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nikonnl	EPOI & Minolta	Lead	[-]
Posts: 223 (03/27/2008 03:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Tags : None Gentlemen, is it true that EPOI imported Minolta equipment as well? I´ve run into a Minolta Autopack slide projector which is identical to the Nikomat/Nikkormat projector. Everything is interchangeable, even the remote control. The lens on the Minolta is a P-Rokkor 2.8/4 inch/100mm, without any indication where it was made (no ´made in japan´). Both this Rokkor and the Pro-Nikkor 3.5/4 inch/100mm lens are the only lenses of those manufacturers I know whith focal length in inches. Did J. Ehrenreich had a lot to say in the Minolta factory as well? ´Joseph the Great´ must have been an influential person in Tokyo. See for details at my website. Thanks and regards, Nico
Nikonmike	EPOI & Minolta	#1	[-]
Posts: 147 (03/27/2008 06:53 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Hi Nico; I know that in Canada in the 1970's and perhaps 1980's, the Nikon distributor, Anglophoto Ltd. (Montreal) used to also distribute Minolta so there appears to be a link (in Canada anyway) between Nikon and Minolta....at least for sharing the same distributer. I can't really relate this linkage for the US based EPOI. Cheers, Mike
Nikon HS Webmaster		#2	[-]
Posts: 2120 (03/27/2008 08:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	EPOI sold Bronica, Komura, but not Minolta.
nikonnl	EPOI	#3	[-]
Posts: 223 (03/28/2008 02:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	Thanks Mike & Fred, Since Ehrenreich (EPOI) ordered Sears or Sawyers to produce a (N'mat) slide projector, why did he accept Minolta - as his competitor - to come with an identical projector? Or was Minolta first and did Joseph ask for a copy? Regards, Nico
Nikon HS Webmaster		#4	[-]
Posts: 2120 (03/29/2008 07:11 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts	I had never noticed that there was a Minolta Sawyers projector. There were not many alternatives to the Kodak at the time.

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