Late in 1953, Yashima Seiki Company became Yashima Optical Industry Company, Ltd. All of these lenses were manufactured for Yashica by the Tomioka Optical Works, beginning a relationship that lasted for many years. While the Yashimaflex used lenses labeled Tri-Lausar, successive models used Yashikor and Yashinon lenses. Later, they began making camera components, and by June 1953 had introduced their first complete camera, the Yashimaflex, a twin-lens reflex (TLR) medium-format camera designed for 6圆 cm medium format film. ![]() Its eight employees originally manufactured components for electric clocks. The company began in December 1949 in Nagano, Japan, when the Yashima Seiki Company was founded with an initial investment of $566. In 2015, trademark rights were transferred to Yashica International Company Limited and appointed 100 Enterprises International Group Co. In 2008, the Yashica name reappeared on cameras produced by the Hong Kong-based MF Jebsen Group. ![]() ![]() Yashica was a Japanese manufacturer of cameras, originally active from 1949 until 2005 when its then-owner, Kyocera, ceased production.
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