& RARE Vintage Yamato Pax 35mm Film Camera, FASTSHIP
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:6945133 | Film Format: 35 mm |
This sale for ONE Vintage, Compact, Beautiful & RAREYamato Pax I35mm Film Camera(Early No.12007 • Circa 1952/53)
Yamato Kōki Kōgyō K.K. (大和光機工業㈱ - Yamato CameraIndustry Company) was a Japanese camera maker. located in Tokyo, Japan.
The origin of this Yamato company is unclear. It is knownthat the company first made the Minon 35, Pax 35 and Minon Six.Their roots can be traced back to two different companies. The Pax35 was ...respectively developed from the Dan 35 III andSuper Dan 35 distributed by Hagimoto from1948 to 1950; It is not known if the production was transferredfrom Shin Nippon Kōgyō to Yamato Kōki Kōgyō, or if the latter was a renaming ofthe former.
Yamato continued to develop the Pax line into the early1960s. It presented the Artronic F Zoom and Artronic L prototypes, one stilland one cine camera, at the Photokina in 1963, the first cameras in the worldto have an electronic shutter. After that presentation all traces of theYamato company islost after that date. NICE CLEAN CONDITION w/ Original Case+ + + + FAST SHIP + + + +
Yamato Kōki Kōgyō K.K. (大和光機工業㈱ - Yamato CameraIndustry Company) was a Japanese camera maker. located in Tokyo, Japan.
The origin of this Yamato company is unclear. It is knownthat the company first made the Minon 35, Pax 35 and Minon Six.Their roots can be traced back to two different companies. The Pax35 was ...respectively developed from the Dan 35 III andSuper Dan 35 distributed by Hagimoto from1948 to 1950; It is not known if the production was transferredfrom Shin Nippon Kōgyō to Yamato Kōki Kōgyō, or if the latter was a renaming ofthe former.
Yamato continued to develop the Pax line into the early1960s. It presented the Artronic F Zoom and Artronic L prototypes, one stilland one cine camera, at the Photokina in 1963, the first cameras in the worldto have an electronic shutter. After that presentation all traces of theYamato company islost after that date. NICE CLEAN CONDITION w/ Original Case+ + + + FAST SHIP + + + +
