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| − | '''Yamasaki Optical''' is a Japanese company that has been producing lenses since 1924. | + | '''Yamasaki Optical''' (山崎光学研究所, Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenykūsho) is a Japanese company (based in Hino-shi, suburban Tokyo) that has been producing lenses since 1924. In recent years it has concentrated on lenses for large-format cameras. |
| − | Yamasaki seems to buck | + | Yamasaki seems to buck stereotypes about Japanese companies. It caters for a niche market, advertises little, and sells directly via mail and its website, whose FAQ has just three questions, of which the first is of why the prices are so ''low.''<ref>[http://www.cosmonet.org/congo/faq.htm Yamasaki Optical FAQ].</ref> |
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| + | Yamasaki has used the name "Congo" for its lenses since the 1930s. | ||
== Cameras fitted with Yamasaki lenses == | == Cameras fitted with Yamasaki lenses == | ||
Revision as of 06:10, 24 July 2006
Yamasaki Optical (山崎光学研究所, Yamasaki Kōgaku Kenykūsho) is a Japanese company (based in Hino-shi, suburban Tokyo) that has been producing lenses since 1924. In recent years it has concentrated on lenses for large-format cameras.
Yamasaki seems to buck stereotypes about Japanese companies. It caters for a niche market, advertises little, and sells directly via mail and its website, whose FAQ has just three questions, of which the first is of why the prices are so low.[1]
Yamasaki has used the name "Congo" for its lenses since the 1930s.
Cameras fitted with Yamasaki lenses
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