The majority of updates are serial numbers. Content updates are in Bold.
18/11/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 46514 seen on Jauce.
16/11/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 112780 seen on eBay UK.
16/11/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 104472 seen on Jauce.
16/11/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 43959 seen on Jauce.
16/11/24 - Super L - Serial number 86517 seen on eBay USA.
14/11/24 - LM - Serial number L4454 seen on Mercari.
14/11/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V44547 seen on eBay UK.
12/11/24 - Lightmatic SP - Serial number C3066 seen on Mecari.
12/11/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 85290 seen on Jauce.
10/11/24 - Company History updated to reflect new information that the Beauty Camera Company may have become Electronic Optical Machinery Co., Ltd. in 1965.
06/11/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V25450 seen on Jauce.
05/11/24 - Super L - Serial number 82064 seen on Jauce.
01/11/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 118795 seen on Jauce.
01/11/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 68459 seen on Jauce.
31/10/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V1988 seen on Jauce.
31/10/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 69535 seen on Jauce.
29/10/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R19138 seen on Jauce.
29/10/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 96747 seen on Mercari.
29/10/24 - LM - Serial number L22688 seen on Jauce.
25/10/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 67030 seen on Jauce.
25/10/24 - Slight update of Company History to reference a passage in "the Evolution of the Japanese Camera" - Condax.
24/10/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V38277 seen on eBay UK.
24/10/24 - Slight rewrite of the Super 35 page.
24/10/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 42803 seen in a YouTube video($).
24/10/24 - Created table of Beauty 35 variations, leading to a rewrite/simplification of the Beauty 35 page.
22/10/24 - Prices & Varicon updated to reflect the outcome of the auction of a Varicon SL on Jauce.
18/10/24 - Table of the rarest models updated.
17/10/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 86367 seen on Mercari.
17/10/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K6262 seen on eBay USA.
17/10/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 50747 seen on Mercari.
14/10/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 32278 seen on Mercari.
12/10/24 - f/1.9 Canter - Serial number 5581 seen on eBay USA.
12/10/24 - Prices updated to show data by model rather than by month.
08/10/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V42912 seen on eBay UK.
06/10/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V26814 seen on Jauce.
04/10/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S11830 seen on eBay UK.
01/10/24 - Prices updated to include September sales.
29/09/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 43977 seen on Jauce.
27/09/24 - f/1.9 Canter - Serial number 3979 seen on eBay UK.
27/09/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 31411 seen on Jauce.
27/09/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 107971 seen on eBay USA.
26/09/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K4293 seen on Mercari.
25/09/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S12190 seen on eBay UK.
23/09/24 - Lightmatic SP - Serial number C6928 seen on Jauce.
17/09/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 109687 seen on eBay USA.
17/09/24 - Scant details of a Headquarters at 43 Miyamoto-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo added to Shops.
16/09/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V10743 seen on eBay UK.
15/09/24 - Super L - Serial number 83458 seen on eBay USA.
15/09/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 82218 seen on Mercari.
15/09/24 - Details of the Manual 45camera and Beauty MC lens (which may have nothing to do with Camera Taiyodo) added to Odds & Ends page.
13/09/24 - A number of text and graphics changes to the Company History to add emphasis and improve the alignment and ordering so that graphics and text support each other.
12/09/24 - Reproduction of Sugiyama TLR models PDF added to Books page.
11/09/24 - Reproduction of Sugiyama 35mm models PDF added to Books page.
09/09/24 - LM - Serial number L1750 seen on Jauce.
09/09/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V25145 seen on Jauce.
08/09/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K1396 seen on Jauce.
07/09/24 - Books - rewrite and prices updated.
06/09/24 - Super L - Serial number 82370 seen on Jauce.
05/09/24 - LM - Serial number L21912 seen on eBay Austria.
05/09/24 - an example of the extremely rare Varicon SL - serial number 81942 - seen on eBay USA.
05/09/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K2682 seen on eBay Japan.
05/09/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S4076 seen on eBay Italy.
05/09/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R16417 seen on Jauce.
02/09/24 - Super L - Serial number 82244 seen on eBay UK.
01/09/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V46383 seen on eBay UK.
01/09/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 118531 seen on Jauce.
31/08/24 - Prices - a Super II sold in the UK in August 2024.
27/08/24 - f/2.8 Super II - Serial number K14015 seen on eBay UK.
27/08/24 - slight re-write of Beauty Flexes page after finding a magazine advertisement confirming the existence of the Beauty Flex type 0.
26/08/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 49984 seen on Jauce.
17/08/24 - A rare Beautycord model II seen on eBay japan (previously only know in Brazil).
15/08/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 106147 seen at a Dutch online shop (OldCamShop) where it had been listed for sale 3 years ago!
15/08/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K5322 seen on Jauce & Mercari.
13/08/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R26154 seen on Jauce.
11/08/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 114761 seen on Jauce.
11/08/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 37487 seen on Mercari.
10/08/24 - Some redrafting of the Company History page to reflect the contents of page 1306 of the 2003 "Distribution Company Yearbook" (流通会社年鑑) published by "Japan Keizai Shimbun" (日本経済新聞社) which states that the Camera Taiyodo store was established on 24 August 1946 as a shop, and that Taiyodo Koki was reorganized as a joint-stock company on 21 August 1957 and traded as the Beauty Camera Company for thereon: proof positive that Taiyodo was not founded in 1920, and did not change their name a as consequence of recovery from bankruptcy.
08/08/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V39239 on Jauce.
08/08/24 - Image of the Mito City Ibaraki Prefecture shop front, and the "Shops" page added to drop-down menu.
07/08/24 - Scant details of a onetime Camera Taiyodo store in the Kabukicho District of Shinjuku Tokyo.
07/08/24 - Camera Taiyodo advert found in 1947 satirical magazine VAN. Image and link added to Home page.
05/08/24 - f/2.8 Super II - Serial number K12038 seen on Jauce.
05/08/24 - LM - Serial number L1163 (the lowest observed) seen on Jauce.
04/08/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 40307 seen on Jauce.
03/08/24 - 2x Lightmatic SP- Serial number C2067 & C4263 seen on Jauce.
03/08/24 - 2x Lightomatic III - Serial number V18032 & V34735 seen on Jauce.
03/08/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R2091 seen on Jauce.
01/08/24 - Margin notes (which may not be visible on all devices) added to Beauty 35 page to address the malicious comments made by Cameracollector.net when they discovered they had been caught copying information from this site. Subsequently moved to here.
30/07/24 - Prices - three Lightomatic IIIs sold in the UK in July 2024.
30/07/24 - f/2 Super II - serial number K5347 seen on Jauce.
27/07/24 - Image of a shutter release collar on a Ward 35.
27/07/24 - Image of 35 lens cap added to Odds & Ends.
26/07/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 115888 seen on Jauce.
25/07/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 97469 seen in a USA online shop (VSS Outlet).
25/07/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial number 87495 seen on Jauce.
24/07/24 - new page for f/2.8 Canter 35 - serial numbers.
23/07/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 64492 seen on Jauce.
21/07/24 - New PDF summary of the differences between Beauty, Gen, Milo, and Ward 35 models.
21/07/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R20738 seen on Jauce.
20/07/24 - New information on a forth type of Beauty 35.
12/07/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V39394 seen on Jauce.
08/07/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V49120 seen on etsy UK.
01/07/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V16815 seen on eBay UK.
30/06/24 - Prices - one UK sale for £49.00 in June 2024.
30/06/24 - LM - Serial number L3583 seen on eBay Germany.
26/06/24 - LM - Serial number L10616 seen on Mercari.
24/06/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 85929 seen on Jauce.
23/06/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 84290 seen on Mercari.
20/06/24 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K5227 seen on eBay USA.
19/06/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V17093 seen on eBay UK.
19/06/24 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K3615 seen on Jauce.
16/06/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 70272 seen on Jauce.
13/06/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V5627 seen on Mercari.
13/06/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R1182 seen on Jauce.
07/06/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V18361 seen on eBay UK.
05/06/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 34187 seen on Jauce.
30/05/24 - Prices - one UK sale for £15.00 in May 2024.
30/05/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S2718 seen on Jauce.
28/05/24 - New information on three types of Beauty 35.
27/05/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 52579 seen on Jauce.
27/05/24 - Super L - Serial number 81284 seen on Mercari.
27/05/24 - Company History updated to reflect a blog comment about "planned" bankruptcy.
23/05/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 38927 seen on Jauce.
22/05/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 114764 seen on Jauce.
20/05/24 - LM - Serial number L22222 seen on Jauce.
18/05/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 50784 seen on Jauce.
15/05/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 50342 seen on Jauce.
14/05/24 - Camera Taiyodo Wikipedia page published.
13/05/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 103276 seen on eBay UK.
13/05/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 36678 seen on Mercari.
11/05/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V29332 seen on eBay UK.
09/05/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 65766 seen on Mercari.
02/05/24 - Super L - Serial number 86756 seen on Jauce.
02/05/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 116613 seen on Jauce.
02/05/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V10257 seen on Jauce.
01/05/24 - Lite III - Serial number V28384 seen on eBay USA.
01/05/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S11544 seen on eBay UK.
01/05/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R25838 seen on Jauce.
30/04/24 - LM - Serial number L6541 seen on Jauce.
30/04/24 - Prices - no UK sales in April 2024.
29/04/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R2163 seen on Jauce.
28/04/24 - Information on the Akasaka Tokyu Hotel store taken from Don Briggs' book "Tokyo: VIP's Confidential Guide".
20/04/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 71492 seen on Mercari.
19/04/24 - Super L - Serial number 86828 seen on Jauce.
19/04/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V36189 seen on Jauce.
18/04/24 - Super L - Serial number 87153 seen on Jauce.
16/04/24 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K2734 seen on Jauce.
13/04/24 - minor update to Lightomatic page to clarify to role of the Beau Camera Company division of the Camera Specialty Company.
12/04/24 - minor re-write of Beaumat page with some new images.
12/04/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S4714 seen on Gumtree Australia.
12/04/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S7615 seen on Carousel.
12/04/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S4674 seen at Albion Antique Auction Centre Australia.
12/04/24 - Beaumat - Serial number S6541 seen on eBay Spain.
11/04/24 - Added an image of the Milo 35.
10/04/24 - Super L - Serial number 86360 seen on Mercari.
10/04/24 - Early Super 35 - Serial number 31118 seen on Jauce. Image imported into this website.
09/04/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V31764 seen on Jauce.
08/04/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 32299 seen on Jauce.
07/04/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 118269 seen on Jauce.
05/04/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V1343 seen on Jauce.
04/04/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 38441 seen online at Matsuo used Camera Shop in Nagano Prefecture (super condition and only £14).
04/04/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V45500 seen on Jauce.
03/04/24 - Two new detail photos added to Beauty Flexes page.
03/04/24 - Super L - Serial number 82777 seen on Worthpoint.
02/04/24 - LM - Serial number L3346 seen on a Taiwanese forum (along with a plagiarized copy of an old version of my home page).
02/04/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 45027 seen on Jauce.
01/04/24 - Prices - three UK sales in March 2024 (one purchased was by me).
26/03/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 82730 seen on Jauce.
25/03/24 - Two newly discovered advertisements for the Canter 35.
24/03/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V30176 seen on eBay UK.
22/03/24 - An f/2.8 Canter 35 with the rewind-arm release catch added to my collection.
19/03/24 - English language Beauty 35 manual found on Orphan Cameras.
18/03/24 - Super 35 MX transitional - Serial number 68316 seen on Jauce.
15/03/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 67472 seen on Jauce.
14/03/24 - Super L - Serial number 82633 seen on CollectiBlend.
14/03/24 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 61331 seen on Mercari.
13/03/24 - link to cameracollector.net from Beauty 35 page for images of a Gen 35.
13/03/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V10546 seen on Jauce.
13/03/24 - Super 35 transitional- Serial number 63376 seen on Mercari.
07/03/24 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K2328 seen on Jauce.
04/03/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V44489 seen on eBay UK.
03/03/24 - Lite III - Serial number V40050 seen on eBay Austria.
03/03/24 - Super L - Serial number 83341 seen on Jauce.
03/03/24 - LM - Serial number L22131 seen Jauce.
29/02/24 - Prices - no UK sales in February 2024.
29/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V45568 seen on eBay UK.
27/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V2607 seen on Jauce.
27/02/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 33024 seen on Jauce.
26/02/24 - LM - Serial number L5011 seen eBay USA.
26/02/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 113795 seen on Jauce.
25/02/24 - LM - Serial number L22242 seen eBay Australia.
25/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V27923 seen on eBay UK.
19/02/24 - LM - Serial number L3689 seen on Mercari.
18/02/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 31743 seen on Mercari. This is the new lowest known serial number.
16/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V34649 seen on Jauce.
15/02/24 - Added image of Lightomatic III certificate.
15/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V24312 seen on Jauce.
15/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V10459 seen on Jauce.
12/02/24 - LM - Serial number L8392 seen on Jauce.
11/02/24 - New page to replace previous PDF docs, and a translation of Senshu University of Chiyoda article.
10/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V16431 seen on eBay UK.
08/02/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V7611 seen on Mercari.
04/02/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 36896 seen on Mercari.
01/02/24 - Prices - no UK sales in January 2024.
27/01/24 - Minor re-write of Beauty Flexes with evidence of a type IIA, plus a link to a IV restoration video.
27/01/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 34317 seen on Mercari.
27/01/24 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 52415 seen on Jauce.
27/01/24 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V32142 seen on Jauce.
24/01/24 - LM - Serial number L21421 seen on Jauce.
22/01/24 - Super 35 MX transitional - Serial number 67740 seen on Mercari.
19/01/24 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 104224 seen on Jauce.
18/01/24 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R1500 seen on Jauce.
18/01/24 - LM - Serial number L6154 seen on Jauce.
13/01/24 - Super L - Serial number 86118 seen on eBay Canada.
07/01/24 - Super L - Serial number 85380 seen on eBay UK.
07/01/24 - Prices - no UK sales in December 2023.
24/12/23 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K5400 seen on Jauce.
24/12/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V32300 seen on Jauce.
21/12/23 - Minor re-write of Beauty Flexes to incorporate two new graphics.
15/12/23 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 86524 seen on Jauce.
12/12/23 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 58156 seen on Jauce.
12/12/23 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 100615 seen on eBay UK.
03/12/23 - Minor re-write of Beauty Flexes to incorporate two new graphics.
30/11/23 - Super 35 MX - Serial number 36946 seen on Jauce.
30/11/23 - Prices - Lightomatic III sold on eBay UK for £29.99.
29/11/23 - Super 35 MXV - Serial number 68443 seen on Mercari.
29/11/23 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 98830 seen on eBay USA.
27/11/23 - f/1.9 Super II - Serial number K6067 seen on eBay USA.
27/11/23 - Super 35 (transitional model) - Serial number 60079 seen on Jauce.
27/11/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V2791 seen on Jauce.
27/11/23 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R5406 seen on Jauce.
27/11/23 - LM - Serial number L7717 seen on Jauce.
18/11/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V48886 seen on eBay UK.
17/11/23 - f/2.8 Canter - Serial number 113086 seen on Jauce.
17/11/23 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R10142 seen on Jauce.
09/11/23 - f/2 Super II - Serial number K3098 seen on Mercari.
09/11/23 - Lite III - Serial number V15600 seen on eBay USA.
29/10/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V8063 seen on Jauce.
29/10/23 - Prices - Lightomatic III sold on eBay UK for £29.99.
22/10/23 - LM - Serial number L4130 seen on eBay USA.
22/10/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V12031 seen on eBay UK and V18303 on Jauce.
19/10/23 - Prices - f/1.9 Canter sold on eBay UK for £30.00.
14/10/23 - Prices - Lightomatic III sold on eBay UK for £9.99.
13/10/23 - f/1.9 Canter - Serial number 3133 on eBay UK.
12/10/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V11264 seen on eBay UK.
07/10/23 - Lightomatic II - Serial numbers R4424, R8767, R8961, R11915 and R21883 via Google image search.
06/10/23 - Image of Lightomatic II box.
06/10/23 - Super 35 (transitional model) - Serial number 55306 and 57899 seen on Mercari.
06/10/23 - Super L - Serial number 80230 seen on Mercari.
06/10/23 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R16372 and R26496 seen on Mercari.
06/10/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V44117 seen on Mercari.
06/10/23 - Lightmatic SP - Serial number C5074 seen on Mercari.
05/10/23 - April 1971 Camera Taiyodo store catalogue cover found on eBay USA.
05/10/23 - Super 35 - Serial number 44642 seen on Jauce.
02/10/23 - Lightmatic SP - Serial number C8475 seen on eBay UK.
29/09/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V24967 seen on eBay UK.
29/09/23 - Prices - Beaumat sold on eBay UK for £9.99.
24/09/23 - Beaumat - Serial number S2090 seen on eBay UK.
14/09/23 - f/2.8 Canter (with rewind release catch) - Serial number 100499 seen on Jauce.
07/09/23 - Super L - Serial number 86829 seen on eBay USA.
06/09/23 - Super 35 (MX) - Serial number 37156 seen on Jauce.
03/09/23 - Super 35 (transitional model) - Serial number 59827 seen on Jauce.
03/09/23 - Prices - Beaumat sold on eBay UK for £14.99.
01/09/23 - Prices - Lightomatic III sold for £11.26 on eBay.
30/08/23 - Super 35 - Serial number 57246 seen on Jauce.
28/08/23 - f/2.8 Canter 35 - Serial number 100090 seen on eBay USA.
28/08/23 - Super L - Serial number 82114 seen on eBay Ireland.
28/08/23 - Beaumat - Serial number S2085 seen on Jauce.
27/08/23 - Lightomatic II - Serial number R17650 seen on Jauce.
25/08/23 - Lightomatic III - Serial number V45344 seen on eBay UK.