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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
 
* {{Inquiry1943}}
 
* {{Inquiry1943}}
* 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 informacion about Nicca cameras]
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* 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]
  
 
== Links ==
 
== Links ==
* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_n/histnicca.htm Chronology] at [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica.htm Leica Copies] by Ian Norris
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* [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.

Camera list

  • 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

  1. 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.

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