Comments on: 5 (Or More) Things You Didn't Know About Nikon

By: greg u

greg u — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 16:22:04 +0000

Very nice article on nikon history. I owned a black nikon F2A at one point. It was neat because as an employee of a store that sold nikon cameras, I was able to purchase it at half off list which was maybe 20 per cent less than customer price but also , if you wanted, nikon put your name in gold on the baseplate. Even though I sold many black body nikons, which cost the customer more than chrome, I didn't realize they were actually less expensive to make.. Great article, thanks very much

By: Gary Von Neida

Gary Von Neida — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:12:11 +0000

I love Nikon's. My early one is F-1, from a P.X. in Vietnam came my Nikormat, Over the years I picked up a number of lenses, some beautiful glass. When it first came out I bought a D-200; I still use it.
For years I shot "square' ,WITH HASSELBLAD. The D-200 got me digital. I look forward to a 24 M.P. Nikon D-700 X.

By: AMusingFool

AMusingFool — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:16:31 +0000

I'm curious about the ad picture alongside the name change. Is that supposed to be showing that Nikon was used before the company officially changed? (I'm asking because the large kanji within the bottom border do say 'Nippon Kogaku', although the last character is no longer written that way (well, not in Japanese, anyway).) Hmm... and now that I look more closely, it appears that the very bottom line, the second half of that is 'Nippon Kogaku Kogyo' (maybe with International, or Worldwide, or something along those lines? I can't really make out the rest of the line.) And it appears (although I can't make it out for sure) that the focal length for the lens is listed as 5cm. When did they switch to using mm for that?

By: Ted McMahan

Ted McMahan — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:35:37 +0000

Another interesting tidbit of history deals with EPOI. When EPOI become the importer of Nikon cameras, they where given to AP, UPI, NY Times, Time, National Geo and etc. photographers. When the general public saw these guys using Nikon's the demand rose from the public for these cameras.
Now, the trick was that the Pros had black cameras which at that time was cheaper to make than the chrome. But a lot of people wanted the Black Nikon so EPOI price the black bodies higher than the chrome, therefore making a little more profit per camera.

By: John

John — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:49:39 +0000

Interesting article. One issue, though. I think the Coolpix 100 had a .3mp sensor, not 3mp.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 09:07:33 +0000

Thanks Tom, article updated.

By: Tom Grier

Tom Grier — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 05:43:21 +0000

I owned a Nikon E2 in 1997 and an E3S in 1999 ... both were Digital SLRs and both pre-dated the D1. Other than that minor factual error, interesting article.

By: Loïc Lacombe

Loïc Lacombe — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:11:15 +0000

My mistake, guys.

What a shitty post. I could not even spell my own name properly... and "prime minister" of course. Should have slept more this sunday morning...

By: pab

pab — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 12:30:27 +0000

Loïc,

the article speaks of Chirac as the "former" president, the ex-president, as it is a present article.

The blurb tells a story of Chirac even before he was a prime minister, when he was Paris mayor...

1988 is the year NKK became Nikon, allegedly some times later...

By: Andrej

Andrej — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:07:16 +0000

Loïc Lacmbe: "Jacques Chirac was not the french president until 1995. In 1988, he was first minister." The fact is, Chirac is/was a former French president, that was a mayor of Paris at the time of Mr. Fukuoka's visit. That's why the quote says "When Mr. Fukuoka said the word 'Nikon,' however, the Parisian mayor understood immediately." with the key word being "the Parisian mayor". Got it?

By: Jon Read

Jon Read — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:31:04 +0000

Interesting article, thanks. Why did the D1 use NTSC???!

By: Loïc Lacmbe

Loïc Lacmbe — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 08:14:02 +0000

Jacques Chirac was not the french president until 1995. In 1988, he was first minister.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Chirac