1948 - Photography

Photography

Photographs: Henri Matisse by Gisèle Freund.

The Nikon camera introduced by Nippon Kogaku K.K. of Japan is a 35-mm. rangefinder camera designed to compete with the German Leica. Organized by the Mitsubishi group in 1917, Nippon Kogaku has been making lenses under the Nikkor trade name since 1932 but has never before made cameras (see 1959).

The Polaroid Land Camera goes on sale for the first time November 26 at a Boston department store (see 1947; 1950).