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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.<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. | + | '''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. It perhaps had its own workshop that made some of the Weha cameras and accessories, maybe including the first examples of the [[Weha Chrome Six]] before they were made by [[Ehira|Ehira Kōki]].<REF> An advertisement dated October 1937 reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 59, mentions Yamamoto as the maker and distributor (製造発売元) of the Weha Chrome Six. </REF> |
''See also [[Yamamoto|Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho]], a camera maker based in Tokyo that is probably not related.'' | ''See also [[Yamamoto|Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho]], a camera maker based in Tokyo that is probably not related.'' | ||
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== Weha cameras and accessories == | == Weha cameras and accessories == | ||
* Weha Light (6.5×9 plate folder)<REF> Mentioned in McKeown, p. 255 (where it is wrongly attributed to [[Ehira]]) and in [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 Light (6.5×9 plate folder)<REF> Mentioned in McKeown, p. 255 (where it is wrongly attributed to [[Ehira]]) and in [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 Six]] (6×6 folder)<REF> A 6×6 folding camera has been sold at an eBay auction as a Weha Six. It had a body release, a black tubular optical finder, a 400-1-B-T shutter marked ''Kōki T.T.S.H.'' and a 75/3.5 lens marked ''Weha Anastigmat''. </REF> |
* [[Weha Chrome Six]] (6×6 rangefinder) | * [[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 accessory rangefinder, chrome, long base (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 accessory rangefinder, black, shorter base (marked ''WEHA'' at the top, sold in a case inscribed ''WEHA Range Finder'')<REF> Observed in a Yahoo Japan auction. </REF> | ||
* Weha enlarger (1940–1)<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 60. </REF> | * Weha enlarger (1940–1)<REF> Advertisements reproduced in {{Kokusan}}, p. 60. </REF> | ||
Revision as of 10:26, 1 February 2007
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. It perhaps had its own workshop that made some of the Weha cameras and accessories, maybe including the first examples of the Weha Chrome Six before they were made by Ehira Kōki.[2]
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)[3]
- Weha Six (6×6 folder)[4]
- Weha Chrome Six (6×6 rangefinder)
- Weha accessory rangefinder, chrome, long base (sold ¥15 in 1936)[5]
- Weha accessory rangefinder, black, shorter base (marked WEHA at the top, sold in a case inscribed WEHA Range Finder)[6]
- Weha enlarger (1940–1)[7]
Other distributed cameras
- Baby Lyra by Fuji Kōgaku (in 1936)[5]
- Semi Lyra by Fuji Kōgaku (in 1936)[5]
- Wester or Semi Wester (4.5×6 folder) by Nishida (authorized dealer for Kansai in 1943)[8]
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.
- ↑ An advertisement dated October 1937 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 59, mentions Yamamoto as the maker and distributor (製造発売元) of the Weha Chrome Six.
- ↑ Mentioned in McKeown, p. 255 (where it is wrongly attributed to Ehira) and in this page and this page at ksmt.com.
- ↑ A 6×6 folding camera has been sold at an eBay auction as a Weha Six. It had a body release, a black tubular optical finder, a 400-1-B-T shutter marked Kōki T.T.S.H. and a 75/3.5 lens marked Weha Anastigmat.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Advertisement published in the December 13, 1936 issue of Sunday Mainichi, reproduced in the Gochamaze website.
- ↑ Observed in a Yahoo Japan auction.
- ↑ Advertisements reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 60.
- ↑ Advertisement dated March 1943 reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, p. 59.
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
- 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
