Nikkor

Nikkor is the brand of lenses produced by Nikon Corporation, including camera lenses for the Nikon F-mount. 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"; 日本光学工業株式会社). (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. 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 a full list see Nikon F-mount). Z-mount lenses for Nikon mirrorless cameras. 1-mount lenses for Nikon 1 series cameras. Lenses for Zenza Bronica and Plaubel Makina medium format cameras. Lenses for Nikon S-mount and Leica rangefinder cameras, as well as very early Canon cameras. Amphibious lenses for Nikonos underwater cameras. Lenses for large format photography. EL-Nikkor photographic enlarger lenses. Microscope objectives. Industrial lenses, including lenses in support of the Japanese war effort during World War II. Nikon Z-mount#Z-mount lenses Nikon introduced the Z-mount in 2018 for their system of digital full-frame and APS-C (DX) mirrorless cameras. All of Nikon's Z-mount lenses are Nikkors. Nikon F-mount#Nikkor 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. File:Auto nikkor 50mm.jpg|Pre-AI Nikkor-S 50m f1.4 File:Nikkor 35mm f 2.0-4627.jpg|Heavily used AI Nikkor 35mm f2.0 File:Nikkor AF-D 85mm F1.8 b.jpg|AF Nikkor 85mm f1.8 File:2023_Obiektyw_AF-S_DX_Micro_NIKKOR_85mm_f_3.5G_ED_VR.jpg|AF-S DX Micro-Nikkor 85mm f3.