

Konica's single lens reflex cameras pioneered auto-exposure in cameras with focal-plane shutters and fully interchangeable lenses. Two models were named Konica Press for the Japanese market. From 1964 until 1975 Konica manufactured Medium format Omega-cameras, which used Konica's Hexanon-lenses they were named Koni-Omega for the global market. Since 1949 Konica produced a Medium format-camera Pearl. Konishiroku released their "Konica I" type camera in 1948, after which they would name their own company in 1987. The name Konishiroku was taken from the abbreviation of their names, Konishi Rokuemon.

In 1921, old Konishi had his elder son succeed to the family and thus company head with the name, and in this occasion Konishi Honten was turned into a company Konishiroku Honten. New products were released respectively, and Konishi Main Shop became the leading camera company in Japan.
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In 1902, Konishi began to sell the "Cherry Portable Camera" (チェリー手提用暗函), the first Japanese produced end-user oriented camera. In 1882, Konishi launched a project to produce photography related materials in Japan: those products were imported at that time. He gave the original shop to his younger brother and launched a new shop, Konishi Honten (Konishi Main Shop) in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo. In 1878, Rokusaburō succeeded to his family and renamed Rokuemon VI (Rokudaime Rokuemon). The company traces its history back to 1873 (pre-dating Kodak in the photography business) when pharmacist Rokusaburo Sugiura began selling photographic materials at his shop in Konishiya Rokubē, the biggest pharmacy trader in Tokyo at that time. 1.2.1 35 mm rangefinder and viewfinder cameras.
