Nicca III (Type-3)

The Nicca III (Type-3) is a Japanese 35mm rangefinder camera built in the Leica screw-mount tradition, produced by the Nicca Camera Company of Tokyo in the early 1950s. It was positioned as a domestically made alternative to Leitz rangefinders at a time when Japanese makers were establishing their own precision-camera industry.

Condition is the main driver of value on these cameras: check the cloth focal-plane shutter for pinholes and capping, verify that slow speeds run cleanly, and confirm the rangefinder patch is bright and correctly aligned. Because the body uses the Leica 39mm screw mount, lens choice is broad, but service specialists for Japanese screw-mount bodies are fewer than for Leica originals, so any existing wear or haze should be priced in.

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