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Nikon (株式会社ニコン, Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon), also known as Nippon Kogaku KK Ltd. or Nikon Corporation, is a Japanese company specializing in optics and imaging. Founded in 1917 with the merger of two Japanese optical firms with military connections, over the next 60 years Nikon became renowed for the quality of its optics and photographic equipment. During World War II the company expanded significantly, supplying optical equipment to the Japanese military. After the war, the company began producing replacement lenses for the popular German rangefinder cameras of the day, whose optical quality attracted the attention of many professional photographers and photojournalists desiring better results from 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. The F became an overnight sucesss with many professional photographers, and the camera of choice for extreme environments around the world. The Nikon F introduced 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

Fixed Lens

35mm film

Auto Focus SLR

  • Nikon F100
  • Nikon F3AF
  • Nikon F4
  • Nikon F5
  • Nikon F6
  • Nikon N2020 (F501)
  • Nikon N4004 (F401)
  • Nikon N4004S (F401S)
  • Nikon N50 (F50)
  • Nikon N5005 (F401X)
  • Nikon N55 (F55)
  • Nikon N6006 (F601)
  • Nikon N60 (F60)
  • Nikon N65 (F65)
  • Nikon N70 (F70)
  • Nikon N75 (F75)
  • Nikon N80 (F80)
  • Nikon N8008 (F801)
  • Nikon N8008S (F801S)
  • Nikon N90 (F90)
  • Nikon N90S (F90X)

Manual Focus SLR

Leaf shutter SLR

Rangefinder

Fixed Lens

  • Nikon 28Ti
  • Nikon 35Ti

Underwater

  • Nikonos
  • Nikonos II
  • Nikonos III
  • Nikonos IV-A
  • Nikonos V
  • Nikonos RS

APS film

SLR

  • Nikon Pronea S
  • Nikon Pronea 600i (Pronea 6i)

compact

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  • Nuvis A20
  • Nuvis E10
  • Nuvis mini
  • Nuvis S
  • Nuvis S2000
  • Nuvis V
  • Nuvis 60
  • Nuvis 200
  • Nuvis 300

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