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| − | '''Tomioka''' was founded in 1924 in Tokyo, Shinagawa by Tomioka Masashige (冨岡正重) as '''Tomioka Kōgaku Kenkyūsho''' (冨岡光学研究所, meaning Tomioka Optical Laboratory).<REF> Name of the founder, company name, 1924 date: Inoue, p. 129; Baird, p. 59. Location in Shinagawa: Inoue, p. 129. </REF> The first lenses were released around 1932.<REF> Date: Baird, p. 59. </REF> They were the Lausar (ローザー) four-element Tessar-type lenses, available in 50mm, 75mm and 105mm focal lengths.<REF> Focal lengths: Inoue, p. 129. </REF> | + | '''Tomioka''' was founded in 1924 in Tokyo, Shinagawa (品川) by Tomioka Masashige (冨岡正重) as '''Tomioka Kōgaku Kenkyūsho''' (冨岡光学研究所, meaning Tomioka Optical Laboratory).<REF> Name of the founder, company name, 1924 date: Inoue, p. 129; Baird, p. 59. Location in Shinagawa: Inoue, p. 129. </REF> The first lenses were released around 1932.<REF> Date: Baird, p. 59. </REF> They were the Lausar (ローザー) four-element Tessar-type lenses, available in 50mm, 75mm and 105mm focal lengths.<REF> Focal lengths: Inoue, p. 129. </REF> |
The company name was changed to '''Tomioka Kōgaku Kikai Seizōsho''' (冨岡光学機械製造所) in 1933.<REF> Date: Baird, p. 59. </REF> It was in Tokyo, Nihonbashi for some time and it was located in Tokyo, Ōmori in 1943.<REF> Its address in an undated prewar advertisement was Tōkyō, Nihonbashi, Honchō 1–1 (東京・日本橋・本町一ノ一). Source: advertisement reproduced in Inoue, p. 130. In 1943 it was Tōkyō-to Ōmori-ku Yukigaya-chō<!-- or Yukigaya-machi --> 929 (東京都大森区雪ヶ谷町929). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> | The company name was changed to '''Tomioka Kōgaku Kikai Seizōsho''' (冨岡光学機械製造所) in 1933.<REF> Date: Baird, p. 59. </REF> It was in Tokyo, Nihonbashi for some time and it was located in Tokyo, Ōmori in 1943.<REF> Its address in an undated prewar advertisement was Tōkyō, Nihonbashi, Honchō 1–1 (東京・日本橋・本町一ノ一). Source: advertisement reproduced in Inoue, p. 130. In 1943 it was Tōkyō-to Ōmori-ku Yukigaya-chō<!-- or Yukigaya-machi --> 929 (東京都大森区雪ヶ谷町929). Source: {{Inquiry1943_short}}, listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. </REF> | ||
| − | After the war, '''Tomioka Optical Company Ltd.''' supplied lenses to a number of Japanese camera makers like [[Yashica]] and [[Royal Camera Company]]. In addition to the Lausar, other types and brand names include Tominon, Tominor, Tri-Lausar, Tomi-Kogaku, Auto-Tominon, Tomi-Yashinon, Yashimar, Yashikor, Yashinon, Heliotar and Lumaxar. (Yashinon lenses have a reputation of good quality.) | + | After the war, the company was incorporated as '''K.K. Tomioka Kōgaku Kikai Seizōsho''' ({{kabu}}冨岡光学機械製造所), based in Tokyo, Ome (青梅).<REF> [http://www.kop.co.jp/outline.html Kyocera Optec company history]. </REF> '''Tomioka Optical Company Ltd.''' supplied lenses to a number of Japanese camera makers like [[Yashica]] and [[Royal Camera Company]]. In addition to the Lausar, other types and brand names include Tominon, Tominor, Tri-Lausar, Tomi-Kogaku, Auto-Tominon, Tomi-Yashinon, Yashimar, Yashikor, Yashinon, Heliotar and Lumaxar. (Yashinon lenses have a reputation of good quality.) |
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== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* {{Baird Japanese}} Pp. 58–61. | * {{Baird Japanese}} Pp. 58–61. | ||
| − | * Camera Magazine 1996-2: pp. 24–27. Article in Dutch. | + | * ''Camera Magazine''<!-- this is indeed the title of a Dutch magazine --> 1996-2: pp. 24–27. Article in Dutch. |
* Inoue, Mitsuo (井上光朗). "Shashin renzu no yoake. Renzu-ya Funsenki" (写真レンズの夜明け・レンズ屋奮戦記, Dawn of the photographic lens – Fierce war tales between lens shops). {{KKS014}} Pp 128–132. | * Inoue, Mitsuo (井上光朗). "Shashin renzu no yoake. Renzu-ya Funsenki" (写真レンズの夜明け・レンズ屋奮戦記, Dawn of the photographic lens – Fierce war tales between lens shops). {{KKS014}} Pp 128–132. | ||
* {{Inquiry1943}} | * {{Inquiry1943}} | ||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
| − | * | + | In English: |
| − | + | * [http://www.kop.co.jp/english/outline.html Company outline] (and [http://www.kop.co.jp/outline.html Japanese version]) at the [http://www.kop.co.jp/english/index.html Kyocera Optec official website] (former Tomioka) | |
| − | * [http://www. | + | * [http://www.tlr-cameras.com/Japanese/Tomioka%20Lenses.html Tomioka lenses] in Barry Toogood's [http://www.tlr-cameras.com tlr-cameras.com]<!-- [http://www.mflenses.com/content/view/30/ Tomioka company history] is a copyvio of the former --> |
| − | + | * [http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009faY&tag= Post at photo.net] with unverified information about the fate of the Tomioka plant | |
| − | * [http://photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=009faY&tag= | ||
[[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | [[Category: Japanese lens makers]] | ||
Revision as of 01:26, 25 February 2007
Tomioka was founded in 1924 in Tokyo, Shinagawa (品川) by Tomioka Masashige (冨岡正重) as Tomioka Kōgaku Kenkyūsho (冨岡光学研究所, meaning Tomioka Optical Laboratory).[1] The first lenses were released around 1932.[2] They were the Lausar (ローザー) four-element Tessar-type lenses, available in 50mm, 75mm and 105mm focal lengths.[3]
The company name was changed to Tomioka Kōgaku Kikai Seizōsho (冨岡光学機械製造所) in 1933.[4] It was in Tokyo, Nihonbashi for some time and it was located in Tokyo, Ōmori in 1943.[5]
After the war, the company was incorporated as K.K. Tomioka Kōgaku Kikai Seizōsho (㈱冨岡光学機械製造所), based in Tokyo, Ome (青梅).[6] Tomioka Optical Company Ltd. supplied lenses to a number of Japanese camera makers like Yashica and Royal Camera Company. In addition to the Lausar, other types and brand names include Tominon, Tominor, Tri-Lausar, Tomi-Kogaku, Auto-Tominon, Tomi-Yashinon, Yashimar, Yashikor, Yashinon, Heliotar and Lumaxar. (Yashinon lenses have a reputation of good quality.)
Tomioka gained such a good name that this was the plant where Carl Zeiss licensed optics were made for Japanse cameras, like for Contax.
Sources
- Baird, John R. The Japanese Camera. Yakima, WA: Historical Camera Publications, 1990. ISBN 1-879561-02-6. Pp. 58–61.
- Camera Magazine 1996-2: pp. 24–27. Article in Dutch.
- Inoue, Mitsuo (井上光朗). "Shashin renzu no yoake. Renzu-ya Funsenki" (写真レンズの夜明け・レンズ屋奮戦記, Dawn of the photographic lens – Fierce war tales between lens shops). Kamera Rebyū: Kurashikku Kamera Senka (カメラレビュー クラシックカメラ専科) / Camera Review: All about Historical Cameras no.14, October 1989. No ISBN number. Rikō kamera no subete (リコーカメラのすべて, special issue on Ricoh). Pp 128–132.
- "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.
Links
In English:
- Company outline (and Japanese version) at the Kyocera Optec official website (former Tomioka)
- Tomioka lenses in Barry Toogood's tlr-cameras.com
- Post at photo.net with unverified information about the fate of the Tomioka plant
