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Konica was the oldest Japanese camera company until it stopped its camera activity in 2006.

History[]

The company originated as a drugstore called Konishi-ya Rokubei Ten (小西屋六兵衞店), operated by Sugiura Rokuemon V (5代杉浦六衞門).[1] His son Sugiura Rokusaburō (杉浦六三郎) entered the company and expanded its activities by selling photographic products beginning in 1873.[2] Sugiura Rokusaburō took the name of Sugiura Rokuemon VI (6代杉浦六衞門) in 1879, and the company was subsequently renamed Honten Konishi Rokuemon (本店小西六右衞門), abridged as Konishi Honten (小西本店).[3] Early cameras were produced by artisan subcontractors, such as Hasegawa Toshinosuke (長谷川利之助) and Tōjō Kamejirō (東条亀次郎).[4] The company founded a manufacturing branch called Rokuoh-sha (六桜社) in 1902, and released the Cherry in 1903, the first Japanese camera to have a brand name.[5] The factory of Hasegawa Toshinosuke became the wood workshop of Rokuoh-sha in 1906.[6] Most of the camera production was still assumed by other subcontractors, many of which were merged into Rokuoh-sha in 1919.[7]

The company became G.K. Konishiroku Honten (合資会社小西六本店) in 1921. The character roku (六) is a double allusion to Sugiura Rokuemon VI: it means "six" and is the first character of Rokuemon. The logo of the company shows this character inside a cherry blossom. Konishiroku founded the Konishi College of Photography (小西写真専門学校) in Tokyo in 1923.[8] It introduced the Pearlette in 1925, which would be the first mass-produced Japanese camera, under the supervision of Yamada Kōgorō (山田幸五郎).[9] In 1929, it launched the Sakura rollfilm, the second rollfilm brand in Japan.[10] In 1931, it released the first Japanese camera lens commercially available, called Hexar; this name was again formed after the number "six".

The company changed status again in 1936 and became K.K. Konishiroku (㈱小西六). The cameras and lenses were still marked as made by the manufacturing branch Rokuoh-sha. In April 1943, the retail and wholesale activities were stopped[11] and the company was reorganized as Konishiroku Shashin Kōgyō K.K. (小西六写真工業㈱), based in Yodobashi, Tokyo;[12] the name Rokuoh-sha was abandoned around that time. The company name was translated after the war as Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.

The name Konica was originally that of a 35mm rangefinder model presented in 1947. Similarly to "Leica", "Yashica" and many others, the name "Konica" was constructed by abbreviating the name of the manufacturer and attaching "ca" (for "camera") as a suffix.[13]

In August 1960, Konishiroku bought all the shares of Taisei Kōki, a minor camera maker in Itabashi, Tokyo.[14] This moved to Tsuru, in the prefecture of Yamanashi, in 1968, and became K.K. Yamanashi Konica (㈱山梨コニカ) in 1972, then K.K. Konica Denshi (㈱コニカ電子, Konica Electronics) in 1983, and is today Konica Minolta Electronics Co., Ltd.[14]

The company as a whole changed its name to Konica Corporation only in 1987, although its US branch did so earlier. Konica merged with Minolta in 2003 and became Konica Minolta, which would stop the production of cameras in 2006.

Cameras[]

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Revio KD-500Z

35mm film[]

SLR, Konica Bayonet Mount "I"[]

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Konica F

The mount is also called Konica "F-mount" or Konica "Early Mount".

SLR, Konica Bayonet Mount II[]

The mount is also called "AR-mount" or "K/AR Mount".

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Konica FT-1

SLR, fixed mount[]

Rangefinder, interchangeable lens[]

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Konica II
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Viewfinder and rangefinder, fixed lens[]

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AF3
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BM-201
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Z-up 110 VP
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Disposable / Single Use[]

Konica commenced manufacturing single-use cameras in 1987. As a major film manufacturer, Konica, like Agfa and Kodak, had to include disposable cameras in its range after Fuji had pioneered the concept in 1986. Over time, Konica developed a number of specialised disposables not offered by other manufacturers, notably the Waiwai / Superwide with 17mm lens and mirror on the front.

  • Black & White (2002) (loaded with 400 ISO black & white film, 18 exp)
  • Film-In 24+3 (<2000) (loaded with Centuria 400, 27 exp)[15]
    • also produced as commemorative cameras for events, such as the Tour de France 2005
  • Film-In 27 Flash (<2000) (loaded with Centuria 400, 27 exp) [16]
  • Film-In-Mini Konica Black-and-White (Torikkiri Konica Shirokuro) (April 1995)[17]
  • Film-In Mini (<2001) (loaded with Centuria 400, 24 exp)
  • Film-In Neo (2001) (loaded with Centuria 400, 27 exp)
  • Film-In Neo 800 Flash (2000) (loaded with Centuria 800, 27 exp)
  • Film-In Neo Super Outdoor Jour (2003) (loaded with Centuria 400, 27 exp) [18]
  • Film-In Neo Super Flash (2003) (loaded with Centuria 400, 27 exp)
  • Film-In Centuria Super Flash (2003) (loaded with Centuria 800, 27 exp)[19]
  • Film-In Panorama 12 (loaded with Centuria 400, 12 exp)
  • Film-In Superwide (17mm lens) (loaded with Centuria 800, 12 exp) (=WaiWai distributed in USA)
  • Film-In Waterproof 24+7 (loaded with 400ASA, 27 exp). Essentially a Film-In 24+3 in a plastic housing
    • also available with marketing imprints, eg Coca-Cola
  • Issimo (1998) (loaded with APS Film ISO400, 25 exp), lens: 24/8.5 [20]
  • Issimo Mirror Type APS Film ISO400 (1998)[21]
  • Torikkiri Mini (April 1992)[22]
  • Torikkiri Motto Mini Flash Sepia (1997),
  • Torikkiri Konica AD flash (1996, 25 exp)[23]
  • Torikkiri Konica MINI 2 Flash (1996, 24 exp)[24]
  • Torrikiri Konica Cho-Mini
  • Torikkiri MiNi Goody (July 1999)[25]
  • Torikkiri MiNi Goody SUPER (September 2000)[26]
  • Torikkiri Konica Photo Hime with flash and attachable soft focus adapter (June 1998) (24 exp)
  • Torikkiri Waterproof (loaded with 400ASA, 27 exp)
  • WaiWai (17mm lens) (loaded with Centuria 800, 12 exp)[27] (single use but can be hacked for reloading[28])

Unperforated 35mm film[]

  • Record, 1926
  • Konilette (blue green plastic top cover)
  • Konilette II (metal top cover)
  • Konilette IIM (built-in meter)

126 film[]

  • Konipak 100 / Sakurapak 100
  • Konipak 100X
  • Konipak 300 / Sakurapak 300
  • Auto S 261

APS film[]

Disc film[]

110 film[]

  • Konica Submarine

120 film[]

4.5×6cm[]

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Semi Pearl Pearl IIIMX Pearl IV

6×6cm[]

6×7cm[]

6×9cm[]

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Year-Eight Pearl
  • Pearl No.3, for plates and rollfilm, 1916
  • Pearl No.2:
    • wooden, 1923
    • metal, 1927
  • Sakura (box), 1931
  • Pearl (self-erecting):
    • Year-Eight Pearl, 1933
    • Rangefinder-equipped Pearl, 1936
    • Luxury Pearl, 1937

127 film[]

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Pearlette Baby Pearl Sakura box,
4×6.5cm

118 or 122 film[]

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Pearl No.3,
8×10.5cm
  • Sakura Palace (8×10.5cm, 1908)
  • Pearl (for plates and rollfilm):
    • Pearl Hand Camera No.3 and No.4 (8×10.5cm, 1909)
    • Minimum Pearl (8×10.5cm, 1911)
    • Pearl Kodak (8×10.5cm and 8×14cm, 1914)
    • Pearl No.3 and No.4 (8×10.5cm and 8×14cm, 1914)
    • Special Pearl (8×10.5cm and 8×14cm, 1913)

Plate film[]

Studio and Field cameras[]

  • Extra Portable Cameras (1894) (番外携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Hei Field Camera (1894) (丙號携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Hei Studio Camera (1894) (丙號室内用暗函)[29]
  • Kō Field Camera (1894) (甲號携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Kō Studio Camera (1894) (甲號室内用暗函)[29]
  • Tei Studio Camera (1897) (丁號室内用暗函)[29]
  • Improved Special Field Camera (1897) (改良特別製携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Otsu No.1 Field Camera (1894) (乙號第一號携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Otsu No.2 Field Camera (1894) (乙號第三號携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Otsu No.3 Field Camera (1894) (乙號第二號携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Special Studio Camera (1894) (特別製室内用暗函)[29]
  • Special Thin Field Camera (1894) (特別製薄形携帯用暗函)[29]
  • Stereoscopic Camera (1894) (雙眼写真用暗函)[29]

Magazine or detective cameras[]

The Midg is presented by some sources as a Konishi product, copy of the Butcher model of the same name; however this is unsure and it might be a camera imported by Konishi instead.

Folders[]

  • Sakura Prano (8×12cm and 12×16.5cm, 1907)
  • Sakura Palace (8×10.5cm, 1908)
  • Noble (8×14cm or 12×16.5cm, 1908)
  • Idea (8×12cm and 12×16.5cm, 1909)
  • Idea A series:
    • Pocket Idea A1, Idea A1 and Idea A (8×10.5cm, 1909–23)
    • Idea A1 and Idea A (5.5×8cm, 1915–23)
  • Idea B series:
    • Pocket Idea B and Idea B (8×10.5cm, 1909–23)
    • Idea B and Idea Snap (5.5×8cm, 1915–23)
  • Lily (original) (8×10.5cm, 1909)
  • Lily (horizontal):
    • Lily No.2 and Special Lily (5.5×8cm, 8×10.5cm and 8×14cm, 1916–22)
    • Neat Lily and Special Lily (5.5×8cm and 8×10.5cm, 1923–30)
  • Idea No.1 (5.5×8cm, 6.5×9cm and 8×10.5cm, 1923–30)
  • Idea (metal models)
    • Idea (6.5×9cm and 8×10.5cm, 1930)
    • Year-Eight Idea (6.5×9cm, 1933)
  • Lily (metal and tropical models)
    • Lily (6.5×9cm and 8×10.5cm, 1930)
    • Tropical Lily (6.5×9cm and 8×10.5cm, 1931)
    • Lily, upgraded (6.5×9cm and 8×10.5cm, 1933–4)
    • New Lily (6.5×9cm, 1937)
    • Military Lily (8×10.5cm, c.1937)
  • Ohca (6.5×9cm, 1935)

Stereo folders[]

Strut folders[]

SLR[]

Telephoto[]

Lenses[]

Interchangeable lenses for 35mm SLR cameras[]

Konica Bayonet Mount "I"[]

The mount is also called Konica "F-mount" or Konica "Early Mount".

  • Hexanon 35mm f2.8 (auto and preset aperture versions)
  • Hexanon 35mm f2.0 (Konica F)
  • Hexanon 52mm f1.4 (Konica F, 49mm filter thread)
  • Hexanon 50mm f2.0 (FS normal)
  • Hexanon 52mm f1.4 (55mm filter thread, FP & FM era)
  • Hexanon 85mm f1.8 (Konica F)
  • Hexanon 100mm f2.8 (auto and preset aperture versions)
  • Hexanon 135mm f2.8 (Konica F, manual aperture only)
  • Hexanon 135mm f3.5 (auto and preset aperture versions)
  • Hexanon 200mm f3.5 (preset aperture control)
  • Hexanon 400mm f4.5 (manual aperture control)
  • Hexanon 800mm f8.0 (manual aperture control)

Konica Bayonet Mount II[]

The mount is also called "AR-mount" or "K/AR Mount".

Prime lenses[]
  • 15mm f2.8 and 15mm f2.8 UC Hexanon AR (full-frame fisheye)
  • 21mm f4 Hexanon AR
  • 21mm f2.8 Hexanon AR
  • 24mm f2.8-16 and 24mm f2.8-22 Hexanon AR
  • 28mm f3.5-16 and 28mm f3.5-22 Hexanon AR
  • 28mm f3.5 Hexanon AR-P
  • 28mm f3.5 Hexar AR
  • 28mm f1.8 and 28mm f1.8 UC Hexanon AR
  • 35mm f2.8-16 and 35mm f2.8-22 Hexanon AR
  • 35mm f2.0 Hexanon AR
  • 40mm f1.8 Hexanon AR
  • 50mm f1.8 Hexanon AR
  • 50mm f1.7 Hexanon AR
  • 50mm f1.4-16 and 50mm f1.4-22 Hexanon AR
  • 52mm f1.8 Hexanon AR
  • 57mm f1.4 Hexanon AR
  • 57mm f1.2 Hexanon AR
  • 58mm f1.2 Hexanon (AR?)
  • 85mm f1.8 Hexanon AR
  • 100mm f2.8 Hexanon AR
  • 135mm f3.5-16 and 135mm f3.5-22 Hexanon AR
  • 135mm f3.5 Hexar AR
  • 135mm f3.2 Hexanon AR
  • 135mm f2.5 Hexanon AR
  • 200mm f3.5 Hexanon AR
  • 200mm f3.5 Hexanon AR-P and AR-M
  • 200mm f4 Hexanon AR
  • 200mm f4 Hexar AR
  • 200mm f5.6 Hexanon AR-P
  • 300mm f4.5 Hexanon AR
  • 300mm f6.3 Hexanon AR “Fluorite”
  • 400mm f5.6 UC Hexanon AR
  • 400mm f4.5-32 and 400mm f4.5-45 Hexanon AR-M
  • 400mm f4.5-45 Hexanon AR-M
  • 800mm f8 Hexanon AR-M
  • 1000mm f8 Reflex Hexanon ARM
  • 2000mm f11 Hexanon ARM
  • 2X Hexanon Teleconverter
Zoom lenses[]
Macro lenses[]
  • 55mm f3.5 Macro Hexanon AR and 1:1 Extension
  • 105mm f4 Macro Hexanon AR and Auto Helicoid AR

Interchangeable lenses for 35mm rangefinder cameras[]

Konishiroku made a prototype interchangeable lens 35mm film rangefinder camera in the early 1960s — the Konica FR that utilized the Leica screw mount. However, that camera was never put into production. It wasn't until many years later with the Konica Hexar RF that they produced their own interchangeable lens rangefinder camera, this time using Leica M-Bayonet mount. The Hexar RF variants remain the only interchangeable lens rangefinder camera Konica/Konishiroku ever put into full production.

However, Konishiroku earlier produced a small range of standard lenses in Leica screw mount in the mid-1950s. Some manufacturers of Leica copies offered these lenses as original equipment fitted to their cameras, and others offered them optionally. In the 1990s, the Konica company also made a few lenses in Leica screw mount before the introduction of the Hexar RF.

  • Leica 39mm screw mount lenses (LTM)
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Konica Hexanon 1:1.2 f=60mm
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    • 1950s: see the main article on Konishiroku lenses in Leica screw mount
      • Hexar 50mm f/3.5 (collapsible)
      • Hexanon 50mm f/1.9
      • Hexanon 60mm f/1.2
      • various experimental or adapted lenses detailed in the main article
  • Lenses for Hexar RF cameras: These lenses are also usable on any Leica M-bayonet compatible camera.
    • 21-35mm f/3.4-4 M-Hexanon (dual focal length, not a zoom)
    • 28mm f2.8 M-Hexanon
    • 35mm f2.0 M-Hexanon
    • 50mm f2.0 M-Hexanon
    • 50mm f1.2 M-Hexanon
    • 90mm f2.8 M-Hexanon

Interchangeable lenses for the Konica SF medium-format SLR[]

See Konica SF. This prototype 4.5x6 format camera and its lenses were never put into production.

  • 50mm f/3.5 Hexanon
  • 80mm f/2.8 Hexanon
  • 135mm f/3.5 Hexanon

Other lenses were planned but never made: 35/4, 180/4.5, 250/5.6 and 500/8.

Interchangeable lenses for Koni-Omega Rapid cameras[]

  • Koni-Omega Rapid
    • Hexanon58mm f/5.6 (eight elements in four groups)
    • Hexanon60mm f/5.6 (six elements in four groups)
    • Hexanon90mm f/3.5 (four elements in three groups)
    • Hexanon135mm f/3.5 (six elements in five groups)
    • Hexanon180mm f/4.5 (five elements in four groups)
  • Koni-Omegaflex
    • Hexanon58mm f/5.6 (eight elements in four groups)
    • Hexanon90mm f/3.5 (four elements in three groups)
    • Hexanon135mm f/3.5 (six elements in five groups)(viewing lens has aperture ring as well)
    • Hexanon180mm f/4.5 (five elements in four groups)
The above are mounted as pairs in a lens board with a taking lens in shutter and a viewing lens without aperture control (the 135mm is an exception)

Barrel Lenses[]

  • Hexanon GRII 150mm f/9 mount φ46mm P=0.75mm, no filter thread
  • Hexanon GRII 210mm f/9 mount φ72mm P=1mm, no filter thread
  • Hexanon GRII 260mm f/9 mount φ72mm P=1mm, no filter thread
  • Hexanon GRII 300mm f/9
  • Hexanon GRII 310mm f/9
  • Hexanon GRII 330mm f/11
  • Hexanon TR 135mm f/4.5 mount φ72mm P=1mm, no filter thread

Fixed lenses[]

Accessory Items[]

Enlarging lenses[]

  • Sakura Enlarging Lens 80mm f/6.3[30]
  • Sakura Enlarging Lens 135mm f/6.3[31]
  • Konishiroku 50mm f/3.5 E-Hexanon enlarging lens
  • Konishiroku 75mm f/4.5 E-Hexanon enlarging lens

Macro and close-Up, rangefinder and viewfinder cameras (fixed lens)[]

  • Macro and copy set for Konica I
  • Auto-Ups for various Konica camera

Macro and close-Up, 35mm SLRs, Bayonet Mount I (early)[]

  • Konica Extension Rings
  • Konica Macro Bellows (1)
  • Konica Microscope Adapter

Macro and close-Up, 35mm SLRs, Bayonet Mount II (K/AR)[]

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  • Konica Extension Rings AR
  • Konica Macro Bellows II
  • Konica Macro Bellows IIB
  • Konica Macro Bellows 2 AR
  • Konica Slide Copier 2 AR
  • Konica Macro Stand
  • Konica Macro Auto Bellows AR
  • Konica Macro Auto Ring
  • Konica Double Cable Release
  • Konica Electronic Dual Cable Switch
  • Konica Close-Up Diopter Lenses
  • Konica Microscope Adapter AR

Flash: bulb holder & electronic types[]

  • Cherry Flash (bulb holder type, for RF & VF cameras)
  • Koniflash (bulb holder type, rangefinder cameras)
  • Koniflash II (bulb holder type, rangefinder cameras)
  • Koniflash III (bulb holder type, rangefinder and SLR cameras)
  • Koniflash IIIM (1st hot shoe type, bulb holder, rangefinder & SLR cameras)
  • Konica Flash ((bulb holder type, primarily for SLR cameras)
  • Konica Cube Flash (uses standard flash cubes, primarily for rangefinder cameras, black and chrome versions)
  • Konica Submarine F
  • Konica X14 Flash
  • Konica X18 Flash
  • Konica X20 Flash (black and chrome versions)
  • Konica X20N Auto Flash
  • Konica X24 Flash
  • Konica X28 Flash
  • Konica X36 Flash
  • Konica Flash Synchronizer
  • Konica Cold Shoe Accessories
  • Konica Hot Shoe Accessories

35mm slide projectors[]

  • Konislide Projector

Other accessories[]

  • Sakura rollfilm holder
  • Konihoods
  • Konifilters
  • Konicameter (for meterless rangefinder cameras)
  • Konicameter LV (for meterless rangefinder cameras)
  • Koni Meter (for FP, mounts atop pentaprism)
  • Koni Meter II (for FP, mounts in front of shutter speed dial)
  • Koni Meter III (for Auto-Reflex P/Autorex P)
  • Konica Angle Finder AR
  • Konica Magnifier AR
  • Konica MagniFinder AR
  • Konica Winder AR (for T4)
  • Konica Auto Winder F (for FC-1 and FP-1)
  • Konica Lefthand Shutter Release (for electronic SLR models)
  • Konica Bulk Film Loader
  • Konica Film Leader Retriever
  • Konica Marine (underwater case with bulb flash for Konica C35 cameras)
  • Konica Remote Controller A
  • Konica Radio Controller Set (fits Konica FS-1, FT-1 cameras),(FC-1, FP-1 best used with optional Konica Auto Winder F)

Lens adapters[]

Both in the early F mount and the later K/AR mount, Konishiroku and third parties offered a number of lens adapters to allow other manufacturers' lenses to be used on Konica cameras. The following Konishiroku-made adapters are known:

  • Exacta lens to Konica Bayonet Mount (F)
  • Nikon F mount lens to Konica Bayonet Mount (F)
  • Konica Bayonet Mount I (F) to Konica Bayonet Mount II (K/AR)
  • Exacta lens to Konica Bayonet Mount II (K/AR)
  • Nikon F mount lens to Konica Bayonet Mount II (K/AR)
  • Practica lens (M42 screwmount) to Konica Bayonet Mount II (K/AR)

Note 1: Konica 35mm SLRs were designed with a shorter than usual lens to film register, which means the distance from the lens mount to the film plane is less than most other SLR cameras. This allowed a great many other manufacturers' lenses to be easily adapted without the need for additional optical elements. The shallow register allows room for an adapter to be fitted. It is believed that this design feature was deliberate.

Unfortunately, it also means that Konica lenses are not easily adapted to other cameras. Their design generally means that to fit other manufacturers' cameras with full functionality any adapter would require additional, corrective optics. Few such adapters are known to have been made. Lower quality optics in any adapter will compromise image quality, while higher quality optics generally make an adapter costly.

Alternatively, a Konica lens fitted to another manufacturer's camera using an adapter that lacks any additional optics will generally lose the ability to focus to infinity (but gain close focusing ability). This is much the same as adding a macro extension tube behind a lens because the adapter moves the lens further from the film plane.

There is rumor of a Konica lens (K/AR) to Nikon F adapter, perhaps made by a third party manufacturer. This would include a corrective optical element. Any additional information would be appreciated.

Note 2: The Nikon F mount lens to Konica Bayonet Mount II (K/AR) adapter was and is the most sought after and priciest of the Konishiroku-made adapters. This was and perhaps still is because when Nikon introduced their PC (Perspective Control) Nikkor lenses it was found that none of the Nikon cameras could meter accurately through the lens (TTL) while the lens was shifted. It was necessary to re-center the lens, meter, then reset the shift. Someone discovered that - via the Nikon-Konica adapter - Konica camera bodies metered accurately with the lens shifted. News spread quickly and many Nikon users in the 1970s who wanted to use the PC lenses also kept a Konica T"2" or T3 camera body on hand for just this reason. Even thirty plus years later this particular adapter often still sells for 5 or 10 times what the others do.

Leaf shutters[]

Special and Military Items[]

  • Konica I "US Signal Corp." special (post WWII)
  • Konishiroku "Machine Gun" Camera (WWII)
  • Aerial Cameras, various models, incl.
    • Konishiroku GSK-99 Aerial Camera
    • Konishiroku SK-100 Aerial Camera
    • Konica Type G Aerial Camera
  • Konishiroku and Rokuoh-Sha Aerial Camera Lenses
  • Konica MS-40 (variant of Genba Kantoku/Off Road)
  • X-Ray Camera (Rubicon)
  • X-Ray Film
  • Repro Lenses

Film and chemistry[]

The company was an important producer of film and photographic chemistry from the beginning of the XXth century.

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Advertisement for Sakura Chrome film and Sakura filters in Shashin Salon January 1934. (Image rights) Advertisement for Sakura paper in Camera Club December 1937. (Image rights)
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Advertisement for Sakura Panchro film in Ars Camera January 1946. This is the earliest postwar advertisement by Konishiroku. (Image rights)

Imported products[]

Konishiroku imported various foreign products, at least until World War II.

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Advertisement in Asahi Camera February 1930, for Voigtländer cameras imported by Konishiroku Honten. (Image rights)

Notes[]

  1. ↑ Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10, Shibano, p.90 of the same, and this page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  2. ↑ Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10; Shibano, p.90 of the same.
  3. ↑ Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10; Shibano, p.90 of the same.
  4. ↑ This page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website, and Sakai, p.10 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  5. ↑ Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10, and this page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  6. ↑ This page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  7. ↑ Sakai, p.10 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10. More details are found in this page of the R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha website.
  8. ↑ Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  9. ↑ Pearlette supervised by Yamada Kōgorō: Kamei, p.6 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  10. ↑ Kamei, p.7 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  11. ↑ Shibano, p.90 of Kurashikku Kamera Senka no.10.
  12. ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Yodobashi-ku Jū-ni-sha 320 (東京都淀橋区十二社320). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
  13. ↑ The structure of the name "Konishiroku" (小西六) is ko (小) - nishi (西) - roku (六): nishi within it (meaning "west") is indivisible. (Ni is no more meaningful an abbreviation of nishi than "we" is of "west".) Thus the new name does not "make sense".
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Company profile of Konica Minolta Electronics.
  15. ↑ Product Code: BY-72015
  16. ↑ Product Code: BY-36152 (blue box); BY-38986 (purple box)
  17. ↑ Product Codes: BY-52016; BY-92438
  18. ↑ Product Code: BY-38985
  19. ↑ product leaflet for Centuria Super Flash 800
  20. ↑ Annual production about 500,000 units [www.thefreelibrary.com/Konica+to+recall+film,+disposable+cameras|(Product Recall Notice)]
  21. ↑ Annual production about 500,000 units [www.thefreelibrary.com/Konica+to+recall+film,+disposable+cameras|(Product Recall Notice)]
  22. ↑ CORPORATION BEGINS MARKETING THE WORLD'S SMALLEST, RECYCLABLE CAMERA
  23. ↑ recall due to faulty Sony battery for flash
  24. ↑ recall due to faulty Sony battery for flash
  25. ↑ Hosaka Takao, Mizoguchi Shuri, Nakanishi Hiromi, Yogata Kozue and Kogo Shoji, ‘The Development of the Torikkiri Konica MiNi Goody and Torikkiri Konica MiNi Goody SUPER Single-Use Cameras.’ Konica Tech Report 14, pp. 17-20, 2001
  26. ↑ Hosaka Takao, Mizoguchi Shuri, Nakanishi Hiromi, Yogata Kozue and Kogo Shoji, ‘The Development of the Torikkiri Konica MiNi Goody and Torikkiri Konica MiNi Goody SUPER Single-Use Cameras.’ Konica Tech Report 14, pp. 17-20, 2001
  27. ↑ Yoshida Kojiro, Kuzuhara Takeshi, Masuda Takuro, Yogata Kozue, and Kogo Shoji, ‘The Development of the Torikkiri Konica MiNi Wai Wai Wide Single-Use Camera.’ Konica Tech Report 16, pp. 31-34, 2003
  28. ↑ See this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwnP8Yz4fWE
  29. ↑ 29.00 29.01 29.02 29.03 29.04 29.05 29.06 29.07 29.08 29.09 29.10 29.11 29.12 Rokuoh-Sha history pages.
  30. ↑ See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha.
  31. ↑ See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha and this page of the Tōkachi Banbetsu blog.

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