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== Camera list ==
 
== Camera list ==
 
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* Nicca 5
 
* Nicca 5
 
* Nicca 5L
 
* Nicca 5L
* Nicca 3-F
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* [[Nicca 3-F]]
 
* Nicca 33
 
* Nicca 33
 
* [[Nicca III-L]]
 
* [[Nicca III-L]]
 
* Peerless 35
 
* Peerless 35
 
* Snider 35
 
* Snider 35
* Yashica YE
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* [[Yashica YE]]
* Yashica YF (Leica M3-copy)
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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://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Nicca Cameras] at www.collection-appareils.fr
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* [http://archive.is/B7rDA Nicca 33] at [https://archive.is/etxD4 Kuroneko Camera] (archived version)
* [http://www.kuroneko-camera.com/cameras/nicca_33.html Nicca 33] at [http://www.kuroneko-camera.com/ Kuroneko Camera]
 
 
* Nicca Snider 35 among [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/copieleicaIII.html copies of the Leica III] at Massimo Bertacchi's [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Innovative Cameras]
 
* Nicca Snider 35 among [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/LeicaCopy/copieleicaIII.html copies of the Leica III] at Massimo Bertacchi's [http://corsopolaris.net/supercameras/ Innovative Cameras]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/nicca/nicca_iii-a_iii-s/nicca_iii-a_iii-s.htm  NICCA III-A / S PDF instructions] from [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ www.OrphanCameras.com]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/sears/sears_tower_35_5-l/sears_tower_35_5-l.htm NICCA 5-L PDF instructions] from [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ www.OrphanCameras.com]
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* [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/nicca/nicca_b-c_flash/nicca_b-c_flash.htm NICCA B-C flash PDF instructions] from [http://www.butkus.org/chinon/ www.OrphanCameras.com]
  
 
[[Category:Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category:Japanese camera makers]]

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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