Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) camera company
This is a Nikon 28Ti, a premium point and shoot 35mm camera made in Japan by the Nikon Corporation starting in 1994. The Nikon 28Ti was the follow-up to the Nikon 35Ti from the year prior, widening the focal length to 28mm and adding a new flash mode and all…
This is a Nikon FM2n, a 35mm SLR camera which was an update to the original Nikon FM2 produced by Nippon Kogaku K.K. in Tokyo, Japan during the years 1982 to 2001. Both versions of the Nikon FM2 had a very long production life as it remained the highest spec…
In this the 50th episode of the Camerosity Podcast, the gang and I look back at the past two years of open source film photography nonsense. A podcast created late one night on a whim has turned into one of the most popular of its kind. Coming out of podcast…
This is a Nikon E2Ns, a digital SLR produced in joint cooperation between Nikon and Fuji in 1996. The E2Ns is an update to the earlier E2 and E2S models from 1995 expanding the available ISO speeds and improving the camera’s speed. All E2 models shared the same 2/3 inch…
This is the Nikon F3, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku of Tokyo, Japan between the years 1980 and 2001, making it the longest list Nikon camera ever made and one of the longest ever produced cameras in history. The Nikon F3 was the third in…
This is a Nikkormat FT3, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku in Tokyo, Japan between the years 1977 and 1979. The FT3 was the last camera produced with the Nikkormat name. The Nikkormat FT3 is improved from the previous model by adding support for Nippon Kogaku’s…
After a week off, Anthony, Theo, Paul, and Mike return with Episode 15 with more open source camera nonsense. This time we are joined by Nikon collector and historian, Robert Rotoloni, Bill Smith from the Classic Camera Revival Podcast, Miles Lybak, David Goldberg, Howard Sandler, and first time caller, Mark…
This week’s episode of the Camerosity Podcast is one for the ages. Michael Wescott Loder, Nikon historian and author of “The Nikon Camera in America 1946-1953”, joins us to discuss a huge number of topics regarding Nikon’s history along with the Zeiss-Ikon Tenax II and a huge number of other…
This is the Nikon F2, a 35mm single lens reflex camera produced by Nippon Kogaku in Tokyo, Japan from 1971 to 1980. The Nikon F2 was the follow up to the very successful Nikon F. It was a high end and rugged camera aimed at professional photographers with a huge…
When someone asks the question “What is the ‘best’ 35mm rangefinder ever made?”, a great number of responses will likely include either the Leica M3 or the Nikon SP. The reason for these two models on the tops of so many people’s lists is that they are both very good…
Earlier this year I visited Robert at his home and we had an extensive conversation about Nikon rangefinder prototypes. I was particularly interested in the Nikon SP2 and SPX as they are fascinating examples of cameras that showed a direction Nippon Kogaku did not continue in. But as usually happens…
This is a Nikonos II, an amphibious 35mm camera produced by Nippon Kogaku between 1968 and 1976 for underwater photography. The Nikonos series was originally designed by a company called La Spirotechnique in France in 1960, and sold as the Calypso-Phot. The Calypso was conceived by Jacques Cousteau and was…
