is a Japanese photography magazine, published since 1950.

It started in March 1950 as a bimonthly magazine, published by Kōgeisha (Tokyo) as the successor to the book series Amachua Shashin Sōsho (1948–9). It became a monthly magazine from July 1951. The magazine is now published by Nippon Camera-sha (Tokyo), which also publishes an annual, Shashin Nenkan , the annually revised practical encyclopedia Gendai shashin no jiten , and other photography-related books.

Since the demise of Camera Mainichi

Camera Mainichi

is a Japanese monthly magazine of photography that started in June 1954 and ceased publication in April 1985.As in most mass-market photography magazines, much of the editorial content of Camera Mainichi was devoted to news and reviews of cameras, lenses, and other equipment...

, its sole rival as a photography magazine attempting to cater to all tastes has been Asahi Camera

Asahi Camera

is a Japanese monthly photographic magazine.The first issue was that for April 1926. It has from the outset been published by Asahi Shinbun-sha, publisher of the newspaper Asahi Shinbun....

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Links and sources

Nippon Camera-sha, with a prominent link to Nippon Camera

• Dealer's page for the magazine
• Tucker, Anne Wilkes, et al. The History of Japanese Photography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003. ISBN 0-300-09925-8