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Publication pending.

Hardback. Size 15.6 x 23.4 cm (Royal).
148 pages. Illustrated.

ISBN: 978-1-0369-7815-0  

 

​Full details available soon.

The content of this site has been structured to supplement
the publication & comprises mainly images.​

Foreword

Chapter  1 - Kunio Doi's Tokyo Shop - Camera Taiyodo

Chapter  2 - The Distributor Myth Debunked

Chapter  3

Chapter  3a

Chapter  5

Chapter  6 - Planet Accessories

Chapter  7

Chapter  8

Chapter  9 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty Flex TLRs

Chapter 10 - Taiyodo Koki Beautyflex TLRs

Chapter 11 - Taiyodo Koki Beautycord TLRs

Chapter 12 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty/Gen/Milo/Ward 35

Chapter 13 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty Super 35

Chapter 14 - Taiyodo Koki Beauty Canter 35

Chapter 15 - The B.C.C. Beauty Super II

Chapter 16 - The B.C.C. Beauty Super L

​Chapter 17 - The B.C.C. LightOmatic

Chapter 18 - The B.C.C. Beaumat

Chapter 19 - The B.C.C. LightOmatic II

Chapter 20 - The B.C.C LightOmatic III

Chapter 21 - The B.C.C. Lightmatic SP

Chapter 22 - The enigmatic Varicon

Chapter 23 - Accessories

Chapter 24 - Other Camera Taiyodo Shops

Chapter 25

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6 - UK sale prices (December 2022 to present)

Appendix 7 - Table of rarity

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updated 19/09/2026

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