Nikon Corporation

Nikon Corporation, was founded in 1917 as "Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd." when 3 leading optical manufacturers merged, and renamed in 1988 after its cameras. Mostly known as Nikon, it is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging products such as cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication.

The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group. Among its products are Nikkor imaging lenses (for F-mount cameras, large format photography, photographic enlargers, and other applications), the Nikon F-series of 35 mm film SLR cameras, the Nikon D-series of digital SLR cameras, the Coolpix series of compact digital cameras, and the Nikonos series of underwater film cameras.

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