Why are all good cameras made in Japan but not in other countries?

Many people will sigh when they buy cameras. Why are all good cameras made in Japan? Can't other countries produce it? Want to know why, from the beginning, after the end of World War II, many patented technologies in German industry were made public. Because there was no patent law in the world at that time, there were many manufacturers imitating German industrial technology in different industrial countries.

For example, Caton (camera) in America, Nippon (camera) in Japan and IMZ- Urals (motorcycle) in Russia. But in fact, from the early 1950s of 19, countries that can produce complete products from lens to shutter are not much different from those before the war. At that time, Zeiss in Germany was in a leading position in optical technology. After the war, Zeiss was divided into two companies. Vebcl Zeiss in East Germany and Optische Werke Oberkochen in West Germany are responsible for the technical design of Warsaw Pact and NATO respectively, and their positions are quite high.

As far as the United States is concerned, American enterprises have abundant funds and strong technical support. They have absorbed some German coating technology, but they are trying to advance their own standards in shutter and film specifications (such as Set-O-Matic of Bolsi and Instamatic of Kodak). But obviously they didn't succeed. Look at Japan again. After Meiji Restoration, Japan borrowed German industrial development experience and copied a considerable number of European and American products. For example, Seiko and Citizen, which developed after the war, have made great achievements in shutter technology, and Japan Optics and Tokyo Optics have also made great achievements in lens. From Yoshida's cabinet to Yukio Hatoyama's cabinet, obtaining foreign investment has become a top priority for Japan. Japan has gradually formed a number of enterprises that produce high-quality shutters and lenses.

During this period, the international market was almost in the competitive situation of Germany, the United States and Japan. In addition, Britain and other European countries shifted the focus of industrial development from precision instruments to heavy industry after the war, which led to the decline of the camera industry. As a big agricultural country, France focuses on the export of agricultural products and the development of nuclear energy technology, and the camera industry is gradually declining. In the end, only Japan is left.