Citizen
Citizen is a Japanese company which still exists (2007). It produces watches and has several other activities. At some time its portfolio included the production of shutters.
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History
The company was founded in 1918 as Shōkōsha Tokei Kenkyūjo (尚工舎時計研究所, meaning Shōkōsha Watch Research Institute) and became Citizen Tokei K.K. (シチゼン時計㈱, officially translated as Citizen Watch Co., Ltd.).[1] It started the production of camera shutters in 1953, as a result of a cooperation with Chiyoda Kōgaku for the shutter of the Minoltaflex III and Minoltacord.[2] It notably made the Optiper HS shutter of the Minolta V2 and Minolta V3. The camera shutter activity was dropped at the beginning of the 1970s.[3]
Cameras with Citizen shutter
This list is incomplete, and not all the versions have a Citizen shutter.
with Optiper shutter
with MV or MVL shutter
Notes
- ↑ Citizen company history: Japanese version and English version.
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 17.
- ↑ Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten, p. 18.
Bibliography
- Kamera no mekanizumu sono I: "Hai! Chīzu" Shunkan o torae-tsuzukeru shattā-ten (カメラのメカニズム・そのⅠ・「ハイ！チーズ」瞬間をとらえ続けるシャッター展, Camera mechanism, part 1 "Cheese!" Exhibition of instant taking shutters). Tokyo: JCII Camera Museum, 2002. (Exhibition catalogue, no ISBN number)
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