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).The 75th Anniversary of NIKKOR Lenses (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.

Lenses for Nikon systems

Nikon Z-mount

Nikon introduced the Z-mount in 2018 for their system of digital full-frame (FX) and APS-C (DX) mirrorless cameras. All of Nikon's Z-mount lenses are Nikkors.

Nikon F-mount

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.

Nikon 1-mount

Nikon introduced the compact mirrorless Nikon 1 camera system using 2.7x-crop sensors in 2011. The Nikon 1 system was effectively discontinued in 2018 with the introduction of the Nikon Z system.

Nikonos

The original Nikonos system introduced in 1963 is a scale-focus and rangefinder system for underwater photography. The 1992 Nikonos RS system is an underwater autofocus SLR system based on the F-mount.

Nikon S-mount

Rangefinder camera system dating to the late 1940s which became popular with the 1951 Nikon S.

Lenses for other camera systems

Note: In the case of the Nikkor wides, "W" just means "wide". Prior to approximately 1976, most Nikon lenses had a suffix appended directly after the "Nikkor" name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design. No. of Elements Designator Letter Origin of Designator 1 U "Uns" 2 B "Bini" 3 T "Tres" 4 Q "Quatour" 5 P "Pente" 6 H "Hex" 7 S "Septem" 8 O "Octo" 9 N "Novem" 10 D "Decem" 11 UD "Uns" and "Decem" For example, a lens with eight elements would be marked "Nikkor-O", and a lens with eleven elements "Nikkor-UD".

Zenza Bronica SLR Nikkor-D 40mmF4 Nikkor-H 50mmF3.5 Nikkor-O 50mmF2.8 Nikkor-P 75mmF2.8 (two versions) Nikkor-HC 75mmF2.8 Nikkor-Q 105mmF3.5 LS Nikkor-Q 135mmF3.5 Nikkor-P 200mmF4 (two versions) Nikkor-PC 300mmF5.6 Nikkor-Q 400mmF4.5 Nikkor-P 600mmF5.6 Nikkor-P 800mmF8 Nikkor-P 1200mmF11

Leica "L" rangefinder W-Nikkor 35mmF1.8 W-Nikkor 35mmF2.5 Nikkor-S 50mmF1.4 Nikkor-H 50mmF2 Nikkor-Q 50mmF3.5 Nikkor-P 85mmF2 Nikkor-P 105mmF2.5 Nikkor-Q 135mmF3.5 Nikkor-P 135mmF3.5

Plaubel Makina Nikkor 80mmF2.8 (Makina 67/670) Wide Nikkor 55mmF4.5 (Makina W67)

Airesflex TLR Nikkor-Q 7.5 cmF3.5 (taking lens) View-Nikkor 7.5 cmF3.2 (viewing lens)

Marshal Press Nikkor-Q 105mmF3.5

Hansa Canon rangefinder "Kasyapa" 50mmF3.5 (origin of this lens uncertain) Nikkor 50mmF3.5

Lenses for large format photography

+Nikkor lenses for large format cameras Series FL Ap. Const. Shutter Coverage Dimensions Notes Min. Max. Filt. FrtΦ × RearΦ × Len. Wgt. Ultra wide angle lenses SW 65 7e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 105° 67 SW 75 7e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 106° 67 SW 90 7e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 105° 82 SW 90 8e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 105° 67 SW 120 8e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 105° 77 SW 150 8e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 80° Φ=, 106° 95 Wide-angle lenses W 100 6e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 74° 40.5 W 105 W(s) 105 6e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 73° 52 W 135 6e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 73° 52 W 150 6e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 70° 52 W 180 6e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 70° 67 W 210 6e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 70° 67 W 240 6e/4g No. 3 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 70° 82 W 300 6e/4g No. 3 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 70° 95 W 360 6e/4g No. 3 Φ=, 60° Φ=, 69° 95 Normal lenses M 105 4e/3g No. 0 Φ=, 51° Φ=, 55° 40.5 AM*ED 120 8e/4g No. 0 Φ=, 47° Φ=, 55° 52 Macro M 200 4e/3g No. 0 Φ=, 45° Φ=, 55° 52 AM*ED 210 8e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 41° Φ=, 51° 67 Macro M 300 4e/3g No. 1 Φ=, 57° Φ=, 57° 52 M 450 4e/3g No. 3 Φ=, 50° Φ=, 52° 67 Portrait lenses T*ED 270 5e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 24° Φ=, 33° 67 T*ED 360 5e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 24° Φ=, 33° 67 Convertible lens, 360/500/720 share front component T*ED 600 6e/5g No. 3 Φ=, 19° Φ=, 29° 95 Convertible lens, 600/800/1200 share front component Telephoto lenses T*ED 500 6e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 17° Φ=, 24° 67 Convertible lens, 360/500/720 share front component T*ED 720 7e/4g No. 1 Φ=, 12° Φ=, 17° 67 Convertible lens, 360/500/720 share front component T*ED 800 7e/5g No. 3 Φ=, 14° Φ=, 22° 95 Convertible lens, 600/800/1200 share front component T*ED 1200 8e/5g No. 3 Φ=, 10° Φ=, 15° 95 Convertible lens, 600/800/1200 share front component Apo-Nikkor true Apochromat series, designed for the printing industry, optimized for 1:1 reproduction. With Waterhouse type Filter Slot.

Apo-Nikkor / Early type Lens Construction 4 elements in 3 groups / Tessar Type Lenses. Apo-Nikkor 12cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1961) Apo-Nikkor 15cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1960) - φ53mmP=0.75 Screw Mount Apo-Nikkor 18cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1962) - Image circle φ250mm。 Apo-Nikkor 21cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1959) Apo-Nikkor 24cmF9 - Image circle φ350mm。 Apo-Nikkor 30cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1949) Apo-Nikkor 38cmF9 (Manufacture start Year : 1946) Apo-Nikkor-Q.C 45cmF9 (Product Year : 1948) - φ72P=1.0mm Screw Mount Apo-Nikkor 60cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1948) Apo-Nikkor 75cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1957) Apo-Nikkor 90cmF9 (Release of drawing Year : 1953)

Apo-Nikkor / Later type Lens Construction 4 elements in 4 groups / Double Gauss Type Lenses. Apo-Nikkor 180mmF9 - 7inch. φ53mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. - Image circle φ300mm Apo-Nikkor 240mmF9 - 9.5inch. φ53mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. - Image circle φ410mm Apo-Nikkor 305mmF9 - 12inch. φ72mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ520mm Apo-Nikkor 360mmF9 - 14inch. φ72mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ600mm Apo-Nikkor 420mmF9 - 16.5inch. φ90mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ710mm Apo-Nikkor 455mmF9 - 18inch. φ90mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ770mm Apo-Nikkor 480mmF9 - 19inch. φ90mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ820mm Apo-Nikkor 610mmF11 - 24inch. φ110mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ1030mm Apo-Nikkor 760mmF11 - 30inch. φ110mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ1170mm Apo-Nikkor 890mmF11 - 35inch. φ162mmP=1.5mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ1360mm Apo-Nikkor 1210mmF12.5 - 47.5inch. φ162mmP=1.5mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ1750mm Apo-Nikkor 1780mmF14 - 70inch. φ213mmP=1.5mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ2310mm

Wide-Angle-Apo-Nikkor Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lenses. The wide angle version Apo-Nikkor lens was developed for small-scale platemaking cameras. W.A.Apo-Nikkor 150mmF8 - φ53mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. - Image circle φ350mm。 W.A.Apo-Nikkor 210mmF8 - φ72mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ460mm。 W.A.Apo-Nikkor 240mmF10 W.A.Apo-Nikkor 300mmF9 - φ90mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ610mm。 W.A.Apo-Nikkor 360mmF9 - φ90mmP=1.0mm Screw Mount. - Image circle φ730mm

Photographic enlarging lenses

EL-Nikkor The EL-Nikkor series of lenses are designed for photographic enlargers. Most feature 39mm Leica thread mounts, although some feature a 50mm screw mount. Most are 6-element, 4-group designs. Some slower, lower-cost designs (marked †) are 4-element, 3-group designs. Newer versions of these lenses are marked with an "N" (focal lengths to 105mm) or "A" (focal lengths from 135mm). (Per Nikon, Inc. Technical and Service Support (800-645-6689), manufacture and sale of all enlarging lenses has been discontinued.) EL-Nikkor 40mmF4 EL-Nikkor 5cmF2.8/50mmF2.8 (Release of drawing Year : 1956) - M39 Screw Mount. EL-Nikkor 5cmF3.5C - "El-NIKKOR-C" EL-Nikkor 5cmF3.5 (Release of drawing Year : 1945) EL-Nikkor 50mmF4† (Release of drawing Year : 1967) - M39 Screw Mount. Helmes 5.5cmF3.5 (Release of drawing Year : 1936) - Tessar Type EL-Nikkor 63mmF2.8 EL-Nikkor 6.3 cm/63mmF3.5(Sale Year : 1966) - M39 Screw Mount. EL-Nikkor 68mmF3.5 - M39 Screw Mount. EL-Nikkor 75mmF4 † EL-Nikkor 80mmF5.6 (introduced in 1966) - M39 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 105mmF5.6 (introduced in 1966) - M39 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 135mmF5.6 (introduced in 1966) - M39 Screw Mount & φ45mmP=0.5 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 150mmF5.6 (introduced in 1968) - φ53mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 180mmF5.6 (introduced in 1972) - φ62mmP=1 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 210mmF5.6 (introduced in 1968) - φ72mmP=1 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 240mmF5.6 (introduced in 1972) - φ82mmP=1 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 300mmF5.6 (introduced in 1972) - φ100mmP=1 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 360mmF5.6 (introduced in 1972) - φ130mmP=1.5 Screw Mount. (6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens)

EL-Nikkor N EL-Nikkor 40mmF4N(Sale Year : 1984) - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Biogon Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 50mmF2.8N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Double Gauss Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 50mmF4N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 4 elements in 3 groups / Tessar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 63mmF2.8N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / EL-Nikkor Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 75mmF4N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 4 elements in 3 groups / Tessar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 80mmF5.6N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens) EL-Nikkor 105mmF5.6N - M39 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lens)

EL-Nikkor A EL-Nikkor 135mmF5.6A - M39 Screw Mount & φ50mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups) EL-Nikkor 150mmF5.6A - M39 Screw Mount & φ50mmP=0.75 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups) EL-Nikkor 180mmF5.6A - φ72mmP=1 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups) EL-Nikkor 210mmF5.6A - φ72mmP=1 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups) EL-Nikkor 240mmF5.6A - φ90mmP=1 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups) EL-Nikkor 300mmF5.6A - φ90mmP=1 Screw Mount. (Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups)

Apo-EL-Nikkor The Apo-EL-Nikkor series of lenses are true Apochromat photo enlarging lenses with chromatic aberration corrected not only for the entire visible range of the spectrum, but also in near ultraviolet and near infrared ranges (380-700 nm). They are all 8-element, 4-group designs with maximum-minimum aperture of 5.6-45.

Apo-EL-Nikkor 105mmF5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor 170mmF5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor 210mmF5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor 300mmF5.6 Apo-EL-Nikkor 480mmF5.6

Apo-EL-Nikkor N Apo-EL-Nikkor 105mmF5.6N Apo-EL-Nikkor 210mmF5.6N

EL-Zoom-Nikkor