Difference between revisions of "Nicca"
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− | The '''Nicca Camera Co. Ltd.''' started as the optical workshop ''Kogaku Seiki'' founded by former '''[[Canon]]''' | + | The '''Nicca Camera Co. Ltd.''' started as the optical workshop ''Kogaku Seiki'', founded by former employees of '''[[Canon]]''' in the 1930s. In its last years it cooperated with [[Yashica]], which bought it. Later the name Nicca seems to have been used as brand name by someone else for cheap cameras, may be by Yashica. |
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* [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_n/histnicca.htm history] | * [http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/iannorris/leica_copies/leica_copies_n/histnicca.htm history] | ||
− | * [http://www.cameraquest.com/nicproto.htm | + | * [http://www.cameraquest.com/nicproto.htm an unmarked camera] that's based on a Nicca or Yashica |
[[Category:camera makers]] | [[Category:camera makers]] | ||
[[Category:Japan]] | [[Category:Japan]] |
Revision as of 08:53, 15 May 2006
The Nicca Camera Co. Ltd. started as the optical workshop Kogaku Seiki, founded by former employees of Canon in the 1930s. In its last years it cooperated with Yashica, which bought it. Later the name Nicca seems to have been used as brand name by someone else for cheap cameras, may be by Yashica.
cameras
Leica copies
- Tower Type 3 (Leica III-copy for Sears & Roebuck, 1949)
- Nicca IIIB (Leica III-copy, 1951)
- Nicca IIIS (Leica III-copy, 1952)
- Nicca Type MS
- Nicca Type 4
- Nicca Type 5
- Yashica YF Nicca (Leica M3-copy)
Links
- history
- an unmarked camera that's based on a Nicca or Yashica