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| − | '''Tachibana Shōkai''' (タチバナ商会)<REF> The name is consistently written タチバナ in ''katakana'' in the advertisements. </REF> was a Japanese company based in | + | '''Tachibana Shōkai''' (タチバナ商会)<REF> The name is consistently written タチバナ in ''katakana'' in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in the {{Inquiry1943_short}}. </REF> was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Koishikawa.<REF> The address from 1938 to 1942 was Tōkyō, Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 83. </REF> It made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.<REF> Advertisements published in the January and September 1941 issue of ''Asahi Camera'' and reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 83, confirms that Tachibana was the maker of the Pilot cameras: "パイロツト写真用品製造発売元". The {{Inquiry1943_short}} also mentions Tachibana as the maker of the Baby Pilot. </REF> It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products.<REF> See this [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/utuki.html advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai] (at the top left) published in the December 1949 issue of ''Ars Camera'' and reproduced in [http://www.remus.dti.ne.jp/~inasan99/camera/nostalgic_camera.html Nostalgic Camera] by Toshio Inamura. </REF> |
== List of cameras == | == List of cameras == | ||
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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* {{Showa10}} Items 175–8. | * {{Showa10}} Items 175–8. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
Revision as of 00:41, 13 March 2007
Tachibana Shōkai (タチバナ商会)[1] was a Japanese company based in Tokyo, Koishikawa.[2] It made and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s.[3] It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products.[4]
Contents
List of cameras
- Baby Pilot (3×4 folder)
- Pilot Six (6×6 folder)
- Pilot Ref (3×4 pseudo TLR)
- Pilot Ref (4×4 pseudo TLR)
A Pilot field camera is also reported.[5]
Notes
- ↑ The name is consistently written タチバナ in katakana in the advertisements. It was written 橘 in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras").
- ↑ The address from 1938 to 1942 was Tōkyō, Koishikawa-ku Edogawa-chō 13 (東京小石川区江戸川町13). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83.
- ↑ Advertisements published in the January and September 1941 issue of Asahi Camera and reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 83, confirms that Tachibana was the maker of the Pilot cameras: "パイロツト写真用品製造発売元". The "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") also mentions Tachibana as the maker of the Baby Pilot.
- ↑ See this advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai (at the top left) published in the December 1949 issue of Ars Camera and reproduced in Nostalgic Camera by Toshio Inamura.
- ↑ See this page at ksmt.com.
Bibliography
- Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10–40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7. Items 175–8.
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
Links
In Japanese:
- Congo 18cm f:4.5 lens at ksmt.com, with mention of the Pilot field camera
- Advertisement by Tachibana Shōkai (at the top left) published in the December 1949 issue of Ars Camera and reproduced in Nostalgic Camera, a page by Toshio Inamura
