Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If you're really going to be picky, http://www.konica.co.jp/corporate/history_e/history1.html Shows that Konica fielded a commercial camera about 22 years before the UR-Leica. They made a 127 (4x4) camera in 1925 (the same year as Leica made its first model). It's not on their list, but they had a compact in 1911 or thereabouts. On Fri, 11 May 2001, apbbeijing wrote: > > At 09:35 AM 5/10/01 -0400, Marc James Small wrote: > >> I believe we've been through this before. Karl Kellner (he of the Kellner > >> Eyepiece design) founded what is now the Leica company in 1849. Is Konica > >> older than this? I believe it IS older than Hasselblad and Linhof. > >> > >> Marc > > As per the Konica website: > > > 1873 > > > > April: > > > > Rokusaburo Sugiura begins selling photographic and lithographic materials in > > the Kojimachi section of Tokyo. The name of his store is Konishiya > > Rokubeiten. > > > HTH! > > Rs > > Adrian > -- > Adrian Bradshaw > Corporate and Editorial Photography > Beijing, China > tel/fax +86 10 6532 5112 > mobile +86 139 108 22292 > e-mail apbbeijing@yahoo.com > OR adrianpeterbradshaw@compuserve.com > > website: http://www.apbphoto.com > http://www.liaisonintl.com/bradshaw.htm > http://www.liaisonintl.com/bradshaw_e.htm > > > > _________________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com >