Citizen is a Japanese company which still exists (2015). It produces watches, clocks, electronic devices and has several other activities. At some time its portfolio included the production of shutters.
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. (シチズン時計㈱, 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 Citizen MX or MXV shutter[]
- Ricoh S2
- Ricohflex New Dia
- Fujica Compact-D
- Fujica Compact Deluxe
- Minolta Autocord
- Minolta Autocord RA
with Optiper shutter[]
- Minoltacord (Optiper MXS) - Export only
- Minolta Autocord (Optiper) - Export only
- Minolta A (Optiper) - Export only
- Minolta A-2 (Optiper MXV) - Export only
- Minolta Uniomat Series (Optiper Uni)
- Minolta A5(Optiper Citizen MLT)
- Minolta AL(Optiper Citizen MLT)
- Minolta V2 (Optiper HS)
- Minolta V3 (Optiper HS)
- Minolta Miniflex (Optiper Citizen MVL)
with MV or MVL shutter[]
- Minolta Autocord I
- Minolta Autocord RG
- Minolta Autocord III
- Minolta Autocord CdS
- Minolta Autocord CdS III
- Minolta Autowide
- Minolta AL-2
- Ricoh S3
- Fujica 35M
- Fujica 35ML
- Neoca 35 IV S
- Nikon Nikkorex 35
- Ricoh Diacord G
- Ricoh Super 44
- Taron Eye
- Tougodo 4×4 TLR
with MLT shutter[]
with Other Citizen shutter[]
- Minolta A (Citizen)
- Yashica Minister III (Citizen)
- Minoltacord (Citizen)
- Minolta Hi-Matic (Citizen Uni-E)
- Minolta Minoltina-P (Citizen P)
- Minolta AL-E (Citizen VE)
- Minolta Repo (Citizen LB)
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)
Links[]
In English:
In Japanese: