![]() 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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