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'''Takane Kōgaku''' (高嶺光学, Takane Optical) was the maker of several folding roll-film cameras.
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'''Takane Kōgaku''' (高嶺光学, Takane Optical), based in Takasaki, north of Tokyo, was from 1953 to 1958 the maker of several folding roll-film cameras, most models of which had an integrated range/viewfinder and unit focussing and were sold as the '''Mine Six'''. The final model, the Super 66, was remarkable as the first Japanese folder to have a coupled exposure meter.
  
 
==Models==
 
==Models==
  
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===Daido Six===
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*[[Daido Six and Semi|Daido Six]]
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*[[Daido Six and Semi|Daido Semi]]
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Daidō Seiki (大同精工), the predecessor of Takane, brought out the '''Daido Six''' in December 1953. This was a rangefinderless folder whose body was based on that of the Mihama Six (which the company was making for Suruga). It had two finders, for 6&times;6 and 6&times;4.5; and two windows for film numbers.<!-- There seems to be some kind of selector; I don't know how it worked. --> Like all its successors, the Daido came with a 75mm f3.5 lens; this one was from a dealer in Ikebukuro (Tokyo) and was named "Daido"; it had front-cell focussing. The NKS shutter provided for speeds of 1&ndash;<sup>1</sup>/<sub>200</sub> and B.
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*[[Takane Sisley 55|Sisley 55]]
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six]]
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===Daido Semi===
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six IIF]]
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six IIFB]]
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Daidō brought out the '''Daido Semi''' at the same time as the Daido Six. This was a simplified and cheaper version, for 6&times;4.5 only.
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six IIIS]]
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six IIISB]]
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===Sisley 55===
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*[[Takane Mine Six|Mine Six Super 66]]
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The '''Sisley''' (シスレー, ''shisurē'') '''55''', released around May 1954, was the first product of the newly renamed Takane Kōgaku. It added a non-coupled rangefinder to the Daido Six, a folder whose body was based on that of the Mihama Six (which Takane was making for Suruga). It had two windows for film numbers (for 6&times;6 or 6&times;4.5;). Like all its successors, the Sisley 55 came with a 75mm f3.5 lens; this one was named "Deep-C" and had front-cell focussing (calibrated in feet). The NKS shutter provided for speeds of 1&ndash;<sup>1</sup>/<sub>200</sub> and B.
 
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===Mine Six===
 
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The '''Mine''' (ミネ) '''Six''', released in March 1955, was a major upgrade by Takane Kōgaku of the Sisley 55. Like all the Mine Six models that would follow, its body was based on that of the Mihama Six (which Takane was making for Suruga). It had two windows for film numbers; the frame size (6&times;6 or 6&times;4.5;) was selected via a lever on the front of the camera. Like all its successors, the Mine Six came with a unit-focussing 75mm f3.5 lens; here, it was a Nittō Kominar. The camera had a Rectus shutter with speeds of 1&ndash;<sup>1</sup>/<sub>200</sub> and B.
 
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===Mine Six IIF===
 
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===Mine Six IIFB===
 
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===Mine Six IIIS===
 
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===Mine Six Super 66===
 
  
 
==Sources / further reading==
 
==Sources / further reading==
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*Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi no kameramēkā" (群馬県高崎市のカメラメーカー, A camera-maker in Takasaki, Gunma). Chapter 7 of ''Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari'' (ズノーカメラ誕生：戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 27 (December 1993) of ''Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科), this history of Takane is based on Hagiya's interviews with four people who had been key figures in the company.
 
*Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi no kameramēkā" (群馬県高崎市のカメラメーカー, A camera-maker in Takasaki, Gunma). Chapter 7 of ''Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari'' (ズノーカメラ誕生：戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 27 (December 1993) of ''Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科), this history of Takane is based on Hagiya's interviews with four people who had been key figures in the company.
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*Nakamura Fumio (中村文夫). ''Tsuzuki: Supuringu kamera de ikō: Mine shikkusu'' (続・スプリングカメラでいこう：ミネシックス, Let's use folders [continued]: The Mine Six). ''Shashin Kōgyō'' (写真工業), March 2003. <!-- Not seen -->
 
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*''Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka'' (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科), no. 55. Has an article on the Mine Six. <!-- Not seen -->
 
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==External links==
 
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*[http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/JA_DAIDO_1_PIC.htm Daido Six] a terse page (in Japanese) about the Daido Six, with photographs, at the [http://rd2h-ari.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ Japan Family Camera website]
 
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*[http://www.pentax-fan.jp/LENS/minesix/six2f.html The Takumar 75/3.5 of a Mine Six IIF used on a K-mount Pentax] (in Japanese)
 
  
 
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Revision as of 07:23, 8 May 2006

Takane Kōgaku (高嶺光学, Takane Optical), based in Takasaki, north of Tokyo, was from 1953 to 1958 the maker of several folding roll-film cameras, most models of which had an integrated range/viewfinder and unit focussing and were sold as the Mine Six. The final model, the Super 66, was remarkable as the first Japanese folder to have a coupled exposure meter.

Models

Sources / further reading

  • 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
  • Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi no kameramēkā" (群馬県高崎市のカメラメーカー, A camera-maker in Takasaki, Gunma). Chapter 7 of Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari (ズノーカメラ誕生：戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 27 (December 1993) of Kamera rebyū: Kurashikku kamera senka (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科), this history of Takane is based on Hagiya's interviews with four people who had been key figures in the company.
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