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| − | '''Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku''' (東洋精機光学) was a Japanese camera maker of the 1950s. It made the [[Elbow flex]] and Elbow Six, the [[Princeflex]] and the Rolex. | + | '''Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku''' (東洋精機光学) was a Japanese camera maker of the 1950s. It made the [[Elbow flex]] and Elbow Six, the [[Princeflex]] and the Rolex. It may also have made the [[TSK]] shutter. |
The company name means "oriental precision optics". | The company name means "oriental precision optics". | ||
Revision as of 02:43, 29 July 2006
Tōyō Seiki Kōgaku (東洋精機光学) was a Japanese camera maker of the 1950s. It made the Elbow flex and Elbow Six, the Princeflex and the Rolex. It may also have made the TSK shutter.
The company name means "oriental precision optics".
It may have been the same as Tōyō Seiki (東洋精機), which made the Easternflex; Tōyō Kōki (東洋光機), which made the Elegaflex; and Tōyō Kōgaku (東洋光学) which made the Elizaflex.[1]
Note
- ↑ These manufacturers are named by Kanno, p. 116; he does not speculate on their interrelationships.
Source and further reading
- Kanno (管野経敏). "A kara Z no kokusan niganrefu" (AからZの国産二眼レフ, Japanese TLRs from A to Z). In Miryoku saihakken: Nigan refu: Firumu kamera ha e no messēji (魅力再発見・二眼レフ：フィルムカメラ派へのメッセージ, Fascination rediscovery: TLRs: A message to film cameras). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppansha, 2006.
