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'''Yasuhara Co. Ltd.''' (安原製作所) was a small Japanese company (address Komazawa 1–17–17, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) that produced two rangefinder cameras, the Leica-thread-mount '''[[Yasuhara T981|T981]]''' or ''Isshiki'' (一式) and the fixed-lens (30mm f:2.8) '''[[Yasuhara T012|T012]]''' or ''Akizuki'' (秋月). It also produced a Yasuhara MC 50mm f:2.8 [[Leica thread mount]] lens. It was founded in 1998 and activity ended in 2004, after about four thousand T981 and several hundred T012 had been produced.
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'''Yasuhara Co. Ltd.''' (安原製作所, ''Yasuhara Seisakusho'') was a small Japanese company that between 1998 and 2004 produced two rangefinder cameras, the Leica-thread-mount '''[[Yasuhara T981|T981]]''' or ''Isshiki'' (一式) and the fixed-lens '''[[Yasuhara T012|T012]]''' or ''Akizuki'' (秋月).
  
The T981 was also sold under the name '''Phenix''', made in China by a company with the same name. There was a limited edition called '''Phenix JG50''', sold with a collapsible Phenix MC 50mm f:2.8 lens.
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Yasuhara also produced a Yasuhara MC 50mm f:2.8 [[Leica thread mount]] lens.
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Yasuhara's address was Komazawa 1–17–17, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031222175220/http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's site in happier days (December 2003)] as preserved at web.archive.org (mostly in Japanese)
 
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20031222175220/http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's site in happier days (December 2003)] as preserved at web.archive.org (mostly in Japanese)
 
* [http://shop.lomography.com/yasuhara/ A site about Yasuhara] at [http://lomography.com/ lomography.com], with pictures of the T981 and T012
 
* [http://shop.lomography.com/yasuhara/ A site about Yasuhara] at [http://lomography.com/ lomography.com], with pictures of the T981 and T012
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/yasuhp.htm The Yasuhara], [http://www.cameraquest.com/yasu2.htm Yasuhara T981] and [http://www.cameraquest.com/yasuhara_phenix_jg50.htm Phenix JG50] at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest]
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In Japanese:
 
* [http://homepage3.nifty.com/madam/camera/YASUHARA.html Yasuhara T981 chrome and black versions] at [http://homepage3.nifty.com/madam/index.html Madam's Ichirizuka website]
 
* [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/daisaku/issiki00.htm The Yasuhara T981], with detailed repair pages at [http://homepage1.nifty.com/fukucame/index.htm K. Fukushi's Rangefinder website]
 
  
 
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Revision as of 10:21, 10 June 2006

Yasuhara Co. Ltd. (安原製作所, Yasuhara Seisakusho) was a small Japanese company that between 1998 and 2004 produced two rangefinder cameras, the Leica-thread-mount T981 or Isshiki (一式) and the fixed-lens T012 or Akizuki (秋月).

Yasuhara also produced a Yasuhara MC 50mm f:2.8 Leica thread mount lens.

Yasuhara's address was Komazawa 1–17–17, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo.

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