The amazing story of the Biotar
When photojournalists David Douglas Duncan, Jun Miki, and Carl Mydans reported in 1950 on the excellence of Japanese optics, thus starting the Japan photo industry ball rolling, little did anyone imagine that within 10 years these camera types and lenses would be obsolete, fit primarily to be collectors' curios.
What country would be responsible for the next generation of cameras and lenses? Not Japan, but Germany.