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| − | + | The acronym '''T.Y.O.W.''' corresponds to a Japanese lens maker based in Tokyo, Yamazaki Kōgaku Shashin Renzu Kenkyūsho (山崎光学写真レンズ研究所). <ref>It probably stands for '''T'''aiyo '''Y'''amasaki '''O'''ptical '''W'''orks.</ref> It made Taiyo-Anastigmat barrel lenses for large format cameras. These are usually marked ''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO–Anastigmat''.<ref>Some lenses with higher serial numbers are marked "TOKYO TAIYO-ANASTIGMAT" with 'MADE IN JAPAN" on aperture ring (Source: [http://www.flickr.com/photos/10652115@N07/30571120151 FLICKR]).</ref> The brand name certainly comes from the word ''taiyō'' (太陽), which means "sun" in Japanese.<ref>See this [[Taiyō| disambiguation page]] for other uses of the name Taiyō.</ref> | |
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| − | The Taiyo lenses were already existing in 1941.<REF> An advertisement by [[Kuwata]] in {{ACA}} April 1941 mentions the Taiyo as one of the lenses onto which one could attach the Bimagon wide-angle attachment. </REF> They were made by a relative of Mr. Yamasaki, founder of [[Yamasaki|Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenkyūsho]] and maker of the Congo lenses.<REF> [http://zunow.blog51.fc2.com/blog-entry-694.html Taiyo-Anastigmat] at [http://zunow.blog51.fc2.com/ Leica Virgin]. </REF> | + | The Taiyo lenses were already existing in 1941.<REF> An advertisement by [[Kuwata]] in {{ACA}} April 1941 mentions the Taiyo as one of the lenses onto which one could attach the Bimagon wide-angle attachment. </REF> They were made by a relative of Mr. Yamasaki, founder of [[Yamasaki|Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenkyūsho]] and maker of the [[Congo]] lenses.<REF> [http://zunow.blog51.fc2.com/blog-entry-694.html Taiyo-Anastigmat] at [http://zunow.blog51.fc2.com/ Leica Virgin]. </REF> <REF> [http://camerafan.jp/cc.php?i=152 Camera fan web site] reported Yamazaki Kōgaku Shashin Renzu Kenkyūsho still working as a lens re-polishing factory in 2013.</REF> |
| − | List of known Taiyo-Anastigmat lenses: | + | {{Flickr_image |
| − | * 18cm f/4.5<REF> | + | |image_source= https://www.flickr.com/photos/80200604@N08/34938119922/in/pool-camerawiki/ |
| − | * 21cm f/4.5<REF> | + | |image= http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4281/34938119922_430123a129_c.jpg |
| − | <br> sn#3161 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann | + | |image_align= center |
| − | + | |image_text= Taiyo advertisement from Syasin Bunka (写真文化) May 1941. | |
| − | <br> sn# | + | |image_by= Inugami Mamoru |
| − | * 21cm f/6.3<REF>T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat: sn#1353 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann | + | |image_rights= Public domain Japan old |
| − | + | }} | |
| − | sn# 7783 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan November 2016) | + | |
| + | List of known Taiyo-Anastigmat lenses (with varying inscriptions on the lens bezel [see footnotes]): | ||
| + | * 135mm f/4.5<ref>(seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, September 2015)</ref> | ||
| + | * 18cm f/4.5<REF> '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=18cm'''<br> | ||
| + | sn#2566 (seen in an online auction, eBay, November 2016); | ||
| + | </REF> | ||
| + | * 21cm f/4.5<REF>The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:<br> | ||
| + | '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21cm sn#''' | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn#1382 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, July 2016); | ||
| + | sn#3161 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann; | ||
| + | sn#3177 online sale at sy916.net (2011); | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn#3863<!--Commented out link, page no longer present/available, please remove if not returned by 03/2025 ([http://www.thaidphoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=204018 thaidphoto forum])-->; | ||
| + | sn#6973 Online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2016; | ||
| + | sn#7202 ([http://photoschool.narod.ru/taiyo-anastigmat.html Russian site]). <br> | ||
| + | '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21cm''' | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn#7162 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan March 2015) | ||
| + | sn#23524 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan November 2016)<br> | ||
| + | sn#29726 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan April 2015) | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#''' | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn#1247 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, June 2015) | ||
| + | sn#69138 (Source: FLICKR (August 2012), image since removed. | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | '''TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#''' | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn#1195 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, August 2016) | ||
| + | sn#11946 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, April 2015) | ||
| + | </REF> | ||
| + | * 21cm f/6.3<REF> The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:<br> | ||
| + | ''' T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat''' | ||
| + | [https://www.flickr.com/photos/heritagefutures/30571046171 sn#1353 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann]<br> | ||
| + | sn#5522 observed in an online auction (eBay August 2012), mounted on an [[Asanuma]] field camera; <br> | ||
| + | '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=21 cm''' | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | sn# 7783 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2016) | ||
| + | </REF> | ||
| + | * 21cm f/6.8 (reported only)<REF> Lens reported in [https://web.archive.org/web/20171023121122/http://www.mformat.com/forumcollnr.asp?mf=1&mr=13&mt=15382&mp=8 this thread] at mformat.com (archived). </REF> | ||
| + | * 25cm f/4.5<REF> Example observed in an online auction. See also [https://web.archive.org/web/20181013001707/http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~clenssic/lenssam-dai2.html Pleasure Classic lenses] (in Japanese) (archived). </REF> | ||
| + | * 30cm f/6.3<REF> The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:<br> | ||
| + | '''T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=30 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#'''<br> | ||
| + | sn#3481 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2015)<br> | ||
| + | '''TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=30 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#'''<br> | ||
| + | sn#10925 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, June 2015) | ||
</REF> | </REF> | ||
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| − | |image_text= | + | |image_text= T.Y.O.W. Taiyo Anastigmat 21cm f/4.5 (sn#3161) |
|image_by= Dirk HR Spennemann | |image_by= Dirk HR Spennemann | ||
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* [http://tinyslope.com/texts/oban.html Large-format Japanese camera] reportedly having a Taiyo-Anastigmat 21cm f/4.5, at [http://tinyslope.com/ tinyslope.com] | * [http://tinyslope.com/texts/oban.html Large-format Japanese camera] reportedly having a Taiyo-Anastigmat 21cm f/4.5, at [http://tinyslope.com/ tinyslope.com] | ||
In Russian: | In Russian: | ||
| − | * [http://www.mformat.com/forumcollnr.asp?mf=1&mr=13&mt=15382&mp=8 Thread mentioning a Taiyo-Anastigmat 210/6.8] at [http:// | + | *[https://web.archive.org/web/20220813130840/http://www.mformat.com/forumcollnr.asp?mf=1&mr=13&mt=15382&mp=8 Thread mentioning a Taiyo-Anastigmat 210/6.8] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20220815073006/http://mformat.com/ mformat.com] (archived) |
[[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | [[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:04, 26 March 2024
The acronym T.Y.O.W. corresponds to a Japanese lens maker based in Tokyo, Yamazaki Kōgaku Shashin Renzu Kenkyūsho (山崎光学写真レンズ研究所). [1] It made Taiyo-Anastigmat barrel lenses for large format cameras. These are usually marked T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO–Anastigmat.[2] The brand name certainly comes from the word taiyō (太陽), which means "sun" in Japanese.[3]
The Taiyo lenses were already existing in 1941.[4] They were made by a relative of Mr. Yamasaki, founder of Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenkyūsho and maker of the Congo lenses.[5] [6]
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| Taiyo advertisement from Syasin Bunka (写真文化) May 1941. image by Inugami Mamoru (Image rights) |
List of known Taiyo-Anastigmat lenses (with varying inscriptions on the lens bezel [see footnotes]):
- 135mm f/4.5[7]
- 18cm f/4.5[8]
- 21cm f/4.5[9]
- 21cm f/6.3[10]
- 21cm f/6.8 (reported only)[11]
- 25cm f/4.5[12]
- 30cm f/6.3[13]
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T.Y.O.W. Taiyo Anastigmat 21cm f/4.5 (sn#3161) | ||||||||
Notes
- ↑ It probably stands for Taiyo Yamasaki Optical Works.
- ↑ Some lenses with higher serial numbers are marked "TOKYO TAIYO-ANASTIGMAT" with 'MADE IN JAPAN" on aperture ring (Source: FLICKR).
- ↑ See this disambiguation page for other uses of the name Taiyō.
- ↑ An advertisement by Kuwata in Asahi Camera April 1941 mentions the Taiyo as one of the lenses onto which one could attach the Bimagon wide-angle attachment.
- ↑ Taiyo-Anastigmat at Leica Virgin.
- ↑ Camera fan web site reported Yamazaki Kōgaku Shashin Renzu Kenkyūsho still working as a lens re-polishing factory in 2013.
- ↑ (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, September 2015)
- ↑ T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=18cm
sn#2566 (seen in an online auction, eBay, November 2016); - ↑ The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21cm sn#
sn#1382 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, July 2016); sn#3161 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann; sn#3177 online sale at sy916.net (2011);
sn#3863; sn#6973 Online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2016; sn#7202 (Russian site).
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21cm
sn#7162 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan March 2015) sn#23524 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan November 2016)
sn#29726 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan April 2015)
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#
sn#1247 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, June 2015) sn#69138 (Source: FLICKR (August 2012), image since removed.
TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:4.5 F=21 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#
sn#1195 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, August 2016) sn#11946 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, April 2015) - ↑ The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat sn#1353 Photographica Collection Dirk HR Spennemann
sn#5522 observed in an online auction (eBay August 2012), mounted on an Asanuma field camera;
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO Nº sn# TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=21 cm
sn# 7783 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2016) - ↑ Lens reported in this thread at mformat.com (archived).
- ↑ Example observed in an online auction. See also Pleasure Classic lenses (in Japanese) (archived).
- ↑ The lens exists with a number of different inscriptions on the lens bezel:
T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=30 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#
sn#3481 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, November 2015)
TAIYO-Anastigmat 1:6.3 F=30 cm MADE IN JAPAN Nº sn#
sn#10925 (seen in an online auction, Yahoo Japan, June 2015)
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Kuwata Shōkai in April 1941, p.512.
Links
In Japanese:
- Taiyo-Anastigmat at Leica Virgin
- Large-format Japanese camera reportedly having a Taiyo-Anastigmat 21cm f/4.5, at tinyslope.com
In Russian:
- Thread mentioning a Taiyo-Anastigmat 210/6.8 at mformat.com (archived)
