Konica

The Konica Corporation was still a traditional Japanese companies in the photo industry, which was founded in 1873 in Tokyo. It was listed on the Nikkei 225.

In 2003 arose from Konica and Minolta Co., Ltd.. the new company Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.. The merger was completed in January 2004.

The German Center for Photography Products Konica was in High Brunn bei München; to the products of the photo division included color films, cameras, minilabs, medical imaging systems and digital editing and storage technologies.

History

In 1873 Rokusaburo Sugiura began in Kojimachi, Tokyo, at Konishiya Rokubeiten with the trade photographic and lithographic products. The business was renamed in 1879 in Konishi Honten. In 1882, " Konishi Honten " Japan's her first feature film. In 1923, the " Konishi - Photo School " was founded, which became later the " Tokyo University of Industrial Arts ". 1936, the company " Konishiroku Honten " a corporation that was in 1943 renamed " Konishiroku Photo Industry Co., Ltd.. " Was. In 1956, the company " Koniphoto Corporation " in Philadelphia, PA, USA was. and six years later the company " Konica Europe Centre " founded in Hamburg. 1973 " Konishiroku Photo Industry " 100 years old and celebrated its existence, it was a new company logo and logo introduced. In 1987 the company was renamed " Konica Corporation " and thus combines all the product names under the brand name " Konica ". 1998, " Konica Color Imaging Corporation " was established. 2003 merged " Konica " with Minolta.

Product history

Konica began in 1882 with the production of cameras. 1903 Japan's first photographic paper Konica was prepared. In the same year, Japan's first brand camera ( Cherry Hand Camera) was presented. In 1929 the company introduced the first black and white film in Japan. 1930, the compact half-format folding camera Baby Pearl was presented. The first color film was introduced in Japan in 1941 under the name ( Sakura Natural Color ). Konica 1948, before the first 35 - mm - brand camera ( Konica I).

In 1963, the first miniature camera in the world with autoexposure and CdS exposure meter ( Konica Auto S) on the market. There followed in 1965 the first SLR camera with automatic exposure system ( Konica Auto-Reflex ), and in 1968 the first camera in the world with TTL automatic exposure control ( Konica Auto Reflex 35mm FTA). The first compact camera with integrated flash and automatic exposure control ( Konica C35EF ) was placed in 1975 on the market. Their successor with passive autofocus ( Konica C35AF ) came in 1977 on the market.

In 1978, the first small -screen compact camera in the world with automatic data imprinting ( Konica C35EFD ) was presented. In 1979, a first small SLR camera in the world with built-in motor for film transport ( Konica FS-1 ) on the market. Konica built the photographic full-color copier ( Konica Color 7), which was introduced in 1986 on the market. A year later, the first disposable camera from Konica came out. In 1989, the smallest fully automatic compact camera in the world ( Konica Big Mini) was introduced by Konica.

In 1991, the first Dreifarb-Kopier/Telefaxgerät the world ( Konica KF8028 ) was presented by Konica. A year later, the quality Hexar rangefinder camera with powerful lens 2,0 / 35 mm, which is the quietest viewfinder camera in the world, on the market. In cooperation between Konica and Sony Corporation 1995 developed the Konica Picture MD system. In 1996, the APS camera Konica Super Big Mini BM- S 100 and the film scanner Konica Qscan were presented. 1997 presented their Konica Digital Camera Konica QM 100 of the public. 1998 drive optomagnetic 3.5 " disks was ( OMD 9060 ) presented with a storage capacity of 640 MB on the market., 1999, the film series Konica Color Centuria has been introduced worldwide. 2000, the small viewfinder system camera Konica Hexar RF was with three interchangeable lenses, which is compatible with Leica M lenses presented, which was sold until 2003. A year later, the digital cameras Konica Digital Revio KD- 200Z KD- 300Z and were brought to the market.