Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/05/10
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> 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
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