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== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
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| − | * DECHERT, Peter. ''The Contax Connection''. Historical Camera Publications, 2007. Available for download in PDF at [http://www.songofsnow.com/Peter-Dechert-Articles-s/156.htm Peter Dechert's Corner] (includes relevant | + | * DECHERT, Peter. ''The Contax Connection''. Historical Camera Publications, 2007. Available for download in PDF at [https://web.archive.org/web/20160807172043/http://www.songofsnow.com/Peter-Dechert-Articles-s/156.htm Peter Dechert's Corner (archived)] (includes relevant information about Nicca cameras] |
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| − | * [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_n/histnicca.htm | + | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20180723124944/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_n/histnicca.htm History of Nicca] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20180722231010/http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/home.htm PrimeLens Leica Copies by Ian Norris] (archived) |
* [http://www.cameraquest.com/nicproto.htm Unmarked camera], perhaps based on a Nicca or Yashica, at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest] | * [http://www.cameraquest.com/nicproto.htm Unmarked camera], perhaps based on a Nicca or Yashica, at [http://www.cameraquest.com/ Cameraquest] | ||
* [http://archive.is/B7rDA Nicca 33] at [https://archive.is/etxD4 Kuroneko Camera] (archived version) | * [http://archive.is/B7rDA Nicca 33] at [https://archive.is/etxD4 Kuroneko Camera] (archived version) | ||
Latest revision as of 07:58, 22 December 2021
The Nicca Camera Co. Ltd. started as the optical workshop Kōgaku Seiki-sha (光学精機社, meaning Optics and Precision Co.) in 1940, founded by former employees of Seiki Kōgaku (the predecessor of Canon). It was based in Tokyo, Honjo.[1] Its first camera, the Nippon, a close copy of the Leica rangefinder camera, was produced in 1942.
In 1948, the company changed its name to the Nippon Camera Works, and a year later, to the Nicca Camera Works. It continued to build Leica-type rangefinder cameras, adding such features as flash synchronization, lever wind, a hinged film back, and projected viewfinder framing. Nicca also made cameras for Sears under the Tower name.
In 1958, the company was acquired by Yashica, which manufactured and re-labeled the Nicca-33 and III-L as the Yashica YE and YF respectively.
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Camera list
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| Nicca 3-S no.66358, Nikkor-H 5cm f/1.4 lens no.321448. Pictures by eBayer Yalluflex. (Image rights) |
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| 1956 Advt. in Australian "Popular Photography" scanned by Geoff Harrisson (Image rights) |
- Nippon
- Nicca (original)
- Nicca III or Nicca Type-3
- Tower Type-3 (Leica III-copy for Sears & Roebuck, 1949)
- Nicca IIIA (Leica III-copy, 1951)
- Nicca IIIB (Leica III-copy, 1951)
- Nicca IIIS (Leica III-copy, 1952)
- Nicca 3-S
- Nicca 4
- Nicca 5
- Nicca 5L
- Nicca 3-F
- Nicca 33
- Nicca III-L
- Peerless 35
- Snider 35
- Yashica YE
- Yashica YF (Leica M3-copy)
Notes
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- ↑ Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Honjo-ku Higashi-Ryōgoku 3–10 (東京都本所区東両国3–10). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943.
Bibliography
- "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
- DECHERT, Peter. The Contax Connection. Historical Camera Publications, 2007. Available for download in PDF at Peter Dechert's Corner (archived) (includes relevant information about Nicca cameras]
Links
- History of Nicca at PrimeLens Leica Copies by Ian Norris (archived)
- Unmarked camera, perhaps based on a Nicca or Yashica, at Cameraquest
- Nicca 33 at Kuroneko Camera (archived version)
- Nicca Snider 35 among copies of the Leica III at Massimo Bertacchi's Innovative Cameras
- NICCA III-A / S PDF instructions from www.OrphanCameras.com
- NICCA 5-L PDF instructions from www.OrphanCameras.com
- NICCA B-C flash PDF instructions from www.OrphanCameras.com
