Hofmans
C. H. Hofmans was a Belgian camera maker in the 1890s, whose address was 50, rue du Viaduc 50 Ixelles-lez-Bruxelles.[1] It made a twin-lens reflex camera in 9×12cm format.
At about the same time, the Japanese company Konishi Honten (predecessor of Konica) imported "Hoffman's Detective Cameras", perhaps corresponding to this same manufacturer.[2] (The Sakura Honor made by Konishi was inspired from these cameras.)
Notes
- ↑ Hofmans TLR sold as lot no.505 of Westlicht Photographica Auction no.1 (linked below).
- ↑ See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha.
Links
In English:
- Hofmans twin-lens reflex, with Steinheil Gruppen-Aplanat viewing and taking lenses, and with hooded viewfinders for vertical and horizontal orientation; lot no.505 of auction no.1 (15 November 2002) by Westlicht Photographica Auction (now Leitz Photographica Auction)
In Japanese:
- Detective cameras at Terasaki's R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha, showing an advertisement by Konishi Honten for Hoffman's Detective Cameras, and two older detective cameras made by Konishi Honten
