Tachihara vs Osaka

[photobackpacker]

Tachihara makes 4X5, 5X7 and 8X10 field cameras. I have read that the Osaka 4X5 is actually the Tachihara. Does anyone know if this is true for all three sizes?

 

[photobackpacker]

Ted Bromwell of Bromwell Marketing answered my question. The cameras are one and the same.

 

[seadrive]

So... is this guy:
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-OSAKA-CAMER...ryZ15247QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

being, ummmm... less than truthful, when he says that the Osaka he sells is "much more rigid than the similar Tachihara cameras which have thin easily breakable brass parts."?

 

[photobackpacker]

It would appear to be the case - but then, I avoid ebay as a source for accurate product write-ups. I think it has something to do with the frequency of the remark "I don' know anything about cameras, but......."