to 1956 was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kōji-machi 4–2 (東京都千代田区麹町4–2). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp.118 and 150. </REF> In the early postwar period it offered the [[Mighty]], a [[Hit-type cameras|Hit-type]] subminiature camera.
  
There are uncertainties and confusions about this maker, and the following list is unsure.
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== Camera list ==
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=== 6×6cm folder ===
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* [[Tomic]]
  
== 35mm film ==
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=== 35mm rangefinder ===
=== Rangefinder ===
 
 
* [[Windsor 35]]
 
* [[Windsor 35]]
  
== 16mm film ==
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=== 16mm film ===
 
* [[Teleca]]
 
* [[Teleca]]
 
* Cyclops
 
* Cyclops
  
== Special film ==
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=== 17.5mm film ===
 
* [[Mighty]]
 
* [[Mighty]]
  
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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== Notes ==
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<references />
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== Bibliography ==
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* {{Showa10}}
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[[Category: Japanese camera makers|Toko Shashin]]

Latest revision as of 10:32, 18 June 2019

Tōkō Shashin K.K. (東興写真㈱, meaning Toko Photo Co., Ltd.) was a Japanese camera maker in the 1940s and 1950s. It was based in Tokyo.[1] In the early postwar period it offered the Mighty, a Hit-type subminiature camera.

Camera list

6×6cm folder

35mm rangefinder

16mm film

17.5mm film

Notes

  1. Its address from 1950 to 1956 was Tōkyō-to Chiyoda-ku Kōji-machi 4–2 (東京都千代田区麹町4–2). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.118 and 150.

Bibliography