Nippon

Disambiguation Page

Nippon or Nihon (日本) is a Japanese word meaning "Japan"; hence it occurs quite frequently within the names of Japanese companies or products. See the following:

• the Nippon (4.5×6), a 4.5×6 rangefinder camera with a focal plane shutter, made in 1936–7
• the Nippon (35mm), a Leica copy by Seiki Kōgaku (the predecessor of Nippon Camera and Nicca)
• Nippon Camera, a camera maker (later Nicca), maker of the Nicca
• Nippon Camera (also Nihon Camera), a magazine
• Nippon Kōgaku, a lens and camera maker (later Nikon)
• Nihon Kōki, a camera maker, maker of the Well, Calm, and Silver
• Nippon Kōken, a camera maker
• Nippon Kōsokki, a camera maker, maker of the Taron
• Nihon Seiki Kōgyō, a camera maker
• Nihon Shashin Kōgyō, perhaps a camera maker
• Nihon Shōkai, a distributor
• in the 1990s and 2000s, very low quality fake SLRs, presumably made in China, were sold under the name Nippon (see this page at Alfred Klomp's camera site)