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| − | The name '''Doris''' appeared before the war on two Japanese models taking 3×4 pictures, distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]], that was also distributing the [[Prince]] cameras. The maker of these models is unclear, but they are somtimes attributed to [[Prince|Prince Camera Works]].<REF> Attribution to Prince Camera Works: McKeown, p. 803. </REF>
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| − | After the war, the company '''Tōkyō Seiki K.K.''' (東京精機株式会社) made a 4.5×6 folder called [[Doris (4.5×6)]] from 1952. It is said that the camera was named after its maker (presumably meaning designer), a Mr Motodori (本鳥): "Dori's camera", thus "Doris".<REF> Niimi, p. 92. The name Motodori also appears in [[Motodori|Motodori Shashin Kikai Kōgyō-sho]], the maker of the [[Semi Lester]], but it is maybe a coincidence. </REF>
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| − | By 1955, the company had been renamed '''Doris Camera K.K.''' (ドリスカメラ株式会社), keeping the same address.<REF> The address was Tōkyō-to Itabashi-ku Tokiwadai 1, 16 (東京都板橋区常盤台1の16). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 153. </REF> The range of models was extended with the [[Dorisflex]] TLR and the [[Doris Six]] 6×6 folder.
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| − | == Camera list ==
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| − | Prewar models:
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| − | * [[Doris (3×4)]], 3×4 strut folder (1939–41)
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| − | * [[Baby Doris]], 3×4 vertical folder (1941–3)
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| − | Postwar models:
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| − | * [[Doris (4.5×6)|Doris, Doris-P and Doris IA]], 4.5×6 folders
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| − | * [[Doris Six]], 6×6 folding
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| − | * [[Dorisflex|Dorisflex and Dorisflex A]], 6×6 TLR
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | <references />
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| − | == References / further reading ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}}
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| − | * {{McKeown12}} Pp. 250, 803, 927–8.
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| − | * Niimi Kahee (新見嘉兵衛). ''Kamera-mei no gogen sanpo'' (カメラ名の語源散歩, Strolls in the etymology of camera names). 2nd ed. Tokyo: Shashin Kōgyō Shuppansha, 2002. ISBN 4-87956-060-X
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| − | [[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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