Native name | ブロニカ株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Bronica Co., Ltd. |
Formerly | Zenza Bronica Industries, Inc. (ゼンザブロニカ工業株式会社) Shinkodo Works (新光堂製作所) |
Company type | Kabushiki Kaisha |
Industry | photography (camera and lens manufacturer) |
Founded | June 30, 1956Tokyo, Japan | in
Founder | Zenzaburō Yoshino |
Fate | Acquired by Tamron Co., Ltd. (July 1998) |
Successor | Tamron Co., Ltd. |
Headquarters | , Japan |
Products | Cameras, optical lenses and other products |
Bronica also Zenza Bronica (in Japanese: ゼンザブロニカ) was a Japanese manufacturer of classic medium-format roll film cameras and photographic equipment based in Tokyo, Japan. Their single-lens reflex (SLR) system-cameras competed with Pentax, Hasselblad, Mamiya and others in the medium-format camera market.