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DAY 112 | HISTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHY |
Nikon
JAPAN GETS CAMERA-READY
Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (loosely translated as “Japan Optics”) of Tokyo was formed in 1917 when the three leading producers of optical materials (one of which had been in business since 1881) merged to form one company. Much like the German companies Leitz and Zeis, they initially produced well-regarded microscopes, telescopes, surveying equipment, and other instruments for science and industry, not cameras.
In the 1930s Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha was producing photographic lenses for other companies, such as Canon, when the Japanese government selected ...
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