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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). | '''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). | ||
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| + | Yasuhara was founded by Mr Yasuhara (安原伸<!-- Nobuo, I guess; but I don't know -->) in November 1988, and described itself as "in scale, the world's smallest camera maker" (''kibo-teki ni, sekai-saishō kamera meekaa''). | ||
Yasuhara also produced a Yasuhara MC 50mm f:2.8 [[Leica thread mount]] lens. | Yasuhara also produced a Yasuhara MC 50mm f:2.8 [[Leica thread mount]] lens. | ||
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== Links == | == Links == | ||
* [http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's farewell message] (in Japanese) | * [http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's farewell message] (in Japanese) | ||
| − | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20031222175220/http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's site | + | * [http://web.archive.org/web/20031222175220/http://www.yasuhara.co.jp/ Yasuhara's site (December 2003)] as last saved by web.archive.org before the announcement of closure: mostly in Japanese (set your browser to Shift-JIS) |
| + | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/20031210215701/www.yasuhara.co.jp/jpn/profile/top.html Yasuhara's company profile] | ||
| + | ** [http://web.archive.org/web/20031210215630/www.yasuhara.co.jp/jpn/products/lens/top.html Yasuhara lens] | ||
* [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://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/安原製作所 Wikipedia article] (in Japanese) | ||
Revision as of 10:33, 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 was founded by Mr Yasuhara (安原伸) in November 1988, and described itself as "in scale, the world's smallest camera maker" (kibo-teki ni, sekai-saishō kamera meekaa).
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.
Links
- Yasuhara's farewell message (in Japanese)
- Yasuhara's site (December 2003) as last saved by web.archive.org before the announcement of closure: mostly in Japanese (set your browser to Shift-JIS)
- A site about Yasuhara at lomography.com, with pictures of the T981 and T012
- Wikipedia article (in Japanese)
