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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.
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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.<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 Makinette 6 (マキネット6) in 1936. Then it made the [[Super Flex Baby]] 4&times;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.
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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&times;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 ==
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* [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

Links

In Japanese: