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'''Yamamoto''' was a Japanese company making or selling cameras before World War II. It sold the [[Semi Kinka]], a 4.5×6 folder, copy of the [[Nettar]].
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'''Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho''' (山本写真機工作所) is a Japanese company that made cameras before World War II, among them the [[Semi Kinka]], a 4.5&times;6 folder, copy of the [[Nettar]]. Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō, Kanda, Ogawa-chō 2 (東京・神田・小川町二)<REF> {{Showa10ad|Semi Kinka|68|November 1937|Asahi Camera}} </REF>.
  
Maybe it was the same company as the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5&times;9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the [[Weha Chrome Six]] from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] 4.5&times;6 folder by [[Nishida]].
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It was maybe related to the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5&times;9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the [[Weha Chrome Six]] from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the [[Wester folders|Wester or Semi Wester]] 4.5&times;6 folder by [[Nishida]].
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== Notes ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==

Revision as of 16:05, 19 July 2006

Yamamoto Shashinki Kōsaku-sho (山本写真機工作所) is a Japanese company that made cameras before World War II, among them the Semi Kinka, a 4.5×6 folder, copy of the Nettar. Its address in 1937 was Tōkyō, Kanda, Ogawa-chō 2 (東京・神田・小川町二)[1].

It was maybe related to the distributor Yamamoto Shashinki-ten (山本写真機店, meaning Yamamoto Camera Shop), which sold a 6.5×9 folding plate camera called Weha Light around 1930, the Weha Chrome Six from 1937 and was an authorized dealer of the Wester or Semi Wester 4.5×6 folder by Nishida.

Notes

  1. Advertisement for the Semi Kinka, published in the November 1937 issue of Asahi Camera, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, item 68.

Links

  • At ksmt.com, mention here and here of the Weha Light