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| − | '''Yamamoto Shashinki-ten''' (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop) was a Japanese distributor | + | '''Yamamoto Shashinki-ten''' (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop) was a Japanese distributor at the end of the 1930s, based in Osaka.<REF> Its address from 1937 to 1939 was Ōsaka-shi Nishi-ku Awaza-nakadōri 1-chōme (大阪市西区阿波座中通一丁目). Source: advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, pp. 59–60. </REF> It distributed a number of cameras called Weha and was certainly the owner of the Weha brand. |
| − | + | ''See also [[Yamamoto|Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho]], a camera maker based in Tokyo that is probably not related.'' | |
| − | '' | + | == Weha cameras and accessories == |
| + | * Weha Light (6.5×9 plate folder)<REF> According to [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm#051210 this page] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#17 this page] at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com]. </REF> | ||
| + | * [[Weha Six]] (6×6 folder) | ||
| + | * [[Weha Chrome Six]] (6×6 rangefinder) | ||
| + | * Weha accessory rangefinder (sold ¥15 in 1936)<REF name="dec36"> [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/L1.jpg Advertisement] published in the December 13, 1936 issue of ''Sunday Mainichi'', reproduced in the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website]. </REF> | ||
| + | * Weha enlarger (1940–1)<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 60. </REF> | ||
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| + | == Other distributed cameras == | ||
| + | * [[Baby Lyra]] by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] (in 1936)<REF name="dec36" /> | ||
| + | * [[Semi Lyra (prewar)|Semi Lyra]] by [[Fuji Kōgaku]] (in 1936)<REF name="dec36" /> | ||
| + | * [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] (4.5×6 folder) by [[Nishida]] (authorized dealer for Kansai in 1943)<REF> Advertisement dated March 1943 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 59. </REF> | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/L1.jpg Advertisement showing the Weha rangefinder], published in the December 13, 1936 issue of ''Sunday Mainichi'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-c.htm camera company page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] | * [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/L1.jpg Advertisement showing the Weha rangefinder], published in the December 13, 1936 issue of ''Sunday Mainichi'', reproduced in the [http://syasinsyuu.cool.ne.jp/camera/syasinki-c.htm camera company page] of the [http://kyoto.cool.ne.jp/syasinsyuu/index.htm Gochamaze website] | ||
| − | * [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm First] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm second] mention of the Weha Light at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com] | + | * [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/eos_nikki_body5.htm#051210 First] and [http://www.ksmt.com/eos10d/classic2.htm#17 second] mention of the Weha Light at [http://www.ksmt.com/ ksmt.com] |
[[Category: Japanese distributors]] | [[Category: Japanese distributors]] | ||
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Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop) was a Japanese distributor at the end of the 1930s, based in Osaka.[1] It distributed a number of cameras called Weha and was certainly the owner of the Weha brand.
See also Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho, a camera maker based in Tokyo that is probably not related.
Weha cameras and accessories
- Weha Light (6.5×9 plate folder)[2]
- Weha Six (6×6 folder)
- Weha Chrome Six (6×6 rangefinder)
- Weha accessory rangefinder (sold ¥15 in 1936)[3]
- Weha enlarger (1940–1)[4]
Other distributed cameras
- Baby Lyra by Fuji Kōgaku (in 1936)[3]
- Semi Lyra by Fuji Kōgaku (in 1936)[3]
- Wester or Semi Wester (4.5×6 folder) by Nishida (authorized dealer for Kansai in 1943)[5]
Notes
- ↑ Its address from 1937 to 1939 was Ōsaka-shi Nishi-ku Awaza-nakadōri 1-chōme (大阪市西区阿波座中通一丁目). Source: advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp. 59–60.
- ↑ According to this page and this page at ksmt.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Advertisement published in the December 13, 1936 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 60.
- ↑ Advertisement dated March 1943 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 59.
Links
- Advertisement showing the Weha rangefinder, published in the December 13, 1936 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the camera company page of the Gochamaze website
- First and second mention of the Weha Light at ksmt.com
