Tachibana
Tachibana Shōkai (タチバナ商会)[1] is a Japanese company that made[2] and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s, with the Baby Pilot 3×4 folder, the Pilot Six 6×6 folder and the Pilot Ref pseudo TLR in 3×4 and 4×4 versions. A Pilot field camera is also reported in this page at ksmt.com.
Notes
- ↑ The name is consistently written タチバナ in the advertisements.
- ↑ 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".
Printed 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. P. 83.
Links
- Congo 18cm f:4.5 lens at ksmt.com, with mention of the Pilot field camera
