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Royal Camera
The Royal Camera Company, Daiou Shashin Kōki or DSK, was a camera fabricator established in Tokyo, Japan, during the latter half of the 1950's. As well as producing and exporting cameras under its own company label for approximately four-to-five years, it developed ties worldwide through Ogino exporting and I S Photo of Japan, Hanimex in Australia, Wirgin in Europe, Brumberger and Mansfield Industries in America. It produced well-made rangefinders assembled with Tomioka optics, Copal shutters and Sekonic non-coupled selenium cell meters. The company logo was a crowned shield with the letter R and C in it. On the earlier models it was engraved in the accessory cold shoe. On later models the logo was embossed into the leatherette on the left front panel. Cosmetically, the chrome finish on some of the later Royal camera models can be thin and fragile, and subject to brassing and corrosion.
The company disappeared during the unregulated expansion of Japanese photographic industry of the late 1950's.
Royal Camera Company models
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- 1955 Royal 35 or 35 S
- 1957 Royal 35M
- 1957 Royal 35LE
- 1957 Royal 35P
Royal Camera also rebadged its cameras for sale by the other distributors mentioned above.