T.Y.O.W.
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The acronym T.Y.O.W. corresponds to a Japanese lens maker based in Tokyo, whose full name is currently unknown. It made Taiyo-Anastigmat barrel lenses for large format cameras. These are usually marked T.Y.O.W. TOKYO TAIYO–Anastigmat. The brand name certainly comes from the word taiyō (太陽), which means "sun" in Japanese.
The Taiyo lenses were already existing in 1941.[1] They were made by a relative of Mr. Yamasaki, founder of Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenkyūsho and maker of the Congo lenses.[2]
List of known Taiyo-Anastigmat lenses:
- 18cm f/4.5 (reported only)
- 21cm f/4.5
- 21cm f/6.3
- 210/6.8 (reported only)
- 25cm f/4.5
- 30cm f/6.3 (reported only)
Notes
- ↑ 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.
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:
