The history of Nikon cameras has always gone hand in hand with the history of NIKKOR lenses. Haruo Sato and Kouichi Ohshita will alternately add chapters to the serial story: "The Thousand and One Nights," of Nikkor lenses. Randomly selected topics covering the unique NIKKOR lenses will feature interesting tales on the design and manufacturing.
NIKKOR - The Thousand and One Nights
- Tale 48: The Nikkor-Q Auto 200mm f/4
- The Beginnings of True Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses
- Tale 47: The Ai Zoom Nikkor 35-200mm F3.5-4.5S
- Nikon's First High-Power Zoom Lens
- Tale 46: Ai Zoom Nikkor 25-50mm f/4
- The Beginnings of True Wide-Angle Zoom Lenses
- Tale 45: The NIKKOR-P.C 10.5cm f/2.5
- The superior lens hidden in the shadows of more celebrated lenses
- Tale 44: The Nikkor-S Auto 50mm f/1.4
- The f/1.4 lens that became the standard in both name and reality
- Tale 43: The NIKKOR-QC 13.5cm f/4
- "Occupied Japan"—the marque that sustained postwar reconstruction
- Tale 42: The E 75-150mm f/3.5, a Nikon Series E lens
- A popular lens that perpetuates the Nikkor spirit
- Tale 41: AF Nikkor 85mm f/1.4D IF
- A standard portrait lens—and a Nikkor star performer
- Tale 40: Nikkor-S Auto 5.8cm f/1.4
- The first f/1.4 lens for use with the Nikon F Series
- Tale 39: Ai AF Zoom-Nikkor 35-70mm f/2.8S
- The dawn of the large aperture zoom era
- Tale 38: From Nikkor-S Auto 35mm f/2.8 to NEW Nikkor 35mm f/2.8
- 35 mm f/2.8 lens — A History of Improvements
- Tale 37: W-Nikkor 3.5 cm f/2.5
- Secrets of a popular standard lens
- Tale 36 : Nikkor P.C 8.5 cm f/2
- Legendary Lens
- Tale 35 : Ai AF VR Zoom-Nikkor ED 80-400 mm f/4.5-5.6D
- Remove the camera shake! The Lens Incorporating a Vibration Reduction mechanism in optical system
- Tale 34 : NIKKOR-H･C 5cm f/2
- The Lens Encouraged the Rebirth After the Second World War
- Tale 33 : "Pikaichi", L35AF 35 mm f/2.8
- Nikon lens incorporated in Compact Camera
- Tale 32 : Ai AF DC Nikkor 135 mm f/2S
- Medium telephoto lens pursuing high-quality defocusing
- Tale 31 : Ai Nikkor 200 mm f/2S IF-ED
- Press photographers' favorite lens that witnessed a number of world records
- Tale 30 : Ai Nikkor 135 mm f/2
- High-speed medium telephoto lens
- Tale 29 : W-Nikkor (c) 2.5 cm f/4
- Small but piquant
- Tale 28 : Ai AF Nikkor 28 mm f/1.4D
- An aspherical lens inheriting the concept of the Noct NIKKOR
- Tale 27 : Ai Nikkor 35 mm f/1.4S
- Fastest 35 mm lens
- Tale 26 : Ai Micro NIKKOR 55 mm f/2.8 (Latter Part)
- Micro NIKKOR - History of Development, Behind-the-Scenes Stories and Tradition
- Tale 25 : Ai Micro Nikkor 55 mm f/2.8 (First Part)
- The f/1.4 lens that became the standard in both name and reality
- Tale 24 : Converter lenses for COOLPIX 4300
- Designed to expand the shooting range of COOLPIX
- Tale 23 : AI AF Nikkor 80mm f/2.8S
- Dawn of a new era; the day that changed SLR systems
- Tale 22 : COOLPIX 4300
- User-friendly digital camera for a wide range of customers
- Tale 21 : Nikkor-T 10.5cm f/4
- Very affordable lens where NIKKOR soul dwells
- Tale 20 : Nikkor Auto 20mm f/4 from Nikkor-UD Auto 20mm f/3.5
- Ultra wide angle lens directed for an ultra compactness
- Tale 19 : Nikkor-S/(c) 8.5cm f/1.5
- Mr. KIMURA, Ihei's "right-hand man"
- Tale 18 : AF Zoom-Micro Nikkor 70-180mm f/4.5-5.6D ED
- World's first AF Zoom-Micro Lens
- Tale 17 : PC-Nikkor 28mm f/4
- Looking for the Skill on a Large Format Camera
- Tale 16 : Ai Noct Nikkor 58mm f/1.2
- An Aspherical Surface Got Over Sagittal Coma Flare
- Tale 15 : Zoom Nikkor 28-45mm f/4.5
- The World's First Genuine Wide-angle Zoom Lens "Pioneers' Dream"
- Tale 14 : NIKKOR-N Auto 24 mm f/2.8
- The First Lens equipped with the Close-Range-Correction Mechanism
- Tale 13 : Reflex-Nikkor 500mm f/8
- "Little lens, Big step"
- Tale 12 : NIKKOR-H Auto 2.8cm f/3.5
- NIKKOR-H Auto 2.8cm f/3.5
- Tale 11 : NIKKOR-H 300 mm f/2.8
- Dream "3, 2-8 lens" long-awaited by press photographers
- Tale 10 : AI Nikkor 180 mm f/2.8 ED
- Made the ED lens more accessible
- Tale 9 : Nikkor 13 mm f/5.6
- The world's widest angle of field
- Tale 8 : W Nikkor 35 mm f/2.5
- Amphibious (on land and underwater) lens for NIKONOS
- Tale 7 : NIKKOR-N 5cm f/1.1
- The Roots of Noct-NIKKOR : The Gaussian (Gauss-type) Super-fast Lens
- Tale 6 : OP Fisheye-NIKKOR 10mm f/5.6
- The World's First Aspherical SLR Lens and Orthographic Projection Fisheye Lens
- Tale 5 : AI Nikkor 105 mm f/2.5
- Best-selling Mid-range Telescopic Lens
- Tale 4 : Zoom-NIKKOR AUTO 43-86mm f/3.5
- Japan's First Compact and Low-price Standard Zoom Lens with Practical Use
- Tale 3 : W-NIKKOR 3.5cm f/1.8
- Symmetric High-Speed, Wide-Angle Lens
- Tale 2 : AI Nikkor 50mm f/2
- Workhorse type normal lens
- Tale 1 : NIKKOR-O 2.1cm f/4
- Symmetrical wideangle lens that has been passed on to this day