Hasta La Gadget!

Nikon Corporation has announced that the cumulative number of NIKKOR interchangeable lenses manufactured by the company has reached 80 million.

Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku), launched its single-lens reflex camera “Nikon F” in 1959, and at the same time released the “Nikon F” “NIKKOR-S Auto 5cm f / 2″, the first “NIKKOR” lens. Since the launch of this lens, the line-up has been expanded while leading the optics market in Japan and around the world.

This includes the start, in October 2011, of the “Nikon 1″ which increased the pace of sales on NIKKOR lenses. The company reached the milestone of 75 million lenses in early November 2012, and now has already hit the 80 million mark.

Many different lenses have been introduced as part of the company’s new lineups. For example, since the beginning of 2013, as an interchangeable lens for Nikon single-lens reflex cameras, 3 lenses were released including FX format compliant 5x telephoto zoom lens “AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR”.

Regarding the “1 NIKKOR” lens for interchangeable lens advanced camera “Nikon 1″, after 2013, 3 lenses were released including 10X zoom lens “1 NIKKOR VR 10-100mm f/4-5.6″.

Nikon is also celebrating the 80th anniversary of the NIKKOR brand which is considered the benchmark by many in the optics and camera industries.

The video below is really interesting and was made to commemorate the brand’s 80th anniversary.

Nikon Imaging Japan added new lens “1 NIKKOR 32mm f/1.2″ to the Nikon lens lineup for the lens-replaceable “Nikon 1″ camera in June.

Focal length is 32mm. Since it’s an aperture single focus lens that has the lightest F-number 1.2, it’s got high resolving power and is capable of capturing even the slightest details very well, such as a single eye lash.

Price: ¥105,000
Colors: black and silver

Nikon’s new high-end compact digital Camera “COOLPIX A” to be released in late March has a DX format D-SLR (digital single-lens reflex) CMOS sensor built-in for the first time in the COOLPIX series.
Nikon’s newly-developed NIKKOR lens with a focal length of 18.5mm and maximum aperture of f/2.8, and image processing engine “EXPEED2″ are also built-in.
With all the specs that are built into it, COOLPIX A has a relatively light and compact body (299g and 111.0 …

Nikon has introduced its latest and greatest HD-SLR (single-lens reflex) camera due to be ready for sale in March.
Compact and lightweight magnesium alloy body with a specially designed 24.1 megapixel image sensor, superior low-light performance, ultra-precise autofocus and metering and advanced video recording.
It employs Nikon’s unique DX-format CMOS image sensor, which can be paired with NIKKOR DX- and FX-format lenses.
The specs on this camera are nice:

51-point auto-focus …

Nikon has been teasing development of the new absurdly long, fixed AF-S Nikkor 800mm, f/5.6 aperture lens since last year. Now it’s here, and you’ll be happy to know that this lens’ crazy and inflexible magnification potential is coupled with the absolutely ludicrous price of $18,000. But don’t worry, cheapskates, because there’s an actually affordable new lens coming out, too. More »