![]() ![]() However, both the shutter and rangefinder mechanism followed the Leica's, resulting in a simpler, easier to manufacture design. Because it uses the Zeiss' Contax camera mount, the Nikon camera bears a strong external resemblance to that camera. Production grew slowly over the next year, with all but a few of the cameras being sold to overseas markets including the United States. ![]() Sales began in September 1948 with a shipment of 100 cameras to Hong Kong. After over a year of development and testing, manufacture began in March 1948. The original design was approved by September 1946. It is a 35mm rangefinder camera, now known as the Nikon I. The Nikon was the first camera introduced by the optical manufacturer Nippon Kogaku K.K. ![]()
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