Kenko is Japan's ultimate optical chameleon, not a lens factory but an empire that started as Murakami Shokai in 1928. Its first camera was the 1929 'It' box, Japan's first 'no darkroom' camera. Officially re-founded September 1957 as New...
Kenko is Japan's ultimate optical chameleon, not a lens factory but an empire that started as Murakami Shokai in 1928. Its first camera was the 1929 'It' box, Japan's first 'no darkroom' camera. Officially re-founded September 1957 as New Kenko Photographic Industry. Collectors know Kenko for the legendary Teleplus dynasty: the variable 2-3x CF1 for Canon FD and MC7 AF 2x DGX with Hoya multi-coated glass, built since the 1960s. Its 2000s KF-1N/KF-2N (Nikon F), KF-3YC (Contax/Yashica) and KF-4PK (Pentax K) SLRs are Cosina CT-1 chassis shared with Nikon FM-10.