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[edit] List of products

What about the nikon N75???? I do not see a page on that... Vesiv... In terms of listing products, I believe we should be careful. Only products that are very significant and noteworthy should be listed. I guess that would probably amount to a couple or a few of products, over the history. Maintaing a list of current products is totally outside the scope of Wikipedia. -- Egil 19:04, 11 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Agree, changed, be brave! Edit when you think it should be done! Stefan 15:41, Jan 12, 2004 (UTC)
My inclination would be to scrub most of the items (let alone the links to them) but I'm a newcomer here so I resisted the temptation. However, I did add some. The famed F-mount 105/2.5, for example, derives from Nihon Kōgaku's Leica screwmount Nikkor 105/2.5 -- yet screwmount lenses weren't mentioned. Indeed, Nikon's own rangefinder cameras and lenses weren't mentioned. So I put in mentions of Nikon S-mount, LTM, Bronica, etc. Hoary 14:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Maybe it's better to move the list of products to a separate page, since it'll be quite long once completed. -- Koffieyahoo 08:22, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
If someone wants to do that, it might be a good idea, although I think it's not too bad as it stands - Is there some guideline to max page size? Are we almost there yet? Maybe the other option is to produce some sort of compact table of products.
However I think should get rid of the S models e.g. there is currently a Nikon D2Hs page and a link to a non existant Nikon D2H page. There is also a Nikon D70 and Nikon D70s page. The S model should be merged unless the differences can't reasonably be covered on one page. The S page should be a redirect to the main page.
Compare with automotive pages... different models with same body type covered with one page. e.g. BMW E34. Cars with vastly different engines and trim level are covered in a single page. --Xagent86 02:44, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
Have now merged Nikon D70s page with Nikon D70 page. -- Xagent86 23:57, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

I think there should be a citation to the market share assertion in the last sentence of the intro.--thanks75.68.192.62 (talk) 01:40, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Nikon name

I believe the name Nikon comes from Nippon Koroku or similar meaning Japan Camera Company, but I'm not sure of the correct spelling. Lee M 19:04, 12 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Yes, see List of company name etymologies for details Fg2 07:35, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)

The change in name came well after the war. Offhand I don't know when so I'm making no change. "Nippon Kogaku" may have been the name inscribed on the products but a correct transcription from the Japanese would be "Nippon Kōgaku" so that's what I've corrected it to. Hoary 14:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)
Nikon F body
Nikon F body
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Nikon CP5700

I'm questioning the relevance or prominence of two things here... --Ds13 06:39, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

  • 1) Does the current long-exposure photograph (along with the "lightvector" and software package references) really enhance a Nikon page? It seems to me the connection between Nikon and the photo is fairly incidental or at least distracting for a high-level Nikon article. Perhaps a photo of a Nikon camera body or lens would be more appropriate? I've thumb'ed two possibilities here, but there may be better ones.
  • 2) The current D2H text tells us the camera "is useful for being 'undigital' (http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/~guy/mscprojects/) (achieving continuous analog reconstructive imaging)". The undigital concept and research link seems overly esoteric and if you visit the URL given, there are no D2H or even Nikon references that I can find.
    • I also fail to see the value of the 'undigital' reference and web link. mvdhout 09:40, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Nikonos: Current or obsolete?

Thought Nikonos underwater cameras went out of production. Could be wrong. Fg2 07:33, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, it's out of production. (But -- since Wikipedia isn't a camera retailer or wholesaler -- how does this make it "obsolete"?) Hoary 14:47, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

[edit] 18-200mm AF-S VR DX Nomenclature

I am changing the nomenclature for the 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR DX, which currently specifies it as 18-200 mm f/3.5-5.6G ED AF-S VRII DX. This nomenclature currently in use is incorrect.

My basis for this is in Nikon's direct nomenclature for the lens as specified, among other things, on their webpage for the 18-200 VR, and the box and instruction manual of the lens itself.

Also, using a II in the name of a subsystem of the lens would not be appropriate, as several lenses have had a II designation applied to them for major overhauls, such as the changes of the 300mm, 400mm, 500mm, and 600mm AF-S telephotos, which affected the entire lens including in some cases the optical design.

This is the first version of this lens, and so it would not be in character to use a II in the name.

The full nomenclature of the lens on the Nikon website is: 18-200mm f/3.5~5.6G ED-IF AF-S VR DX and this is the version I will use in the article.

However, I will include in the main VR discussion that the 18-200mm and 105mm AF-S VR lenses use VR-II systems.

[edit] Pronounciation

How to pronounce "Nikon"? "Nee-kon" (like in "needle") or "Nai-kon" (like in "night")? "N'i-kon" or "Ni-k'on"? Would be nice to put the correct transcription to the article as well.

Honeyman 22:41, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

In the United States, it's always pronounced your second way: NAI-kon. Reference: Paul Simon singing "I got a Nikon camera;" in his song Kodachrome (although he sings it in his slightly-odd accent).
Atlant 00:26, 21 July 2006 (UTC)


The syllable NI in Japanese sounds similar to the English word knee. KON is one syllable similar to the English word con as in 'con artist'. Brettr 01:44, 8 November 2006 (UTC)
Actually, the second syllable is more like "cone" as in ice cream cone. I do translations for them: "Knee-Cone" --Everyguy 23:55, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nikon Precision Inc.

Should Nikon Precision Inc. (NPI) have it's own article? Furthermore, NPI is just one of several semiconductor photolithography sales and service arms for Nikon Corporation in Japan (e.g. Nikon Precision Europe [although they share the same website], Nikon Precision Korea, Nikon Precision Taiwan, Nikon Precision Singapore, and Nikon Precision Shanghai). Maybe these, too, should have their own article. Or an umbrella article encompasing all; there are also the primary design and manufacturing facilities in Japan. Attempting to reconcile with the structure on Nikon's website at http://www.ave.nikon.co.jp/pec_e/network/index.htm .

[edit] Spin-off the product list?

The list of Nikon products is large and somewhat tedious. Can we spin this off into a separate article "Nikon products"? ...Ah, I just found the old page "List of Nikon products" which was merged into this article. However at the time of merger (in 2004) that article was only a stub, it's now become quite substantial. Does anyone else think the page should be revived, or should we just let sleeping dogs lie? Tocharianne 17:37, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Nikon and Hollywood

Have you noticed that every single film in hollywood only uses Nikon cameras? never do you see a canon, what is that about and can we add it to the article. only if the film has in sports do you see canons in the bg, but from jurasic park to the omen you only see Nikons.--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 17:03, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Just thought I would point out that is a completely ridiculous statement for anyone reading this, Nikon cameras and lenses are not even the majority of what 'hollywood' uses for past and present productions. 121.218.236.102 (talk) 01:41, 15 March 2008 (UTC)Athiril

[edit] Microscopes!

We really need to say more about Nikon's microscopes - Nikon are one of the Big Four (well, only four, really) microscope makers, along with Zeiss, Leica and Olympus. They really do make exceedingly good scopes - i have a few hundred thousand pounds' worth of their kit sitting a few metres away from me.

-- Tom Anderson 2007-01-11 19:45 +0000 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.40.81.29 (talk) 19:48, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Merger of Speedlight into this article

Propose to merge Speedlight, a relatively trivial and short trade name, into this article. Decoratrix 02:39, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

Merge--PremKudvaTalk 06:37, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
Don't merge There can be much written about the Nikon flash systems, just as there is an article about the Canon EOS flash system (Speedlite). --rogerd 02:23, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
I have expanded the Speedlight article and will be making further expansions as time permits. There is a separate article on the Nikon SB-800 that I feel should be merged into the Speedlight article. --rogerd 09:27, 7 June 2007 (UTC)
Do not merge - The article needs to be expanded to be similar to the Canon Speedlite article. ɤіɡʍаɦɤʘʟʟ 23:50, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree speedlight shouldn't be merged with this article radiant guy 08:09, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

The speedlights article should be expanded rather than merged. The long list of speedlights in this article should be deleted - it has zero knowledge content. Paul Fisher 10:45, 1 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Proposed external link

User:Sellco has suggested that the external link http://www.aboutnikon.info may be appropriate for inclusion in this article. — Dave (Talk | contribs) 20:42, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

No the site is not very informative Compwhizii 19:25, 3 November 2007 (UTC)