Tougodo
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Tougodo is a Japanese company that made cameras from 1930. During the first half of the 1950s, Tōgō-dō Sangyō Y.K. (東郷堂有限会社)[1] was probably the manufacturing branch, while the company itself was K.K. Tōgō-dō (株式会社東郷堂).
It also seems to have made cameras that were distributed by other companies under their own name, like the Shinkoh Rabbit.
Its logo is composed by the letters "T" and "G" (the "G" is inside a fat "T") above a cemented doublet lens scheme.
Contents
120 film cameras
- Semi Hobix (4.5×6 telescopic)
- Hobiflex (6×6 TLR)
- Metascoflex (6×6 TLR)
- Toyocaflex (6×6 TLR)
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127 film camera
- Stereo Hit (3×4 stereo)
- Toyoca-44, Haco-44, Kino-44, Laqon-44, Tower 44 (4×4 TLR)
35mm film cameras
35mm folding
- Toyoca B35, viewfinder only
- Chest 35, name variant of the latter, distributed by Super Shashin-yōhin
- Pigeon 35 V, rangefinder version of the Toyoca B35, distributed by Endō Shashin-yōhin
- Pigeon 35 5B, as the latter with a bright-frame finder, distributed by Endō Shashin-yōhin
35mm stereo
- "Stereo Camera" (see Stereo Hit)
35mm TLR
Notes
- ↑ Seen on an advertisement for the Semi Rabbit Improved, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 205, and in advertisements for the Hobiflex and Hobiflex III, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 182, among others.
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.
Links
- Tougodo cameras in Nekosan's website
- Hobix B in a page of the AJCC website
- Tougodo page at Collection G. Even's site
