RE: [KOML] Koni Models - Definitive List?

[Peter.Kotsinadelis@exchange.Octel.com]

  Clive,
  
  I know what you are thinking.  Why does it say Konica on the Press 1 &
2 if 
  Mamiya made them, correct?  
  
  Even though Mamiya took over the factory from Konica, the Konica name
is 
  revered in Japan, so for a while the name may have remained.
  
  I am not sure what and if anything changed but I can find out.  Henry 
  Froelich, now President of Mamiya, is a friend of mine and the person
who 
  actually established Konica in the US (1952 - Philadelphia), and later
Mamiya 
  USA.  He was a key player in transferring the factory from Konica to
Mamiya.  
  Berkey Marketing Group was also the US distributor and they were
another force 
  in the industry at the time, and may have also pushed using the Rapid
name in 
  the US in place of Konica.
  
  Peter K
  
  
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  Subject: RE: [KOML] Koni Models - Definitive List?
  Author:  "Clive Warren" [SMTP:Clive.Warren@src.bae.co.uk] at CORP
Date:    4/24/98 7:48 AM


At 7:18 am -0700 24/4/98, Kotsinadelis, Peter wrote:
  
>  McKeown's is not always correct.  I have a document form Konica 
>  that details their camera's and release dates.  Will check and 
>  see if these are similar.  Incidentally, the Press 1 and 2 are 
>  Japanese market equivalents of the Rapid 100 and 200.
>
>  Peter K
  
  
That's for sure - still a great reference source though even if not 
definitive.  It would be great if you could confirm the date's for use ,

thanks Peter.
  
Do you know anything about the period in manufacture when Mamiya became 
involved?  It seems as though you are saying that the Konica Press 1 and
2 
models were made by Mamiya after Konica sold them the manufacturing
rights 
and presumably all of the spares?
  
  
  
  
All the best,
  
              Clive   http://clive.bel-epa.com