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| Minolta was, more than any of the other Japanese camera companies, a fully integrated camera company almost from its earliest roots. Starting in the twenties, Minolta contracted with German companies for lenses and shutters to manufacture complete cameras. In 1937, after a reorganization as Chiyoda Kogaku Seiko K.K., what was later to be named Minolta emerged to become the first Japanese camera company to manufacture every component of the cameras that it produced. |
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