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| − | '''Tōkyō Seiki K.K.''' (東京精機株式会社) was a Japanese company, active from 1951 to 1955. It is said that it was a continuation of the company [[Condor Camera|Nissan Kōgaku Kōgyō-sha or Condor Camera Works]] that made the [[Condor folders]] before the war.<REF> {{Kokusan}}, p. 374, about the Semi Rocket. </REF>
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| − | The company announced the [[Semi Rocket]] 4.5×6 folder in 1951 and 1952 and made the New Rocket hit-type camera at an unknown date.<REF> Semi Rocket: {{Kokusan}}, p. 374. New Rocket: McKeown, p. 844. </REF> From 1952, it made another 4.5×6 folder called [[Doris (4.5×6)|Doris]]. 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> (The name "Doris" had already been used before the war on two 3×4 camera models, distributed by [[Fukada Shōkai]] and sometimes attributed to [[Prince|Prince Camera Works]].)
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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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| − | == 4.5×6 folder ==
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| − | * [[Doris (4.5×6)|Semi Rocket]]
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| − | * [[Doris (4.5×6)|Doris]]
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| − | * [[Doris (4.5×6)|Doris-P]]
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| − | * [[Doris (4.5×6)|Doris IA]]
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| − | == 6×6 folder ==
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| − | * [[Doris Six]]
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| − | == 6×6 TLR ==
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| − | * [[Dorisflex]]
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| − | * [[Dorisflex|Dorisflex A]]
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| − | == Hit camera ==
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| − | * New Rocket
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| − | == Notes ==
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| − | == References / further reading ==
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| − | * {{Showa10}}
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| − | * {{McKeown12}} Pp. 250, 844, 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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| − | == Links ==
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| − | * Discussion about Doris within [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/index.html this Japanese miscellanea page] at [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/ tlr-cameras.com]
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| − | [[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
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