Mamiya
Sign in to saveis a Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people. The company was founded in May 1940 by camera designer Seiichi Mamiya () and financial backer Tsunejiro Sugawara.
Key facts
- Company.name
- Mamiya Digital Imaging Co., Ltd.
- Company.image
- Mamiya 645 Super basic.jpg
- Company.image_caption
- Mamiya 645
- Company.logo
- Mamiya logo.svg
- Company.logo_size
- 200px
- Company.type
- Camera and lens manufacturer
- Company.foundation
- May 1940
- Company.location_city
- Tokyo
- Company.location_country
- Japan
- Company.key_people
- Seiichi Mamiya, founder
- Company.parent
- Phase One
- Company.num_employees
- 200
- Company.industry
- Digital imaging and photography
- Company.products
- Cameras, Optical and other products
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Phase One acquisition
- 135 film
- Medium format
- Digital products
- Products
- Medium Format Professional
- 6×4.5 cm format
- 6×6 cm format
- 6×7 cm format
- 6×9 cm format
- 35mm format
- Lenses
- See also
- References
- External links
is a Japanese company that manufactures high-end cameras and other related photographic and optical equipment. With headquarters in Tokyo, it has two manufacturing plants and a workforce of over 200 people. The company was founded in May 1940 by camera designer Seiichi Mamiya () and financial backer Tsunejiro Sugawara.
==History== thumb|150px|right|A Mamiya C3 twin lens reflex, from 1962. Mamiya originally achieved fame for its professional medium-format rangefinder film cameras such as the Mamiya Six (1940) and the Mamiya Press (1962) series. It later developed medium-format industry workhorse single lens reflex cameras: RB67 (1970), RZ67 (1982), and 645 (1975); and twin-lens reflex C series, all of which were used by advanced amateur and professional photographers.