C. H. Hofmans was a Belgian camera maker in the 1890s, whose address was 50, rue du Viaduc 50 Ixelles-lez-Bruxelles.^[1] It made a twin-lens reflex camera in 9×12cm format.

At about the same time, the Japanese company Konishi Honten (predecessor of Konica) imported "Hoffman's Detective Cameras", perhaps corresponding to this same manufacturer.^[2] (The Sakura Honor made by Konishi was inspired from these cameras.)

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1. ↑ Hofmans TLR sold as lot no.505 of Westlicht Photographica Auction no.1.
2. ↑ See this page at R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha.

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In English:

• Hofmans Twin Lens Reflex, lot no.505 of auction no.1 (15 November 2002) by Westlicht Photographica Auction

In Japanese:

• Detective cameras at Terasaki's R. Konishi Rokuoh-sha, showing an advertisement by Konishi Honten for Hoffman's Detective Cameras, and two older detective cameras made by Konishi Honten