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− | '''Umemoto Seisakusho''' (梅本製作所, i.e. Umemoto Works) is a Japanese company, founded in 1935 by Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎), after the retailer [[Kikō-Dō]] (暿光堂) asked him to set up a camera plant. | + | '''Umemoto Seisakusho''' (梅本製作所, i.e. Umemoto Works) is a Japanese company, founded in 1935 by Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎), after the retailer [[Kikō-Dō]] (暿光堂) asked him to set up a camera plant.<REF> [http://umemoto.ecnet.jp/corp2/corp2.htm Company history] of the [http://umemoto.ecnet.jp/index.htm Umemoto official website]. </REF> |
− | It first made folding cameras, among them the | + | It first made folding cameras, among them the Makinet 6 (マキネット6) in 1936. Then it made the [[Super Flex Baby]] 4×4 [[SLR]] from 1938. All these cameras were distributed by Kikō-Dō. It is not known if the company produced more cameras after the war. |
The company still exists. Today it makes photography-related parts, like tripod heads for Kenko. | The company still exists. Today it makes photography-related parts, like tripod heads for Kenko. | ||
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+ | == Notes == | ||
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+ | == Links == | ||
+ | In Japanese: | ||
+ | * [http://umemoto.ecnet.jp/corp2/corp2.htm Company history] at the [http://umemoto.ecnet.jp/index.htm Umemoto official website] | ||
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]] | [[Category: Japanese camera makers]] |
Revision as of 11:11, 5 December 2006
Umemoto Seisakusho (梅本製作所, i.e. Umemoto Works) is a Japanese company, founded in 1935 by Umemoto Kinzaburō (梅本金三郎), after the retailer Kikō-Dō (暿光堂) asked him to set up a camera plant.[1]
It first made folding cameras, among them the Makinet 6 (マキネット6) in 1936. Then it made the Super Flex Baby 4×4 SLR from 1938. All these cameras were distributed by Kikō-Dō. It is not known if the company produced more cameras after the war.
The company still exists. Today it makes photography-related parts, like tripod heads for Kenko.
Notes
- ↑ Company history of the Umemoto official website.
Links
In Japanese: