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Revision as of 14:54, 7 October 2007

Teraoka is a Japanese company, whose main activity is the production of scales, and which made the Terra (or Tera) cameras in the 1950s.

History

The company was founded in 1934 as Teraoka Kenkyūjo (寺岡研究所) by Teraoka Takeharu (寺岡武治).[1] The roots of the company can be traced further back to the company Nihon Keisanki Seizō (日本計算機製造, meaning Japan Calculator Manufacturing) founded by Teraoka Toyoharu, father of Takeharu, who filed patents for spring scales in 1928 and also founded Asahi Kōki Seisakusho (朝日衡器製作所, meaning Asahi Scale Works).[2]

The company took the name Teraoka Seikōsho (寺岡精工所) in 1938 and was incorporated as K.K. Teraoka Seikōsho (㈱寺岡精工所) in 1947.[3] It made spring-driven Terra cameras from 1954 to about 1959. The company's main activity remained the spring scales and later electronic scales, for shops and postal services. It introduced a digital computing scale in 1973 under the brand Digi.[4] The company name became Teraoka Seikō K.K. (寺岡精工㈱) in 1981.[5] The company still exists (2007) and still uses the Digi brand. Its current CEO is Teraoka Kazuharu (寺岡和治), son of Teraoka Takeharu.[6]

Camera list

  • Auto Terra (I)
  • Auto Terra II
  • Auto Tera IIB
  • Auto Terra IIBS
  • Auto Terra IIL
  • Auto Terra Super
  • Terra 35 (prototype)
  • Terra Junior (prototype of a 4×4cm viewfinder camera)

Notes

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