Cosina
Sign in to saveis a manufacturer of high-end optical glass, optical precision equipment, cameras, video and electronic related equipment, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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- Cosina Co., Ltd.
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- Voigtländer Bessa L camera and Voigtländer Snapshot-Skopar 25mm f4.0 lens: manufactured by Cosina in Japan
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- 株式会社コシナ
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- ja
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- Cosina Co., Ltd.
- Company.former_name
- K.K. Nikō
- Company.type
- Kabushiki Kaisha
- Company.industry
- High-end optical devices and camera manufacturer
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- in Japan
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- Company.hq_location_city
- Nakano
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is a manufacturer of high-end optical glass, optical precision equipment, cameras, video and electronic related equipment, based in Nakano, Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
==History== thumb|275px|Cosina Hi-Lite thumb|275px|Cosina 19–35 f/3.5-4.5 AF lens Cosina is the successor to Nikō (or "Nikoh"), a company set up as a lens processing factory in February 1959, which was a pioneer in optical polishing and lens grinding in Japan. In 1966, it also began manufacturing 35 mm compact cameras and 8 mm cine cameras, and a year later started the manufacture of 35mm film SLR cameras.In 1968, it started a glass melting factory. Nikō changed its name to Cosina in 1973. (The first part of the name is a reference to the Koshi area within Nakano, where the founder came from; while the 'Na' represents Nakano.)