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| + | A company called '''Tanaka''' (田中) was mentioned in 1943 in the {{Inquiry1943_short}} as the maker of the [[Mulix]] 6×6 folder and its Mulixar 75/4.5 and 75/3.5 four-element lenses.<REF> {{Inquiry1943_short}}, item 90, lens items Lb36 and Lc26. </REF> It is not known if it was related with the postwar maker of the Tanack cameras. | ||
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| + | '''Tanaka Kōgaku''' (田中光学) made Leica copies called Tanack and lenses called Tanar from about 1953 to about 1960.<REF> Dates: McKeown, p. 913. </REF> | ||
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| + | == Bibliography == | ||
| + | * {{Inquiry1943}} | ||
| + | * {{McKeown12}} Pp. 913–4. | ||
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See also Tanaka Shōkai, a company that was certainly unrelated.
A company called Tanaka (田中) was mentioned in 1943 in the "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras") as the maker of the Mulix 6×6 folder and its Mulixar 75/4.5 and 75/3.5 four-element lenses.[1] It is not known if it was related with the postwar maker of the Tanack cameras.
Tanaka Kōgaku (田中光学) made Leica copies called Tanack and lenses called Tanar from about 1953 to about 1960.[2]
Notes
- ↑ "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), item 90, lens items Lb36 and Lc26.
- ↑ Dates: McKeown, p. 913.
Bibliography
- "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.
- McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). Pp. 913–4.
