Miyagawa Seisakusho cameras in
collection
Miyagawa Seisakusho of Tokyo was a
Japanese company begun around 1935 and distributed their cameras
through the Mitsukoshi
department stores. It made the Picny, a 127 film camera based on the
German Wirgin Gewirette camera. It also made the Boltax cameras using Bolta film. The company survived the war and
post war production, started with the 1947 Silver, a variation of the pre- war Boltax
but now with auto-stop advance. In 1948, it released the Picny B, a redesigned camera also using Bolta film and another slightly larger camera,
the Picny 35 using 35mm film. Miyagawa perhaps also
made other cameras called Royal before disappearing. Not much is known
about this manufacturer.
