Re: Buying Konica 120

[Russ Rosener <rrosener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I was reading an old (1978) IR book, and in it they refer to this
> film as 'the Japanese Sakura Infrared 750', at that time not being
> imported to Europe. Perhaps this is the old name of Konica, but it
> could also indicate a specific subsidiary plant.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Bye,
> 
> Willem-Jan Markerink

Actually I think it's the other way 'round: Konica is the subsidiary
plant of SakuraColor. Konica is kind of the brand name that Sakura Color
films are marketed under in western countries. Sakura is actually the
oldest Japanese film company. It would be interesting to see a company
history of Sakura.

Russ Rosener
Washington University, St. Louis
http://home.stlnet.com/~rrosener/Archaic_Cyberspace.html
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