Editing Nikkor (section)

{{Short description|Brand of lenses produced by Nikon}}
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{{Infobox brand|
 name = Nikkor<br />ニッコール|
 currentowner = [[Nikon|Nikon Corporation]] |
 logo = 75th Nikkor logo.jpg |
 introduced = {{Start date and age|1932|df=y}} |
 country = [[Japan]] |
 type = [[Camera lens]]es<br>Industrial optics<br>Enlarger lenses<br />Microscope objectives |
 markets = Worldwide |
 website = [http://www.nikkor.com/ www.nikkor.com]|
}}
'''Nikkor''' is the brand of lenses produced by [[Nikon|Nikon Corporation]], including camera lenses for the [[Nikon F-mount]] and more recently, for the [[Nikon Z-mount|Nikon Z]] line of mirrorless cameras. 
[[image:nikko old logo.jpg|thumb|right|'''Nikko''' parent company brand, from which the '''Nikkor''' brand evolved.]]
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).<ref name="75th">''[http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2008/0318_nikkor_01.htm The 75th Anniversary of NIKKOR Lenses] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407235614/http://www.nikon.com/about/news/2008/0318_nikkor_01.htm |date=2008-04-07 }}''</ref> (''Nikkō'' also means "sunlight" and is the name of a [[Nikkō|Japanese town]].) In 1933, Nikon marketed its first camera lens under the Nikkor brand name, the "Aero-NIKKOR," for [[aerial photography]].<ref name="75th"/>

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:
* [[Nikon F-mount|F-mount]] lenses for [[135 film|35mm]] [[Single-lens reflex camera|SLR]] and [[DSLR]] photography (for a full list see [[Nikon F-mount]]).
* [[Nikon Z-mount|Z-mount]] lenses for Nikon [[Mirrorless camera|mirrorless cameras]].
* [[Nikon 1 mount|1-mount]] lenses for [[Nikon 1 series]] cameras.
* Lenses for [[Bronica|Zenza Bronica]] and [[Plaubel Makina]] [[medium format camera]]s.
* Lenses for [[Nikon S-mount]] and [[Leica Camera|Leica]] [[Rangefinder camera|rangefinder]] cameras, as well as very early [[Canon Inc.|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]].

[[File:Nikon Z 24-70 f4 S 2.jpg|thumb|Nikkor Z 24-70 {{f/|4}} S lens]]