Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] Before introduction of the first of what would become a dynasty of Zenza Bronica cameras in 1959, the Zenza Bronica name was already a popular Japanese brand of the Shinkodo Works (in Japanese: 新光堂製作所) since 1947, specialized in the production of intricate crafted and decorated personal accessories, such as metal cigarette and, cosmetic, and, of diverse styles and designs. The company's founder Zenzaburō Yoshino (in Japanese: 吉野善三郎, b. 25 January 1911 — d. 23 November 1988), wherefrom the Latinized Zenza Bronica brand name is derived, was the third son born into a Japanese merchant family. Batman Animated Series Torrent Avi Mac. At an early age Yoshino showed deep reverence for the technical innovation and of world-renowned cameras produced by the likes of, and. Both fascinated and yet increasingly frustrated by the limitations of the cameras produced at that time period, where each camera's merits and demerits were not solved by just one camera, Yoshino visioned creating a high-precision interchangeable camera modular system of his own design.

At that time, the S2A marking after the serial numbere was dropped. New series S2A cameras without the S2A marking start with body number 150037. The D's serial # on the back edge of the body, ala Hassy, replaced with a serial # on top edge of magazine. Left to right, the Bronica D and Bronica S.

Yoshino's ambition, however, would require substantial investment, which he gradually self-funded from his family business in transportation and his passion for cameras by the establishment of a small camera store in Tokyo's district. Yoshino's camera store and his immense familiarity with deluxe foreign cameras became a huge success with photography enthusiasts in Japan, buying and selling luxury Leica and Contax cameras, which also gained popularity with US Army soldiers stationed in Japan after World War II.