Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/09/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I think Nippon Kogaku, the company which became Nikon, means "Japanese Optical". It is said that they started making camera bodies after WWII because the US occupying administration wanted to close them down, as they made optics and had made all the wartime bomb sights and periscopes. They made the lenses for many Japanese cameras makers in the early days, not just Canon. I have a very old Canon with 50mm f3.5 Nippon Kogaku lens :-) The quality of manufacture is very amateur! Frank On 10 Sep, 2008, at 00:32, Mark Rabiner wrote: > The first job Nikon ever did before they even came out with their > own body > was making lenes for Canon Cameras. > > > > mark@rabinergroup.com > Mark William Rabiner > > > >> From: Alan Magayne-Roshak <amr3@uwm.edu> >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> >> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:01:14 -0500 (CDT) >> To: lug <lug@leica-users.org> >> Subject: [Leica] IMG:Hybrid Camera >> >> In my career I've used a variety of mongrel camera combinations. >> Here is the >> latest: >> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/Canikon1_AMR.jpg.ht >> ml> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/Gear/Canikon2_AMR.jpg.ht >> ml> >> >> Alan >> >> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer >> UPAA POY 1978 >> University Information Technology Services >> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >> Office Phone: 414 229-6525 | E-mail: amr3@uwm.edu >> Department Phone: 414 229-4282 >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information