Konica: Cameras, Cassettes and Transformation

👉 Support the channel via YouTube Membership Your support helps maintain a regular release schedule and fund future videos    / @multimedium_channel   ☕ One-time support https://buymeacoffee.com/multimedium Konica was one of Japan's oldest camera companies — older than Eastman Kodak — and the maker of the world's first autofocus camera in 1977. It was also the brand behind the VHS cassettes that appeared on shop shelves across Europe and Asia throughout the 1980s. This video tells the full story: from a Tokyo pharmacy in 1873, through a century of cameras and magnetic media, to the merger with Minolta in 2003 and the final exit from consumer imaging in 2006.