Takahashi

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Some sources say that the company Tōa Kōki Seisakusho was called Takahashi Kōgaku (高橋光学) until about 1938 but this is unconfirmed. (See Tōa Kōki.) This is probably why many sources attribute to Takahashi the Arsen made by Tōa Kōki.

A company called Takahashi (高橋) was mentioned in the "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. It was cited as the maker of the Star Semi 4.5×6 folder and of various lenses and shutters.

Contents 1 Camera list 2 Lens list 3 Shutter list 4 Notes 5 Bibliography

Camera list

• Star Semi^[1]

The Semi Solon and the wartime Starflex were perhaps made by Takahashi too. (Like the Star Semi, they was distributed by Ueda and had Takahashi lenses and/or shutters.)

Lens list

• Kraft 50/3.5 three-element (on the Kraft)^[2]
• Solon 75/4.5 three-element (on the Semi Solon)^[3]
• Star 75/3.5 three-element (on the Star Semi and Starflex)^[4]
• Star 75/4.5 three-element (on the Star Semi)^[5]

Shutter list

• Star Alpha 1–300, T, B (on the Semi Solon)^[6]
• Star Rapid 1–300, T, B (on the Star Semi)^[7]
• Star Rapid 1–500, B (on the Star Semi)^[8]
• Miss 1–300, B (on the Semi Germa)^[9]

Notes

1. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), items 25–8.
2. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), lens item Jb4.
3. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), lens item Lc13.
4. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), lens item Lb26.
5. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), lens item Lc5.
6. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), shutter item 18-Q-1.
7. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), shutter item 18-P-13.
8. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), shutter item 18-R-11.
9. ↑ "Inquiry into Japanese cameras" ("Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa"), shutter item 18-P-18.

Bibliography

• "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.