Two Japanese companies called Tsukada are known; it is unclear if they was related to each other.
Tsukada Shōkai[]
Tsukada Shōkai (塚田商会) was a repair shop active in Tokyo in early 1949, which advertised itself as producing coupled tele lenses in Leica mount and tele lenses in Korelle and Exakta mount.[1] No Tsukada lens is known to have surfaced so far.
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| Advertisement by Tsukada Shōkai in Ars Camera February 1949, mentioning the production of tele lenses. (Image rights) |
Tsukada Shōji[]
Tsukada Shōji K.K. (塚田商事㈱) was a distributor based in Tokyo in the first half of the 1950s.[2] It advertised the Tacker subminiature camera in early 1950 and the Tomic and Planet 6×6 folders in late 1952.
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| Advertisement by Tsukada Shōji in Asahi Camera April 1950, mentioning the Tacker subminiature and offering repair service. (Image rights) |
Notes[]
- ↑ Advertisement in Ars Camera February 1949, p.48. The address was in Jinbōchō (神保町), next to the Nikkatsu-kan (日活館) movie theater.
- ↑ The address was Tōkyō-to Taitō-ku Asakusa Kotobuki-chō 124 (東京都台東区浅草寿町124). Source: advertisements dated February 1950 to November 1952, reproduced in Kokusan kamera no rekishi, pp.145 and 174.
Bibliography[]
- Ars Camera. Advertisement by Tsukada Shōkai in February 1949 (p.48).
- Asahi Camera. Advertisement by Tsukada Shōji in April 1950, p.114.
- 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.