Nikon Corporation listen , also known as just Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializing in optics and imaging. Its products include cameras, binoculars, microscopes, measurement instruments, and the steppers used in the photolithography steps of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the world's second largest manufacturer. The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group. Among its products are Nikkor imaging lenses , the Nikon F-series of 135 film SLR cameras, the Nikon D-series of digital SLR cameras, the Coolpix series of compact... digital cameras, and the Nikonos series of underwater film cameras. Nikon's main competitors in camera and lens manufacturing include Canon, Casio, Kodak, Sony, Pentax, Panasonic, Fujifilm and Olympus. Founded in 25 July 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha , the company was renamed Nikon Corporation, after its cameras, in 1988. Nikon is one of the companies of the Mitsubishi Group.
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| Founded: | July 25, 1917 |
| Headquarters: | Chiyoda, Tokyo |
| Employees: | 23,759 |
| Industries: | Photographic and Photocopying Equipment Manufacturing, Photographic Equipment and Supplies |