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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 | + | '''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 focusing 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. |
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Revision as of 19:10, 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 focusing 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
- Daido Six
- Daido Semi
- Sisley 55
- Mine Six
- Mine Six IIF
- Mine Six IIFB
- Mine Six IIIS
- Mine Six IIISB
- Mine Six Super 66
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.
