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== Links ==
 
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* [http://www.wikipatents.com/as/s_inventor/Wakimoto%3B+Zenji Zenji Wakimoto's patents] on WikiPatents
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* [https://imaging.nikon.com/history/story/0001/ Wakimoto short biography (amongst other articles)] in the [http://www.nikon.com/ Nikon official website]
* [http://www.nikon.com/about/feelnikon/recollections/r18_e/ Wakimoto short biography] in the [http://www.nikon.com/ Nikon official website]
 
  
 
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[[Category: Lens designers|Wakimoto]]
 
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Latest revision as of 07:26, 23 January 2021

Wakimoto Zenji (脇本善司)[1] was a famous Japanese lens designer. In the 1950s and 1960s he worked for Nikon where he won fame for the ultra-sharp Micro Nikkor 5cm f3.5 lens for microfilm cameras. In 1954 he created the Nikkor P.C. 10.5cm f/2.5, the fastest ~100mm lens of its time. He also developed he Nikkor-S 50mm f1.4 lens which was introduced in 1962.

Notes

  1. The name is given in the Japanese order, with family name followed by the given name.

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