Mihama

Mihama was a brand of Japanese cameras, particularly 120 folding cameras, produced from 1952 until 1957.

The name of the company changed twice during this period. At first it was Mihama Seikō (三浜精工株式会社). It became Suruga Seiki (駿河精機株式会社) in 1953 or 1954, and finally during 1956 or 1957 it changed to Mihama Kamera (ミハマカメラ株式会社): most of the "Mihama" models were produced by Suruga Seiki.

The body of the Mihama Six was manufactured by Takane.

6×4.5 folding cameras

• Semi Mihama I
• Semi Mihama II

6×4.5/6×6 dual-use folding cameras

• Mihama Six
• Mihama Six II
• Mihama Six IIIA
• Mihama Rhyme Six I
• Mihama Rhyme Six II
• Mihama Six R
• Mihama Six S
• Mihama Six S2

120 TLR camera

• Mihama Flex

35mm leaf-shutter rangefinder cameras

• Mihama 35A
• Mihama X

Sources / further reading

• Asahi Camera (アサヒカメラ) editorial staff. Shōwa 10–40nen kōkoku ni miru kokusan kamera no rekishi (昭和10〜40年広告にみる国産カメラの歴史, Japanese camera history as seen in advertisements, 1935–1965). Tokyo: Asahi Shinbunsha, 1994. ISBN 4-02-330312-7
• Hagiya Takeshi (萩谷剛). "Mine Shikkusu: Gunma-ken Takasaki-shi no kameramēkā" (ミネシックス：群馬県高崎市のカメラメーカー, Mine Six: A camera-maker in Takasaki, Gunma). Chapter 7 of Zunō kamera tanjō: Sengo kokusan kamera jū monogatari (ズノーカメラ誕生：戦後国産カメラ10物語, The birth of the Zunow camera: Ten stories of postwar Japanese camera makers). Tokyo: Asahi Sonorama, 1999. ISBN 4-257-12023-1 In Japanese only. First published in issue 27 (December 1993) of Kamera rebyū Kurashikku kamera senka (カメラレビュー・クラシックカメラ専科). (Source for the claim that the body of the Six was manufactured by Takane.)

Links

• Mihama Rhyme Six Japanese text, with pictures
• Mihama Rhyme Six sample photos
• Mihama Six Model II Japanese text, with pictures
• Mihama Six Model II repair: Japanese text, with pictures and sample photos
• Mihama Six at Bob Monaghan's site
• Mihama Six Model II Japanese text, with pictures and sample photos
• Mihama Flex specifications (in Japanese)