Paulo J Moreira
Taron VR
Nippon Kosokki wasn’t in anyway associated with Nippon Kogaku, Nikon, but perhaps they would like to be as it is written in the camera’s front and on the lens. This is my second Taron rangefinder, the other being the Eyemax, one of the ugliest cameras ever. This VR rangefinder has a sober design, classical, unadventurous, thank God. This is an entry level rangefinder camera as the 2.8 lens and 1/300th maximum shutter speed indicates. Still, it is very decently made, but the viewfinder is not in the same league as other Japanese cameras of the same era, it doesn’t feature automatic parallax correction, just a bright frame. No meter, of course, this was supposed to be a cheap camera.
Apparently Taron was big as an OEM camera supplier, but not under its own name. There are other far more interesting and sophisticated models, but the company didn’t survive in the sea of big names and it disappeared somewhere in the 60’s.
Taron VR
Nippon Kosokki wasn’t in anyway associated with Nippon Kogaku, Nikon, but perhaps they would like to be as it is written in the camera’s front and on the lens. This is my second Taron rangefinder, the other being the Eyemax, one of the ugliest cameras ever. This VR rangefinder has a sober design, classical, unadventurous, thank God. This is an entry level rangefinder camera as the 2.8 lens and 1/300th maximum shutter speed indicates. Still, it is very decently made, but the viewfinder is not in the same league as other Japanese cameras of the same era, it doesn’t feature automatic parallax correction, just a bright frame. No meter, of course, this was supposed to be a cheap camera.
Apparently Taron was big as an OEM camera supplier, but not under its own name. There are other far more interesting and sophisticated models, but the company didn’t survive in the sea of big names and it disappeared somewhere in the 60’s.