The company that sold Nikkor lenses in the 1930s started selling cameras under this brand in 1946
The 
company wanted to sell the lenses alone but did not find any client, so it decided 
to make a camera around them, under its own "Olympus" brand.Takachiho ... [1] It 
began to produce camera lenses in the early 1930s.The first... [DOC] [TLE] View by period - 1946-1954 - Canon Camera Museum [PAR] Jun 11, 2015 ...