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In 1924, the '''Tomioka Optical Company''' Ltd. was founded in the outskirts of Tokyo. They supplied lenses to a number of Japanses photographical camera makers like [[Yashica]] and [[Royal Camera Company]]. A rather well-known example is the [[Tessar]]-like Lausar lens. Other types and brand names of this company 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. | In 1924, the '''Tomioka Optical Company''' Ltd. was founded in the outskirts of Tokyo. They supplied lenses to a number of Japanses photographical camera makers like [[Yashica]] and [[Royal Camera Company]]. A rather well-known example is the [[Tessar]]-like Lausar lens. Other types and brand names of this company 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. | ||
In 1969 the company was slightly renamed: '''Tomioka Optical Corporation'''. | In 1969 the company was slightly renamed: '''Tomioka Optical Corporation'''. | ||
| + | Tomioka gained such a good name that this was the plant where Carl Zeiss licensed optics were made for Japanse cameras, like for [[Contax]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:44, 7 November 2006
In 1924, the Tomioka Optical Company Ltd. was founded in the outskirts of Tokyo. They supplied lenses to a number of Japanses photographical camera makers like Yashica and Royal Camera Company. A rather well-known example is the Tessar-like Lausar lens. Other types and brand names of this company 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. In 1969 the company was slightly renamed: Tomioka Optical Corporation. 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
- Camera Magazine 1996-2: p24-27. Article in Dutch.
- an interesting article on Tomioka [1] on the [ http://www.tlr-cameras.com TLR-cameras] website.
