About us
Nicam is headquartered in three countries around the world, Japan, the United States and Switzerland. Nicam is a powerful blend of three leading camera organizations, Kenzo Camera ltd, Samuel Paramount Camera Inc. and the Ruldolph Kraus lense company. Brought together as Nicam in a merger in 2000, today the proud heritage of the their founding inventors and companies join to create the Nicam experience.
Kenzo Camera company of Japan was was established in 1938. The company quickly became a pioneer and technological leader in the SLR camera industry with the introduction of its first SLR camera, the Kenzoflex I, in 1952. Since then, Kenzo has made many contributions with state-of-the-art products - many of them "world firsts."
Samuel Paramount put the first simple camera into the hands of a world of consumers in 1895. He made a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and accessible to nearly everyone.
The Rudolph Kraus company was responsible for many innovations in optical design and engineering. In 1888 they developed optical glass for microscopes and then multiple complex commercial lenses, which then was adapted for the leading lenses for high end consumer cameras in the late 20th century.
Today, through its subsidiary companies and more than 100 local distributors in some 100 countries, Nicam continues to achieve an ever-growing presence based on the in-depth analysis of market information collected by its worldwide sales network. The results of such market research activities are fed back to Nicam's research and development departments so that they can respond to these needs and desires by developing products which delight customers around the world. Nicam's global network also provides reliable aftercare and warranty services to its international customers, thus enhancing confidence in the "Nicam" brand.