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In 1959, Nikon introduced the [[Nikon F]], an advanced mechanical single lens reflex ([[SLR]]) camera that proved to be extraordinarily durable and reliable. With the F, Nikon introduced its philosophy of high-quality, low-friction, close-tolerance mechanisms requiring less lubricant than other cameras.  This workmanship had a practical side, as Nikons have accompanied more photographers to extreme environments — from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Saharan Desert — than any other SLR camera.  The F became an overnight sucesss with many professional and serious amateur photographers, and spawned a succession of popular Nikon 35mm film cameras, culminating with the Nikon F6.   
 
In 1959, Nikon introduced the [[Nikon F]], an advanced mechanical single lens reflex ([[SLR]]) camera that proved to be extraordinarily durable and reliable. With the F, Nikon introduced its philosophy of high-quality, low-friction, close-tolerance mechanisms requiring less lubricant than other cameras.  This workmanship had a practical side, as Nikons have accompanied more photographers to extreme environments — from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Saharan Desert — than any other SLR camera.  The F became an overnight sucesss with many professional and serious amateur photographers, and spawned a succession of popular Nikon 35mm film cameras, culminating with the Nikon F6.   
  
In the late 1990s, Nikon introduced digital photography with both the Coolpix line of consumer and prosumer cameras as well as [[DSLR]] cameras such as the Nikon D-series.
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In the late 1990s, Nikon introduced digital photography with both the Coolpix line of consumer and prosumer cameras as well as [[DSLR]] cameras such as the Nikon D-series.  
 
 
  
 
== Digital ==
 
== Digital ==
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* [[Nikon D2H/D2X|Nikon D2Hs]]
 
* [[Nikon D2H/D2X|Nikon D2Hs]]
 
* [[Nikon D2H/D2X|Nikon D2Xs]]
 
* [[Nikon D2H/D2X|Nikon D2Xs]]
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* [[Nikon D3]]
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* [[Nikon D3x]]
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* [[Nikon D40]]
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* [[Nikon D40x]]
 
* [[Nikon D50]]
 
* [[Nikon D50]]
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* Nikon D60
 
* [[Nikon D70]]
 
* [[Nikon D70]]
 
* [[Nikon D70s]]
 
* [[Nikon D70s]]
 
* Nikon D80
 
* Nikon D80
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* [[Nikon D90]]
 
* [[Nikon D100]]
 
* [[Nikon D100]]
 
* [[Nikon D200]]
 
* [[Nikon D200]]
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* [[Nikon D300]]
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* [[Nikon D700]]
 
* [[Nikon E2/E3|Nikon E2]]
 
* [[Nikon E2/E3|Nikon E2]]
 
* [[Nikon E2/E3|Nikon E2s]]
 
* [[Nikon E2/E3|Nikon E2s]]
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''See also [[Kodak]] for the various DCS models based on Nikon bodies.''
 
''See also [[Kodak]] for the various DCS models based on Nikon bodies.''
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''See also [[Fujifilm]] for DCS models with nikon lenses compatibilities and cameras based on nikon bodies (S2 pro and S3 Pro) ''
  
 
=== Fixed Lens ===
 
=== Fixed Lens ===
* Nikon Coolpix 100
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* Nikon Coolpix 2000
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* Nikon Coolpix 2100
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|valign="top"|
* Nikon Coolpix 2200
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*   Nikon Coolpix 100
* Nikon Coolpix 2500
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*   Nikon Coolpix 2000
* Nikon Coolpix 300
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*   Nikon Coolpix 2100
* Nikon Coolpix 3100
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*   Nikon Coolpix 2200
* Nikon Coolpix 3200
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*   Nikon Coolpix 2500
* Nikon Coolpix 3500
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*   Nikon Coolpix 300
* Nikon Coolpix 3700
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* [[Nikon Coolpix 3100]]
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*   Nikon Coolpix 3200
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*   Nikon Coolpix 3500
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*   Nikon Coolpix 3700
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 4100]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 4100]]
* Nikon Coolpix 4200
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*   Nikon Coolpix 4200
* Nikon Coolpix 4300
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*   Nikon Coolpix 4300
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 4500]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 4500]]
* Nikon Coolpix 4800
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*   Nikon Coolpix 4600
* Nikon Coolpix 5000
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Nikon Coolpix 4800
* Nikon Coolpix 5200
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* [[Nikon Coolpix 5000]]
* Nikon Coolpix 5400
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* [[Nikon Coolpix 5200]]
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*   Nikon Coolpix 5400
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*  Nikon Coolpix 5600
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 5700]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 5700]]
* Nikon Coolpix 600
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*   Nikon Coolpix 5900
* Nikon Coolpix 700
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Nikon Coolpix 600
* Nikon Coolpix 775
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*   Nikon Coolpix 700
* Nikon Coolpix 7600
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*   Nikon Coolpix 7600
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*   Nikon Coolpix 775
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 7900]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 7900]]
* Nikon Coolpix 800
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* Nikon Coolpix 8400
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*   Nikon Coolpix 800
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*   Nikon Coolpix 8400
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 8700]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 8700]]
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* Nikon Coolpix 880
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 8800]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 8800]]
* Nikon Coolpix 885
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* [[Nikon Coolpix 885]]
* Nikon Coolpix 900
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*   Nikon Coolpix 900
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 950]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 950]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 950|Nikon Coolpix 990]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 950|Nikon Coolpix 990]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 995]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix 995]]
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*  Nikon Coolpix L1
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*  Nikon Coolpix L10
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*  Nikon Coolpix L11
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*  Nikon Coolpix L12
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*  Nikon Coolpix L14
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*  Nikon Coolpix L15
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*  Nikon Coolpix L16
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*  Nikon Coolpix L18
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*  Nikon Coolpix L2
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*  Nikon Coolpix L3
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*  Nikon Coolpix L4
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*  Nikon Coolpix L5
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*  Nikon Coolpix L6
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*  Nikon Coolpix P1
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*  Nikon Coolpix P2
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* [[Nikon Coolpix P3]]
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*  Nikon Coolpix P4
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*  Nikon Coolpix P50
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*  Nikon Coolpix P5000
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*  Nikon Coolpix P5100
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*  Nikon Coolpix P60
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* [[Nikon Coolpix S1]]
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*  Nikon Coolpix S10
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*  Nikon Coolpix S2
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*  Nikon Coolpix S200
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*  Nikon Coolpix S210
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*  Nikon Coolpix S3
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*  Nikon Coolpix S4
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*  Nikon Coolpix S5
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*  Nikon Coolpix S50
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*  Nikon Coolpix S500
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*  Nikon Coolpix S50c
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*  Nikon Coolpix S51
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*  Nikon Coolpix S510
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*  Nikon Coolpix S51c
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*  Nikon Coolpix S520
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*  Nikon Coolpix S550
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*  Nikon Coolpix S6
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*  Nikon Coolpix S600
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*  Nikon Coolpix S7
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*  Nikon Coolpix S700
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*  Nikon Coolpix S7c
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*  Nikon Coolpix S8
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*  Nikon Coolpix S9
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix SQ]]
 
* [[Nikon Coolpix SQ]]
* [[Nikon Coolpix S1]]
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{{br}}
  
 
== 35mm film ==
 
== 35mm film ==
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=== Auto Focus SLR ===
 
=== Auto Focus SLR ===
 
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<div class="floatright">http://static.flickr.com/60/154237059_e74b381ce7_t.jpg</div>
* Nikon F100
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* [[Nikon F100]]
 
* Nikon F3AF
 
* Nikon F3AF
 
* [[Nikon F4]]
 
* [[Nikon F4]]
 
* [[Nikon F5]]
 
* [[Nikon F5]]
 
* Nikon F6
 
* Nikon F6
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* Nikon N2000 (F301)
 
* [[N2020|Nikon N2020 (F501)]]
 
* [[N2020|Nikon N2020 (F501)]]
 
* Nikon N4004 (F401)
 
* Nikon N4004 (F401)
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* Nikon N6006 (F601)
 
* Nikon N6006 (F601)
 
* Nikon N60 (F60)
 
* Nikon N60 (F60)
* Nikon N65 (F65)
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* Nikon N65 ([[Nikon F65|F65]])
 
* Nikon N70 (F70)
 
* Nikon N70 (F70)
 
* Nikon N75 (F75)
 
* Nikon N75 (F75)
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* Nikon N8008S (F801S)
 
* Nikon N8008S (F801S)
 
* Nikon N90 (F90)
 
* Nikon N90 (F90)
* [[Nikon N90S]] (F90X)
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* [[Nikon N90s]] (F90X)
  
 
=== Manual Focus SLR ===
 
=== Manual Focus SLR ===
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* [[Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN]]
 
* [[Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN]]
 
* Nikon EL2
 
* Nikon EL2
* Nikon EM
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* [[Nikon EM]]
 
* [[Nikon F]]
 
* [[Nikon F]]
 
* [[Nikon F2]]
 
* [[Nikon F2]]
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* [[Nikon rangefinder|Nikon SP 2005]] (2005)
 
* [[Nikon rangefinder|Nikon SP 2005]] (2005)
  
=== Fixed Lens ===
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=== Fixed Lens / Compact===
 
<div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/50678983@N00/301236356/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/301236356_55ad3cc599_t.jpg]</div>
 
<div class="floatright">[http://www.flickr.com/photos/50678983@N00/301236356/in/pool-camerapedia/ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/301236356_55ad3cc599_t.jpg]</div>
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{|border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="10" align="left" valign="top"
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* [[Nikon 28Ti]]
 
* [[Nikon 28Ti]]
* Nikon 35Ti
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*   Nikon 28Ti QD
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*  Nikon 300AF QD
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*  Nikon 310AF QD
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*  Nikon 35Ti
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Nikon 35Ti QD
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*  Nikon 700 VR
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*  Nikon AF 400
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*  Nikon AF 600
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*  Nikon AF L35 AF-3
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*  Nikon AF TW2
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*  Nikon AF-200 QD
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*  Nikon AW35 QD
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*  Nikon EF-100
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*  Nikon EF-200
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*  Nikon Fun touch EF100
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*  Nikon L135 AF
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*  Nikon L35 AF & L35AD/QD
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*  Nikon L35 AF-2 QD
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*  Nikon L35 AF-3
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*  Nikon L35 AW AF
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*  Nikon L35 TWAF
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*  Nikon L35AF2
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*  Nikon L35AWAF
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*  Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 130ED/QD
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*  Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 140ED
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*  Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 150ED
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*  Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 70W
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*  Nikon RD2
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*  Nikon RF-10
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*  Nikon RF/RD
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*  Nikon TW 20
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*  Nikon TW Zoom  85
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 105
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 150QD
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 35-70QD
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 35-80QD
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 3570
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*  Nikon TW Zoom 3580
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*  Nikon TW Zoom QD
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*  NIkon TW2
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*  Nikon TW20 QD
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*  Nikon W35 QD
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*  Nikon Zoom  60
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*  Nikon Zoom 100
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*  Nikon Zoom 300
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*  Nikon Zoom 300QD
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*  Nikon Zoom 310QD / AF QD
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*  Nikon Zoom 500 / 500 AD QD
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*  Nikon Zoom 700 (105) VR
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{{br}}
  
 
=== Underwater ===
 
=== Underwater ===
 
* Nikonos
 
* Nikonos
* Nikonos II
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* [[Calypso / Nikkor II]]
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* [[Nikonos II]]
 
* Nikonos III
 
* Nikonos III
 
* Nikonos IV-A
 
* Nikonos IV-A
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* Nuvis V
 
* Nuvis V
 
* Nuvis 60
 
* Nuvis 60
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* [[Nikon Nuvis 75|Nuvis 75]]
 
* Nuvis 200
 
* Nuvis 200
 
* Nuvis 300
 
* Nuvis 300
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== Subminiature ==
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* [[Nikon 16]] (prototype, c.1959)
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== Lenses ==
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* [[Nippon Kōgaku lenses before 1945]]
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
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* [http://grad.usask.ca/gateway/archive17.html Article] titled "Nikon and the sponsorship of Japan's optical industry by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1917-1945", by Jeff Alexander, published in [http://grad.usask.ca/gateway/index.html Gateway]
 
* [http://grad.usask.ca/gateway/archive17.html Article] titled "Nikon and the sponsorship of Japan's optical industry by the Imperial Japanese Navy, 1917-1945", by Jeff Alexander, published in [http://grad.usask.ca/gateway/index.html Gateway]
 
* [http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1300 Nikkor Manual Focus Lens Gallery] at [http://www.mflenses.com www.mflenses.com]
 
* [http://www.mflenses.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=1300 Nikkor Manual Focus Lens Gallery] at [http://www.mflenses.com www.mflenses.com]
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* [http://home.planet.nl/~nikon.catalogus/ Nikon Catalogus] and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/14296213@N00/sets/72157594230256110/ pictures of Nikon prototypes] at [http://www.flickr.com/photos/14296213@N00/ nikon.catalogus' Flickr stream]
 
In French:
 
In French:
 
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=nikon Nikon page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
 
* [http://photo.even.free.fr/col_app.php?type=nikon Nikon page] at [http://photo.even.free.fr/ Collection G. Even's site]
* [http://www.collection-appareils.com/nikon/html/complements.php Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.com
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* [http://www.collection-appareils.fr/general/html/liste8_imagettes.php#Nikon Cameras and User manuals] at www.collection-appareils.fr
 
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In Images:
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* [http://www.flickr.com/groups/nikon Flickr group Nikon]
  
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese camera makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese lens makers]]
 
[[Category: Japanese lens makers]]
 
[[Category: Nikon|*]]
 
[[Category: Nikon|*]]

Revision as of 22:55, 26 February 2009

Nikon is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its full name is Nikon Corporation (㈱ニコン, Kabushiki Kaisha Nikon) since 1988. It was founded in 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō K.K. (日本光学工業㈱) with the merger of two Japanese optical firms with military connections. Over the next 60 years Nikon became renowned for the quality of its Nikkor optics and photographic equipment. During World War II the company expanded significantly, supplying optical equipment to the Japanese military. It was based in Tokyo, Omori at the time.[1] After the war, the company began producing replacement lenses for the popular German rangefinder cameras of the day, and the quality of Nikkor lenses attracted the attention of many professional photographers and photojournalists desiring better results from the small 35mm format. Nikon eventually developed its own, very successful 35mm rangefinder camera.

In 1959, Nikon introduced the Nikon F, an advanced mechanical single lens reflex (SLR) camera that proved to be extraordinarily durable and reliable. With the F, Nikon introduced its philosophy of high-quality, low-friction, close-tolerance mechanisms requiring less lubricant than other cameras. This workmanship had a practical side, as Nikons have accompanied more photographers to extreme environments — from the summit of Mount Everest to the depths of the Saharan Desert — than any other SLR camera. The F became an overnight sucesss with many professional and serious amateur photographers, and spawned a succession of popular Nikon 35mm film cameras, culminating with the Nikon F6.

In the late 1990s, Nikon introduced digital photography with both the Coolpix line of consumer and prosumer cameras as well as DSLR cameras such as the Nikon D-series.

Digital

SLR

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See also Kodak for the various DCS models based on Nikon bodies.

See also Fujifilm for DCS models with nikon lenses compatibilities and cameras based on nikon bodies (S2 pro and S3 Pro)

Fixed Lens

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  • Nikon Coolpix P50
  • Nikon Coolpix P5000
  • Nikon Coolpix P5100
  • Nikon Coolpix P60
  • Nikon Coolpix S1
  • Nikon Coolpix S10
  • Nikon Coolpix S2
  • Nikon Coolpix S200
  • Nikon Coolpix S210
  • Nikon Coolpix S3
  • Nikon Coolpix S4
  • Nikon Coolpix S5
  • Nikon Coolpix S50
  • Nikon Coolpix S500
  • Nikon Coolpix S50c
  • Nikon Coolpix S51
  • Nikon Coolpix S510
  • Nikon Coolpix S51c
  • Nikon Coolpix S520
  • Nikon Coolpix S550
  • Nikon Coolpix S6
  • Nikon Coolpix S600
  • Nikon Coolpix S7
  • Nikon Coolpix S700
  • Nikon Coolpix S7c
  • Nikon Coolpix S8
  • Nikon Coolpix S9
  • Nikon Coolpix SQ


35mm film

Auto Focus SLR

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Manual Focus SLR

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Leaf shutter SLR

Rangefinder

Fixed Lens / Compact

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  • Nikon 28Ti
  • Nikon 28Ti QD
  • Nikon 300AF QD
  • Nikon 310AF QD
  • Nikon 35Ti
  • Nikon 35Ti QD
  • Nikon 700 VR
  • Nikon AF 400
  • Nikon AF 600
  • Nikon AF L35 AF-3
  • Nikon AF TW2
  • Nikon AF-200 QD
  • Nikon AW35 QD
  • Nikon EF-100
  • Nikon EF-200
  • Nikon Fun touch EF100
  • Nikon L135 AF
  • Nikon L35 AF & L35AD/QD
  • Nikon L35 AF-2 QD
  • Nikon L35 AF-3
  • Nikon L35 AW AF
  • Nikon L35 TWAF
  • Nikon L35AF2
  • Nikon L35AWAF
  • Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 130ED/QD
  • Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 140ED
  • Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 150ED
  • Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 70W
  • Nikon RD2
  • Nikon RF-10
  • Nikon RF/RD
  • Nikon TW 20
  • Nikon TW Zoom 85
  • Nikon TW Zoom 105
  • Nikon TW Zoom 150QD
  • Nikon TW Zoom 35-70QD
  • Nikon TW Zoom 35-80QD
  • Nikon TW Zoom 3570
  • Nikon TW Zoom 3580
  • Nikon TW Zoom QD
  • NIkon TW2
  • Nikon TW20 QD
  • Nikon W35 QD
  • Nikon Zoom 60
  • Nikon Zoom 100
  • Nikon Zoom 300
  • Nikon Zoom 300QD
  • Nikon Zoom 310QD / AF QD
  • Nikon Zoom 500 / 500 AD QD
  • Nikon Zoom 700 (105) VR


Underwater

APS film

SLR

Compact

Subminiature

Lenses

Notes

  1. Its address in 1943 was Tōkyō-to Ōmori-ku Iriarai-chō 5–345 (東京都大森区入新井町5–345). Source: "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" ("Inquiry into Japanese cameras"), listing the Japanese camera production as of April 1943. (The source erroneously says 八新井町 for 入新井町.)

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