
The Nikon SP and other 1950s and 1960s rangefinder cameras competed directly with models from Leica and Zeiss. Expeed is the brand Nikon uses for its image processors since 2007. Nikkor is the Nikon brand name for its lenses.Īnother early brand used on microscopes was Joico, an abbreviation of "Japan Optical Industries Co".
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The Nikkor brand was introduced in 1932, a westernised rendering of an earlier version Nikkō ( 日光), an abbreviation of the company's original full name ( Nikkō coincidentally means "sunlight" and is the name of a Japanese town.). From 1963 to 1968 the Nikon F in particular was therefore labeled ' Nikkor'. The similarity to the Carl Zeiss AG brand "ikon", would cause some early problems in Germany as Zeiss complained that Nikon violated its trademarked camera. The name Nikon, which dates from 1946, was originally intended only for its small-camera line, spelled as "Nikkon", with an addition of the "n" to the "Nikko" brand name. Nikko parent company brand, from which the Nikkor brand evolved.įounded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha ( 日本光学工業株式会社 "Japan Optical Industries Corporation"), the company was renamed Nikon Corporation, after its cameras, in 1988. Fitting Nikon optics (especially the NIKKOR-P.C 1:2 f=8,5 cm) to his Leica rangefinder cameras produced high contrast negatives with very sharp resolution at the centre field.


From July 1950 to January 1951, Duncan covered the Korean War. Duncan had met a young Japanese photographer, Jun Miki, who introduced Duncan to Nikon lenses. Duncan was working in Tokyo when the Korean War began. Nikon lenses were popularised by the American photojournalist David Douglas Duncan. In 1948, the first Nikon-branded camera was released, the Nikon I. During World War II the company operated thirty factories with 2,000 employees, manufacturing binoculars, lenses, bomb sights, and periscopes for the Japanese military.Īfter the war Nippon Kōgaku reverted to producing its civilian product range in a single factory.

Over the next sixty years, this growing company became a manufacturer of optical lenses (including those for the first Canon cameras) and equipment used in cameras, binoculars, microscopes and inspection equipment. Nikon Corporation was established on 25 July 1917 when three leading optical manufacturers merged to form a comprehensive, fully integrated optical company known as Nippon Kōgaku Tōkyō K.K. 5.3 Other lenses for photography and imaging.4.2 Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras.4.1.1.1 Light-weight fast lens compact cameras.

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3.1 Film 35 mm SLR cameras with manual focus.Nikon is a member of the Mitsubishi group of companies ( keiretsu). Nikon's main competitors in camera and lens manufacturing include Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Pentax, and Olympus.įounded on Jas Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha ( 日本光学工業株式会社 "Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd."), the company was renamed to Nikon Corporation, after its cameras, in 1988.
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Īmong Nikon's notable product lines are Nikkor imaging lenses (for F-mount cameras, large format photography, photographic enlargers, and other applications), the Nikon F-series of 35 mm film SLR cameras, the Nikon D-series of digital SLR cameras, the Coolpix series of compact digital cameras, and the Nikonos series of underwater film cameras. Also, it has diversified into new areas like 3D printing and regenerative medicine to compensate for the shrinking digital camera market. The company is the eighth-largest chip equipment maker as reported in 2017. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world's second largest manufacturer. West Building of Nikon in Nishi-Ōi, Tokyo
