Brief exposures

recently achieved the 110 million milestone for Nikkor interchangeable lenses. The bulk of these lenses are, of course, F mount models, but the new Nikkor Z types are probably starting to make something of a contribution to the total and will certainly become more significant in the future. It’s worth noting here that Nikon is one of the few camera manufacturers that covers all stages of lens production, from development of optical glass at its Hikari glass factory (in Akita, Japan) to final lens production. The Nikkor name arose from taking “Nikko”, the Romanised abbreviation for Nippon Kogaku K.K. – Nikon’s original company name – and adding “r” which was a common practice in the naming of photographic lenses at the time.