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=== Fixed Lens / Compact===
 
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As with other Japanese manufacturers, Nikon's models were given different names in different territories and formed a confusing array of series, some of which lasted several years and crossed over with others. Below is a list of all the ranges along with some models that defy categorization.
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* [[Nikon 28Ti]] (Quartz Date, silver titanium body, 28mm/2.8 Nikkor lens, 1994)
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* [[Nikon 35Ti]] (Quartz Date, black titanium body, 35mm/2.8 Nikkor lens, 1993)  
* [[Nikon 28Ti]] (QD) (28mm/2.8)
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* [[Nikon AF/Fun•Touch series]] (Wide angle autofocus lenses, from RF of 1987 to AF250SV of 2002)
*   Nikon 300AF QD
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* Nikon AW35/Sport•Touch (QD) (Splash-proof, 35mm/3.5, 1992)
*  Nikon 310AF QD
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* Nikon BF100 (QD) (Fixed focus, big finder, 34mm/4.5, 1997)
[[Nikon 35 Ti]]
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* [[Nikon EF/Nice•Touch series]] (fixed focus wide angles, from EF100 in 1993 to EF500SV in 2002)
*  Nikon 35Ti QD
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* [[Nikon L series]] (from Nikon's first compact autofocus camera the L35AF in 1983 to the L35TWAF of 1986)
*  Nikon 700 VR
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* [[Nikon One•Touch series]] (Very compact autofocus, from the L35AF2 in 1985 to W35 in 1991)
* Nikon AF3/AD3/One•Touch (35mm, f/2.8, 1987)
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* Nikon RF10/Smiletaker (34mm/4.5, 1992)
* Nikon AF200/Fun•Touch 2 (34mm f/4.5 lens)
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* [[Nikon TW/Tele•Touch/Zoom•Touch series]] (Dual lenses and zooms from the TW2 in 1987 to the TW Zoom 105 WORLDTIME of 1992)
* Nikon AF210/Fun•Touch 3 (32mm f/4.5 lens)
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* [[Nikon Zoom/Lite•Touch Zoom/One•Touch Zoom series]] (All with autofocus, from Zoom 100 of 1993 to the Lite•Touch Zoom 100W of 2003, Nikon's final compact 35mm film camera.)
* Nikon AF220/Fun•Touch 4 (29mm, f/4.5)
 
* Nikon AF230/Fun•Touch 5 (29mm, f/4.5)
 
* [[Nikon AF240SV/Fun•Touch 6]] (28mm, 1999)
 
* Nikon AF250SV (QD) (28mm, 2002)
 
*   Nikon AF 400/One•Touch 300 (31mm, f/4)
 
* [[Nikon AF 600/Lite•Touch (QD)]] (aka "MiniTouch", 28mm, f/3.5)
 
*  Nikon AF TW2
 
*  Nikon AF-200 QD
 
*  Nikon AW35/Sport•Touch (QD)
 
* Nikon BF100 (QD) (34mm f/4.5, 1997)
 
*   Nikon EF100/Nice•Touch 2 (fixed focus 35mm/4.5)
 
*  Nikon EF200/Nice•Touch 3 (fixed focus 31mm/5.6)
 
*  Nikon EF300/Nice•Touch 4 (fixed focus 29mm/4.5)
 
*  Nikon EF400/Nice•Touch 5 (fixed focus 28mm, 1999)
 
*  Nikon EF500 (QD) (fixed focus 28mm, 2002)
 
*  Nikon L35AF/AD
 
*  Nikon L35AF2/L35AD2/One•Touch (35mm, f/2.8, 1985)
 
*  Nikon L35AWAF/L35AWAD/Action•Touch (waterproof 35mm, f/2.8)
 
*  Nikon L35TWAF/L35TWAD/Tele•Touch (twin lens 35mm/3.5, 70mm/5.6 )
 
*  Nikon L135 AF
 
* [[Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 70W]] (QD) (28-70mm f/5.6-10, 2000)
 
* Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 70WS (QD) (28-70mm f/5.6-10, 2002)
 
* Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 100W (QD) (28-100mm zoom, 2003)
 
* Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 110 (QD) (38-110mm f/4.5-11.9 zoom, 2002)
 
* Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 120ED (QD) (38-120mm f/5.3-10.5 zoom, 2000)
 
* Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 130ED (QD) (38-130mm Zoom, 2002)
 
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* [[Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 140 ED]] (QD) (38-140mm f/5.3-10.5, 2000)
 
*  Nikon Lite•Touch Zoom 150 ED (38-150mm f/5.4-12, 2002)
 
* Nikon One•Touch Zoom 90 (QD) (38-90mm f/4.8-10.5 zoom, 2000)
 
* Nikon One•Touch Zoom 90S (QD) (38-90mm f/4.8-10.5 zoom, 2002)
 
*  Nikon RF/RD/Fun•Touch (35mm f/3.5)
 
*  Nikon RF2/RD2/One•Touch 100 (1987)
 
*   Nikon RF10/Smiletaker (34mm/4.5, 1992)
 
*   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/TW2D/Tele•Touch Deluxe (Dual-lens 35mm/3.5, 70mm/6.8)
 
*  Nikon TW20/Tele•Touch 300 (QD) (35mm/3.8,55mm/5.7, 1989)
 
*  Nikon W35/One•Touch 200 (QD) (1991)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 60 (Fixed focus 35-60mm f/5.7-9.3 zoom lens, 1994)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 60S (Fixed focus 35-60mm f/5.7-9.3 zoom lens, 1994)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 100/Zoom•Touch 470 (QD)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 200/One•Touch Zoom (QD) (1995)
 
*   Nikon Zoom 210/One•Touch Zoom 70 (QD) (1997)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 300/Lite•Touch Zoom (QD) (35-70mm lens)
 
Nikon Zoom 310/Lite•Touch Zoom 70 (QD) (35-70mm lens)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 400/Lite•Touch Zoom 80 (QD) (38-80mm f/5-9.6 zoom, 1998)
 
*  Nikon Zoom 500/Lite•Touch Zoom 105 (QD) (38-105mm f/3.5-9.2 zoom)
 
* Nikon Zoom 600/Lite•Touch Zoom 110 (QD) (38-110mm f/4-10.8 zoom, 1998)
 
Nikon Zoom 700 (105) VR
 
* Nikon Zoom 800 (QD) (38-130mm f/4.5-9.5, 1998)
 
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=== Underwater ===
 
=== Underwater ===
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In English:
 
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* [http://www.nikon.com/ Official Nikon Site]
 
* [http://www.nikon.com/ Official Nikon Site]
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* [http://imaging.nikon.com/products/imaging/technology/archives/filmcamera/compact/index.htm Chronological list and specifications of compact cameras] on Official Nikon Imaging website.
 
* [http://antiquecameras.net/nikonrflens.html Nikon Rangefinder Lens Price & Information Guide]
 
* [http://antiquecameras.net/nikonrflens.html Nikon Rangefinder Lens Price & Information Guide]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_Corporation Nikon at Wikipedia], a comprehensive overview of company, history and products.
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_Corporation Nikon at Wikipedia], a comprehensive overview of company, history and products.

Revision as of 05:48, 29 January 2010

Nikon is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Its full name is Nikon Corporation (㈱ニコン, Kabushiki Kaisha Nikon) since 1988.

History

The company 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. The company's first camera lenses were designed in the 1920s by Heinrich Acht, who was invited with a team of German engineers (see Nippon Kōgaku lenses before 1945). After the departure of Acht, the lens design department was taken over by Sunayama Kakuya (砂山角野). The first lens mounted on a camera for civil use was the Anytar 12cm f/4.5 made in the early 1930s, renamed Nikkor in 1932. From 1934, the company supplied lenses to Seiki Kōgaku for the early Canon cameras.

During World War II the company expanded significantly, supplying optical equipment to the Japanese military, including various aerial cameras.[1]

After the war, Nippon Kōgaku decided to produce cameras for civil use, and two projects were started: a 6×6cm TLR and a 35mm rangefinder camera. The TLR, called Nikoflex, was shelved because of problems to find an adequate leaf shutter. The rangefinder camera was inspired by the German Contax and Leica. It is said that various names were considered, including Pentax, Nicca or Nikorette.[2] It was finally released as the Nikon in 1948.

The Nikon I proved very successful, and was followed by a long line of rangefinder cameras. In parallel, the company produced a range of Nikkor lenses both in Leica mount and for its own rangefinder cameras. The quality of these lenses attracted the attention of many professional photographers and photojournalists desiring better results from the small 35mm format.

In 1959, Nippon Kōgaku 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.source needed 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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  • Nikon F100 - 1999
  • Nikon F3AF - 1983
  • Nikon F4 - 1988
  • Nikon F4e - 1991
  • Nikon F4P
  • Nikon F4s - 1988
  • Nikon F5 - 1996
  • Nikon F6 - 2004
  • Nikon N2000 (F301) - 1985
  • Nikon N2020 (F501) - 1986
  • Nikon N4004 (F401) - 1987
  • Nikon N4004S (F401S) - 1989
  • Nikon N50 (F50) - 1994
  • Nikon N5005 (F401X) - 1991
  • Nikon N55 (F55) - 2002
  • Nikon N6006 (F601) - 1990
  • Nikon N60 (F60) - 1999
  • Nikon N65 (F65) - 2000
  • Nikon N70 (F70) - 1994
  • Nikon N75 (F75) - 2003
  • Nikon N80 (F80) - 2000
  • Nikon N8008 (F801) - 1988
  • Nikon N8008S (F801S) - 1991
  • Nikon N90 (F90) - 1990
  • Nikon N90s (F90X) - 1992

Manual Focus SLR

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  • Nikkorex F / Nikkor J - 1962
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat EL - 1972
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat ELW - 1976
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat FS - 1965
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat FT - 1965
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat FT2 - 1975
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat FT3 - 1977
  • Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN - 1967
  • Nikon EL2 - 1977
  • Nikon EM - 1979
  • Nikon F - 1959
  • Nikon F Photomic - 1962
  • Nikon F Photomic FTn - 1968
  • Nikon F Photomic T - 1965
  • Nikon F Photomic Tn - 1967
  • Nikon F2 - 1971
  • Nikon F2 Photomic - 1971
  • Nikon F2 Photomic A - 1977
  • Nikon F2 Photomic AS - 1977
  • Nikon F2 Photomic S - 1973
  • Nikon F2 Photomic SB - 1976
  • Nikon F3 - 1980
  • Nikon F3HP - 1982
  • Nikon F3P
  • Nikon F3/T - 1982
  • Nikon FA - 1983
  • Nikon FE - 1978
  • Nikon FE10 - 1996
  • Nikon FE2 - 1983
  • Nikon FG - 1982
  • Nikon FG20 - 1984
  • Nikon FM - 1977
  • Nikon FM10 - 1995
  • Nikon FM2 - 1982
  • Nikon FM2n - 1983
  • Nikon FM2/T - 1994
  • Nikon FM3A - 2001
  • Nikon N2000 (F301) - 1985
  • Nikon N6000 (F601m) - 1990

Leaf shutter SLR

Rangefinder

Fixed Lens / Compact

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As with other Japanese manufacturers, Nikon's models were given different names in different territories and formed a confusing array of series, some of which lasted several years and crossed over with others. Below is a list of all the ranges along with some models that defy categorization.

Underwater

APS film

SLR

Compact

Other cameras

  • Nikoflex (TLR project or prototype, c.1946)
  • Nikon 16 (subminiature prototype, c.1959)

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"). (The source erroneously says 八新井町 for 入新井町.)
  2. Rotoloni, Nikon Rangefinder Camera, p.7; "Nikon Rangefinder Cameras" in the Nikon official website.

Bibliography

  • "Kokusan shashinki no genjōchōsa" (国産写真機ノ現状調査, Inquiry into Japanese cameras), listing Japanese camera production as of April 1943. Reproduced in Supuringu kamera de ikou: Zen 69 kishu no shōkai to tsukaikata (スプリングカメラでいこう: 全69機種の紹介と使い方, Let's try spring cameras: Presentation and use of 69 machines). Tokyo: Shashinkogyo Syuppan-sha, 2004. ISBN 4-87956-072-3. Pp.180–7.
  • Rotoloni, Robert. Nikon Rangefinder Camera. Hove, East Sussex: Hove Foto Books, 1983 (second edition). ISBN 1-874707-07-3.
  • Trademark publications for the names "Nikkor" and "Aero-Nikkor". The trademarks were applied for (出現) on 24 July 1931 and granted (公告) on 7 April 1932 (no.S07-1808 and S07-1809). Available in the IPDL trademark database.
  • Trademark publication for the names "Nikon", "Nikoflex", "Sphex" and "Parax". The trademarks were applied for (出現) on 5 August 1946 and granted (公告) on 24 February 1947 (no.S22-153 to S22-156). Available in the IPDL trademark database.

Links

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  • Manual Camera Utilizando las Nikon de enfoque manual y otras cámaras clásicas

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