Today, Nikon celebrates its 109th anniversary! On July 25, 1917, Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha (Japan Optical Industries Co., Ltd.) was established in Tokyo through the merger of the optical instruments division of the Tokyo Keiki company and the mirror division of Iwaki Glass with Fujii Lens Manufacturing. This merger gave rise to Nippon Kogaku K.K. […]
Nikkor celebrates its 90th anniversary:
The Japanese website Capa Camera Web published an interesting article on the origins of the Nikon name (Google translated text):
In addition to Nikon Yokan (traditional Japanese jellied dessert made from adzuki beans), the Nikon Museum in Tokyo is now selling also this new Nikon camera history poster 2019: If anyone knows a way of getting this poster in the US, please leave a comment. Previous Nikon museum blog posts can be found here.
The Nikon Museum will have a new exhibition “Nikon Museum Special Collection” from April 2, 2019 to June 29, 2019 that will include: Anemometric theodolite (1930), Fisheye Nikkor 16.5mm F8 (1941), Nikon S Black (1951), Television Projection Devices (1955), Nikon 50mm Astrocamera (1971), Nikon F50 Gold (1997), etc. Additional information:
The Nikon logo over the years:
A reader sent me this New York Times article about the cameras announced in 1959 at the Master Photo Dealers & Finishers Association trade show (click for larger view): Here is the Nikon related portion of the article – (more info on the first Nikon SLR can be found here and here):
