Nikkor

Nikkor is the brand of lenses produced by Nikon Corporation, including camera lenses for the Nikon F-mount and more recently, for the Nikon Z line of mirrorless cameras. 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. S-mount lenses for the Nikon S-series rangefinder cameras. Lenses for Zenza Bronica and Plaubel Makina medium format cameras. Lenses for Leica rangefinder cameras, as well as very early Canon cameras. Amphibious lenses for Nikonos underwater cameras. Macro lenses under the Micro-Nikkor designation. 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.