History of Japanese Optics....

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• Apr 14, 2010

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I ran in to this fantastic PDF article by Hans Braakhuls. His concentration is the Nikon history, but he also covers the genesis of the Japanese optical industry.

http://home.planet.nl/~braak117/history Nippon Kogaku Nikon.pdf

 

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ic-racer said:

I ran in to this fantastic PDF article by Hans Braakhuls.

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Thanks for the link!

It's "Braakhuis", by the way.

 

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I don't have Nikon products right now, but I still find article interesting.

Jeff

 

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Very interesting, thanks for the link.