The first camera produced by Asahi was the Asahiflex, that was also the first Japanese 35mm SLR, made as a prototype in 1951 and released in 1952. Īfter the war, Asahi made binoculars and polished lenses for several other companies. The company changed status in 1938, becoming Asahi Kogaku Kogyo K.K. From the mid-1930s to the end of World War II, the company was also the main supplier of Molta, then Chiyoda Kogaku Seiko (predecessors of Minolta), whose cameras were equipped with Coronar and Promar lenses. From 1933, the company produced Optor and meniscus achromat lenses designed at Rokuoh-sha for Konishiroku models. These lenses were not marked as made by Asahi, and were produced lenses for various camera models made by other makers. It began to produce camera lenses in the early 1930s, under the leadership of the CEO Kajiwara Kumao (?) and his closest collaborator Matsumoto Saburo (?). It was originally an optical company, beginning by making glasses under the Aoco brand (presumably the acronym of Asahi Optical Company), and made its first Aoco projection lens in 1923. The company that would become Pentax was founded in 1919 as Asahi Kogaku Kogyo G.K. 13.2 User groups and community websites.10 Asahi lenses on cameras from other makers.
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