#Mamiya 7 ii framelines no lens series

In 1950, the company name was changed to Mamiya KЕЌki Kabushiki Kaisha (гѓћгѓџгѓ¤е…‰ж©џг€±, Mamiya Optical Co., Ltd.).

#Mamiya 7 ii framelines no lens series

Together with the Mamiya Six, these four series were the basis of the Mamiya range throughout the 1950s. Setagaya KЕЌki was again merged into Mamiya KЕЌki in 1963.ДЇrom 1948 the Mamiya range became more diversified, with the introduction of the Mamiyaflex series of 6Г—6 TLRs in 1948, the Mamiya 35 series of 35mm fixed lens rangefinder in 1949 and the Mamiya 16 series of 16mm film subminiature cameras in the same year. The name Sekor that appears on most Mamiya lenses comes from Setagaya KЕЌki, with r probably for renzu (гѓ¬гѓіг‚є, lens). (дё–з”°и°·е…‰ж©џг€±), making the shutters and lenses. In 1950, the Setagaya plant became the depending company Setagaya KЕЌki K.K. Mamiya began to make its own Stamina shutters and Neocon ('new con ) lenses from 1947 in the Setagaya (дё–з”°и°·) plant. To ensure a reliable supply of lenses, Mamiya bought on optical company at Setagaya, Tokyo. As early as October 1945, a month after Japanese surrender, Mamiya was the first Japanese company to receive a substantial order from the Central Purchasing Office of SCAP, which allowed the company to resume full-scale production in January 1946 at new facilities in Tokyo. The company closed its doors in Tokyo in March 1945 and was relocated. By March 1944 a secondary factory was opened at Tokyo University for the manufacture and assembly of lenses. Despite the war breaking out a year after the release of the first model of the Mamiya Six, the company continued to thrive, expanding production facilities in February 1942 and again, to three times the size, in February 1944, then employing 150 staff. There were many versions in the Mamiya Six series, but it was the only Mamiya model for eight years. It was based in Tokyo, Hongo, and its first camera was the Mamiya Six, a 6Г—6 folder with coupled rangefinder that was focused by moving the film plane. Mamiya was founded in May 1940 by Mamiya Seiichi (й–“е®®зІѕдёЂ) and Sugawara TsunejirЕЌ (иЏ…еЋџжЃ’дєЊйѓЋ) as Mamiya KЕЌki Seisakusho (гѓћгѓџгѓ¤е…‰ж©џиЈЅдЅњж‰Ђ, Mamiya Optical Works).

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