"Chinon Cameras"
CHINON INDUSTRIES (Tokyo and Suwa City, Japan)
Founded in 1948 by Hiroshi China, at the age of 28 one of Japan's youngest entrepreneurs. The company made lens parts for Canon and other leading Japanese photo-industry manufacturers. Chinon-made cameras and lenses were marketed for many years under some of the world's top photographic labels. Although widely respected for their innovations, they did not begin marketing under their own name until about 1972. In addition to still cameras, Chinon was heavily involved in 8mm movie cameras. In 1976, they produced over 800,000 sound and silent movie cameras (38% of the world's production). In 1980, they claimed to be the worlds largest producer of Super 8. Unfortunately this was a business which was rapidly losing ground to video and soon causing losses for the company. Chinon linked up with NEC in 1983 for the development of 8mm video. In 1985, Chinon and Kodak announced a cooperative business relationship in which Chinon would produce 35mm cameras bearing the Kodak label. At the time, Kodak owned about 9.5% of Chinon stock. In 1997, after three successive years of losses, Chinon was acquired by Kodak and continued to make Kodak products including digital cameras.

Stock No 2351 Chinon GL-II Made in Taiwan 35mm compact camera with built in flash. Soft case. ~ Good clean cosmetic condition, however I doubt it's operation.    Asking Price $5.00

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