Word: konica
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Berkey owns the Willoughby-Peerless chain of camera and hi-fi retail stores in New York and Pennsylvania, distributes the Minox and Konica lines of imported camera products, and since 1966 has owned Keystone. A cautious businessman despite his somewhat raffish appearance, Berkey still rues a day in the 1940s when he had a chance to invest in a new product called Polaroid cameras, "but I told them I wouldn't give them a nickel." Last year, Berkey finally managed to recoup a bit on that mistake: Keystone brought out the only instant camera that has ever been developed...