Changes: Yamato

Revision as of 22:57, 1 January 2007

Yamato is a Japanese company that was active as a camera maker at least from the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 1960s. It was founded in 1926 as Kikuchi Seisakusho (菊池製作所) by Kikuchi Rikichi (probable reading of 菊池利吉). It became Yamato Kōki Kōgyō K.K. (大和光機工業株式会社) in 1944. The company still exists and currently makes microtomes (medical research instruments).

The Bonny Six 6×6 folder is attributed to a company called Yamato too, but it was advertised in 1942 and this is probably not the same company.

35mm film

35mm rangefinders, fixed lens

Pax M3
Pax M4

120 film

6×6 folders

Minon Six II / III

Links

In English:

Yamato page at the Pacific Rim Photographica Pages

In Japanese:

Chronology at the current Yamato website
Pax M4 at Aya's Camera

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 '''Yamato''' is a Japanese company that was active as a camera maker at least from the end of the 1940s to the beginning of the 1960s. It was founded in 1926 as Kikuchi Seisakusho (菊池製作所) by Kikuchi Rikichi (probable reading of 菊池利吉). It became Yamato Kōki Kōgyō K.K. (大和光機工業株式会社) in 1944. The company still exists and currently makes microtomes (medical research instruments).
+The [[Bonny Six]] 6&times;6 folder is attributed to a company called Yamato too, but it was advertised in 1942 and this is probably not the same company.
 == 35mm film ==