Jeder hat ihn schon mal gesehen. Aber kennt ihr seine genaue Bedeutung?
Diese Informationen habe ich dazu gefunden:
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ZITATGold oval-shaped stickers reading PASSED and JCII indicate that the camera has passed quality control inspections by the JCII (Japan Camera Industry Institute).
This practice of applying the JCII stickers seems to have stopped at some point in the late 1980s. Gold stickers merely reading PASSED are probably just slapped on by the manufacturer to make you feel good since they do not indicate inspection by any reputable third party.[/quote]
ZITATIn 1950, Japan produced more than 100,000 cameras. In the lean years just after World War II, most Japanese could afford only tiny, cheap cameras with simple lenses and limited shutter speeds; typically, these cameras produced 14x14mm pictures on 17.5mm rollfilm. In the U.S., they sold for about a buck, reinforcing America's belief that Japan could only make dinky toys and equally junky cameras. The few larger-format cameras "liberated" by returning American servicemen that I saw in U.S. pawnshops were copies of Leicas and Rolleiflexes, confirming to most Americans that Japanese camera makers had no original ideas.
But in quick order, Japanese manufacturers who had their eyes on foreign markets did a remarkable job of getting their act together. The Japan Camera Industry Association was formed in 1954 to plan for the future. The same year, the Japan Camera Inspection Institute (JCII) imposed an export ban on all toy-like cameras. Moreover, samples of cameras marked for export would have to pass strict JCII quality inspections before shipping permits were issued. Concurrently, the Japan Machine Design Center eliminated slavish copies of existing cameras and even forbade Japanese manufacturers from copying each others' designs. The cameras and lenses that passed JCII and JMDC sampling tests received gold stickers. No stickers, no shipping.
By the 1990s, however, Japanese camera and lens makers were tired of paying JCII inspection duties and felt it was no longer necessary to prove quality. Inspection was discontinued and JCII became a useful, if passive, organization, busying itself with its camera museum, providing galeries for photographers, and offering courses in photography for Tokyoites. Quelle: popphoto.com[/quote]
Kennt jemand weitere Details zu den PASSED JCII Aufklebern?