Tachibana
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Tachibana Shōkai (タチバナ商会)[1] was a Japanese company based in that made[2] and sold a series of cameras called Pilot in the late 1930s and early 1940s. It was still active in 1949 as the distributor of the Pilot photographic products.[3]
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.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The name is consistently written タチバナ in katakana 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".
- ↑ See 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.
- ↑ 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.
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
