Sekonic: Elmatic 8 - Camera

Sekonic: Elmatic 8 - Camera

Nice Condition, No noticeable issues, not tested

The company's roots seemingly trace back to June 1941. It was established as a stock company (kabushiki-gaisha) in June 1951 as Seik? Denki K?gy? K.K. or Seiko Electric Industries Co., Ltd., based in Tokyo. Its first exposure meter was the Sekonic P-I.[3]

In 1959 the company opened a new factory in Nerima, Tokyo, and created the sub-company K.K. Hachiy? K?gaku K?gy?, with a factory in Ikeda, for the manufacture of exposure meters. The main company Seik? Denki K?gy? was renamed K.K. Sekonic in August 1960.

As well as light meters sold under its own brand, the company also made various OEM meters, sold under different names such as Prinz and Hanimex, whilst others were built into various Japanese cameras. Sekonic also made 8mm movie cameras and projectors in the 1960s, some of which were also sold under other names like Hanimex, others under their own Sekonic and Elmatic brands.

In 1984, the Sekonic L-518 Digipro X-1 meter was used on board the NASA Space Shuttle.