Nippon
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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)
- Nippon Kōki, a camera maker in the late 1930s and early 1940s, maker of the Well
- Nippon Kōki Kōgyō or Nippon Kōki, a camera maker in the 1950s, maker of the Calm and Silver, perhaps the same as the former
- Nippon Kōken, a camera maker
- Nippon Kōsokki, a camera maker, maker of the Taron
- Nihon Seiki Kōgyō, a camera maker
- Nihon Seimitsu Kōgyō, perhaps a camera maker around 1950
- Nihon Shashin Kōgaku Kōgyōsha, perhaps a camera maker in 1946
- Nihon Shashin Kōgyō, perhaps a camera maker in 1947
- Nihon 16-miri Shashin Kōgyō, certainly the successor to Doryu Camera in late 1955 or early 1956
- 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)
