Taniyama
Taniyama Camera Kōgyō K.K. (谷山カメラ工業㈱) was a Japanese manufacturer based in Osaka. It made the Tanyflex 6×6 SLR in 1950–1, and it is said that it also made view cameras.[1] Its address in 1950 and 1951 was Ōsaka-shi Naniwa-ku Mabuchi-chō 23 (大阪市浪速区馬淵町23).[2] Its logo was the name TANY inside a concave lens element, itself surrounded by two smaller convex elements above and below.[3]
Notes
- ↑ Made view cameras: Lewis, p. 71.
- ↑ Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 146.
- ↑ Logo visible in the advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 146.
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.
- Lewis, Gordon, ed. The History of the Japanese Camera. Rochester, N.Y.: George Eastman House, International Museum of Photography & Film, 1991. ISBN 0-935398-17-1 (paper), 0-935398-16-3 (hard). P. 71.
