Union Kōgaku

Union Kōgaku K.K. (ユニオン光学株式会社) is a Japanese company that made the Union Semi in 1953–4, possibly a rebadged Zenobia. According to a 1953 advertisement, Union Kōgaku was a microscope maker and the Union Semi was its first camera. It seems that no other followed.

4.5×6 folder

• Union Semi or Union C-II

Printed 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. Item 975.

Advertisement for the Union Semi, published in the May 1953 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 975.