Nikkor

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Nikkor
ニッコール

Type	subsidiary of Nikon Corp
Founded	Tokyo, Japan (1932)
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan
Industry	Camera lenses
Website	www.nikkor.com

Nikkor is the brand of lenses produced by Nikon Corporation, including camera lenses for the Nikon F-mount.

Nikko parent company brand, from which the Nikkor brand evolved.

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 Nippon Kōgaku ("Japan Optics"; 日本光学)^[1]. (Nikkō also means "sunlight" and is the name of a Japanese town.) In 1933, Nikon marketed its first camera lens under the Nikkor brand name, the "Aero-NIKKOR," for aerial photography^[1].

Nikon originally reserved the Nikkor designation for its highest-quality imaging optics, but in recent history almost all Nikon lenses are so branded.

Notable Nikkor branded optics have included:

• F-mount lenses for 35mm SLR and DSLR photography. For the newest lenses see List of Nikon compatible lenses with integrated autofocus-motor.
• Lenses for Bronica and Plaubel Makina medium format cameras.
• Lenses for Nikon S-series and Leica rangefinder cameras
• Amphibious lenses for Nikonos underwater cameras
• Lenses for large format photography.
• EL-Nikkor photographic enlarger lenses.
• The lens of Canon's first or second camera, the "Hanza Canon."
• Microscope objectives.
• Industrial lenses, including lenses in support of the Japanese war effort during World War II.

Currently the most actively developed and marketed Nikkor lenses are Nikon's F-mount photographic lenses. These lenses are designed to cover the 24x36mm area of 135 film and the Nikon FX format, or in the case of "DX" designated lenses, the 16x24mm area of the Nikon DX format.

[edit] Products

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[edit] Lenses for Nikon F-mount

Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens for the Nikon F-mount.

Nikkors constitute the majority of lenses available for the Nikon F-mount, which is itself the largest system of interchangeable flange-mount photographic lenses in history. These lenses are designed for the 135 (35mm) and Nikon DX formats. Over 400 different F-mount Nikkor models are known to exist.

• See Nikon F-mount → Nikkor

[edit] Lenses dedicated for other cameras

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Note: Prior to approximately 1976, most Nikon lenses had a suffix appended directly after the "Nikkor" name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design.

For example, a lens with eight elements would be marked "Nikkor-O", and a lens with eleven elements "Nikkor-UD".

[edit] Nikon "S" rangefinder

• 21mm f/4 Nikkor-O
• 25mm f/W-4.0 Nikkor
• 28mm f/3.5 Nikkor

50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S on a Nikon S3 camera

• 35mm f/1.8 W-Nikkor
• 35mm f/2.5 W-Nikkor
• 35mm f/3.5 W-Nikkor
• 50mm f/1.1 Nikkor-N
• 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S
• 50mm f/2.0 Nikkor-H
• 50mm f/3.5 Micro-Nikkor (close focus)
• 85mm f/1.5 Nikkor-S
• 85mm f/2.0 Nikkor-P
• 105mm f/2.5 Nikkor-P
• 105mm f/4.0 Nikkor-P
• 135mm f/3.5 Nikkor-Q
• 135mm f/4.0 Nikkor
• 180mm f/2.5 Nikkor
• 250mm f/4 Nikkor-Q
• 1000mm f/6.3 Reflex-Nikkor

[edit] Zenza Bronica SLR

• 40mm f/4 Nikkor-D
• 50mm f/3.5 Nikkor-H
• 50mm f/2.8 Nikkor-O
• 75mm f/2.8 Nikkor-P
• 75mm f/2.8 Nikkor-HC
• 105mm f/3.5LS Nikkor-Q
• 135mm f/3.5 Nikkor-Q
• 200mm f/4 Nikkor-P (two versions)
• 300mm f/5.6 Nikkor-PC
• 400mm f/4.5 Nikkor-Q
• 600mm f/5.6 Nikkor-P
• 800mm f/8 Nikkor-P
• 1200mm f/11 Nikkor-P

[edit] Lenses for large format photography

[edit] Nikkor-AM

8-element, 4-group aphochromatic macro series, optimized for 1:1 reproduction.

• 120mm f/5.6 Nikkor-AM ED
• 210mm f/5.6 Nikkor-AM ED

[edit] Nikkor-T

Telephoto series. The 360 mm / 600 mm are triple-convertible lenses with 500 mm and 720 mm / 800 mm and 1200 mm interchangeable rear elements which are available separately.

• 270mm f/6.3 Nikkor-T ED

• 360mm f/8 Nikkor-T ED
  • 500mm f/11 Nikkor-T ED
  • 720mm f/16 Nikkor-T ED

• 600mm f/9 Nikkor-T ED
  • 800mm f/12 Nikkor-T ED
  • 1200mm f/18 Nikkor-T ED

[edit] APO-Nikkor

240mm f/9 APO-Nikkor

4-element, 4-group apochromatic series, designed for the printing industry, optimized for 1:1 reproduction.

• 240mm f/9 APO-Nikkor
• 455mm f/9 APO-Nikkor

[edit] Photographic enlarging lenses

[edit] EL-Nikkor

The EL-Nikkor series of lenses are designed for photographic enlargers. Most feature 39mm Leica thread mounts, although some feature a 50mm screw mount. Most are 6-element, 4-group designs. Some slower, lower-cost designs (marked †) are 4-element, 3-group designs. Newer versions of these lenses are marked with an "N" (focal lengths to 105mm) or "A" (focal lengths from 135mm).

68mm f/3.5 EL-Nikkor

• 105mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor
• 135mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor
• 150mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor
• 180mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor
• 210mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor
• 300mm f/5.6 EL-Nikkor

[edit] Apo-EL-Nikkor

The Apo-EL-Nikkor series of lenses are apochromatic photo enlarging lenses with chromatic aberration corrected not only for the entire visible range of the spectrum, but also in near ultraviolet and near infrared ranges (380-700nm). They are all 8-element, 4-group designs with maximum-minimum aperture of f/5.6-45.

170mm f/5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor

105mm f/5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor

[edit] See also

• Nikon
• Nikon F-mount
• List of Nikon compatible lenses with integrated autofocus-motor

[edit] References

1. ^ ^{a b} The 75th Anniversary of NIKKOR Lenses

[edit] External links

• Nikon rangefinder lens information and price guide
• A brief history of Nikkor lenses
• Nikkor lenses and serial numbers
• Nikkor lens acronyms explained
• Links to information about Nikkor lenses
• "Red Book" of industrial and other rare Nikkor lenses
• Nikkor lenses for medium format
• Nikon lenses for Leica
• Leica mount lenses (includes Nikkors)
• Lenses for Nikon rangefinder mount