Miranda Camera

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Miranda Camera
legal form Kabushiki kaisha (joint stock company)
founding 1955
resolution December 1976
Reason for dissolution insolvency
Seat Coma

Orion Phoenix
Orion Miranda T
Miranda Laborec
Miranda Sensoret

Miranda Camera KK ( Japanese ミ ラ ン ダ カ メ ラ 株式会社 , Miranda Camera Kabushiki kaisha , English Miranda Camera Company ), until 1957 Orion Camera KK ( オ リ オ ン カ メ ラ 株式会社 , Orion Camera Kabushiki-gaisha , English Orion Camera Company ), was a Japanese Company that manufactured cameras between 1955 and 1976. The first camera was the Miranda T and most models were 35mm cameras . In contrast to many other Japanese camera manufacturers, Miranda did not manufacture its own lenses, but obtained them from third-party manufacturers.

history

Miranda cameras were a line of quality cameras. The range comprised more than 30 models, from the first prototype in 1953 to the last model in 1976. Many of them had advanced or sophisticated functions for their time. Almost all Miranda SLRs have basically the same lens connection, but the connection has become more complex over the years to accommodate the transmission of aperture and measurement data controls.

In the USA, the cameras were sold by Allied Inpex Corporation (AIC), which started with Miranda in September 1968 - when they also founded the German subsidiary Soligor - and acquired 100% in 1969. In December 1976 Miranda went bankrupt. In 1978 a Miranda K-mount appeared, but it was manufactured by Chimco (CIMKO). In the early 1980s, the British retail company Dixons acquired the rights to the Miranda brand and used it for cameras made by Cosina .

Camera models

All SLR cameras , with the exception of the dx-3 model, had interchangeable pentaprisms (unlocked by moving a button or turning the lower part of the rewind button) and a unique dual lens mount; an external bayonet or a 44 mm screw thread in the mirror box.

model Art Construction year annotation
Phoenix SLR 1953 prototype
T SLR 1955 chrome and black - Orion Camera Co.
T SLR 1956 Miranda Camera Co.
T II SLR 1957
A. SLR 1958
A II SLR 1958
B. SLR 1958
C. SLR 1959 chrome and black
S. SLR 1959 chrome and black
ST SLR 1959 chrome and black
Automex SLR 1960
D. SLR 1960–1962
D II SLR 1960–1962
DR SLR 1962 chrome and black
Automex II SLR 1963
F. SLR 1963 chrome and black
Automex III SLR 1964
FM SLR 1964 chrome and black
G SLR 1965-1966 chrome and black
FT SLR 1966 chrome and black
Fv SLR 1966 chrome and black
GM SLR 1966
Sensorex SLR 1966-1971 chrome and black
GT SLR 1964 chrome and black
Sensomat SLR 1968-1973 chrome and black
Mirax Laborec SLR 1968 Laboratory camera without M44 + 2 bayonets, magnifying glass viewfinder
Mirax Laborec II SLR 1968 Laboratory camera, vertical prism viewfinder
Sensomat RE SLR 1971-1976 chrome and black
Mirax Laborec Electro-D SLR 1972 Laboratory camera, built-in motor
Sensorex II SLR 1972-1977 chrome and black
Sensorex EE SLR 1972-1977 chrome and black
Sensonet Viewfinder camera 1972 chrome - also as Solingor
Sensonet Viewfinder camera 1972 black gray, yellow green, blue red
TM SLR 1974 M42 thread, also as Soligor TM and Pallas TM
Laborec SLR 1975 Laboratory camera
Laborec II SLR 1975 Laboratory camera
Sensomat RE II SLR 1975-1977 chrome and black
DX-3 SLR 1975-1977 chrome and black
TM-2 SLR 1976 chrome and black, also as Pallas TM II
Sensorex EE-2 SLR 1976 chrome and black
Third party manufacturers, but sold under the Miranda brand
Micro 35 EF Viewfinder camera 1983 black, red, blue, olive
Micro M 35 Viewfinder camera 1989 Lens cover
MS-1 SLR around 1986 Models made by Cosina

distributed in UK by Dixons

MS-2 SLR around 1986
MS-3 SLR around 1986

(Data from Kadlukek's camera catalog 5: Edition PhotoDeal)

Web links

Commons : Miranda cameras  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Craig Holmes: Miranda Camera FAQs. What happened to cause the demise of Miranda? Retrieved May 7, 2015 .
  2. ↑ a b c d Craig Holmes: Miranda Model Information. Retrieved May 7, 2015 .
  3. ↑ http://www.kameramuseum.de/index.htm
  4. ↑ Hiroki Yamashita: After AIC Miranda. Retrieved May 7, 2015 (English / Japanese).