The Nikon SP is a professional level, interchangeable lens , 35 mm film, rangefinder camera introduced in 1957. It is the culmination of Nikon's rangefinder development which started in 1948 with the Nikon I , and was "arguably the most advanced rangefinder of its time." It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. ( Nikon Corporation since 1988). Three other lower featured rangefinder models were subsequently produced on the SP frame, and production continued into the 1960s, but further development of Nikon's professional rangefinders ended with the introduction and success of the single lens reflex Nikon F in 1959.
20-496: In 2005 2,500 models of a repro model were manufactured under the name of "Nikon SP Limited Edition". The camera was exclusively sold in Japan and came with a (modern multi-coated) W-Nikkor 3.5 cm f/1.8 lens. The Nikon SP has dual viewfinders providing frame lines for a total of six focal lengths. The main viewfinder has 1x magnification and has frame lines for 50 mm, 85 mm, 105 mm and 135 mm (selected by rotating
40-510: A 50mm screw mount. Most are 6-element, 4-group designs. Some slower, lower-cost designs (marked †) are 4-element, 3-group designs. Newer versions of these lenses are marked with an "N" (focal lengths to 105mm) or "A" (focal lengths from 135mm). (Per Nikon, Inc. Technical and Service Support (800-645-6689), manufacture and sale of all enlarging lenses has been discontinued.) The Apo-EL-Nikkor series of lenses are true Apochromat photo enlarging lenses with chromatic aberration corrected not only for
60-439: A Contax. These were the 85mm, 105mm, and 135mm lenses. Each was marked with a "C" on the side of the lens barrel. This is not to be confused with a "C" mark used as a suffix to the serial number. Some early Nikkors used this mark to denote that the lenses were coated . The mount itself has two bayonets, one inside the camera and another outside. Lenses that use the bayonet inside the camera need have no focusing helicoid built into
80-500: A dial under the rewind crank). The frames are parallax-corrected and the focusing patch appears in the centre of the viewfinder. A separate, smaller viewfinder (less than life size) to the left of the main viewfinder has non-parallax corrected frame lines for 35 mm. The entire window acts as a frame for 28 mm lenses. The camera uses Nikon's 'S' bayonet lens mount which is a modified Contax 'C' bayonet and Contax 'C' lenses are physically compatible but do not accurately focus with
100-735: A suffix appended directly after the "Nikkor" name that was used to denote the number of optical elements in the lens design. For example, a lens with eight elements would be marked "Nikkor-O", and a lens with eleven elements "Nikkor-UD". Four-group wide-angle lens series, consisting of six, seven, or eight elements: Six-element, four-group series: Compact, 4-element, 3-group series. 8-element, 4-group true Apochromat macro lens series, optimized for 1:1 reproduction. Telephoto series. The 360 mm / 600 mm are triple- convertible lenses with 500 mm and 720 mm / 800 mm and 1200 mm interchangeable rear elements which were available separately. true Apochromat series, designed for
120-404: Is itself the largest system of interchangeable flange-mount photographic lenses in history . These lenses are designed for the 135 (35mm) and Nikon DX formats. Over 400 different F-mount Nikkor models are known to exist. Nikon introduced the compact mirrorless Nikon 1 camera system using 2.7x-crop sensors in 2011. The Nikon 1 system was effectively discontinued in 2018 with the introduction of
140-512: Is the current industrial lens brand of Tochigi-Nikon, which doesn't use the Nikkor brand any more. The succeeding kind of "EL-Nikkor" which ended sale in 2006. The succeeding kind of "Printing-Nikkor". Use by a line sensor was designed as a premise from the beginning. It is designed supposing the use as x1 copy or a relay lens. The lens for X-rays indirect photograph equipment. The lens for fluoroscopy of an X-ray. The lens for about doubling
160-542: Is used to mount longer and heavier lenses where the built-in helicoid would not be strong enough to rotate the lens barrel. Such lenses are focused using a focusing ring and distance scale on the lens just like typical SLR lenses (the distance scale on the camera body will be covered by the lens flange and thus not visible). Nikon produced a large range of Nikkor lenses for these cameras with focal lengths from 21mm to 1000mm . Several other manufacturers including Fuji (now Fujifilm ), Komura and Zunow made S-mount lenses at
180-505: The Nikon F . The camera will advance film at a rate of 3 FPS with an added S-36 motor drive. This made the SP the first rangefinder to have motorized film advance. The Nikon F SLR of 1959 has many structural similarities to the SP from which it evolved with the addition of a reflex mirror and interchangeable pentaprism viewfinder. The camera is seen in the background, casually slung from
200-531: 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 introduced the Z-mount in 2018 for their system of digital full-frame and APS-C (DX) mirrorless cameras . All of Nikon's Z-mount lenses are Nikkors. Nikkors constitute the majority of lenses available for the Nikon F-mount , which
220-426: The built-in rangefinder. In common with Contax, a small toothed wheel in front of the shutter release is used to focus lenses that use the internal bayonet. The camera does not have a flash sync on its hot shoe . Instead a pc sync socket is provided. The shutter on early models is a horizontally running mechanically timed rubberized silk fabric curtain. In 1959 the shutter curtain was changed to titanium similar to
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#1732782338372240-1009: The entire visible range of the spectrum, but also in near ultraviolet and near infrared ranges (380-700 nm). They are all 8-element, 4-group designs with maximum-minimum aperture of f / 5.6-45. Designed for 1:1 reproduction with a usable magnification range from 0.3x to 3x. Transmission from 350 to 700 nm, no focus shift between visible and actinic light used for photoresists. Completely symmetric lenses with no distortion. Designed for 10:1 reproduction. Field size varies from 200x200 mm to 400x400 mm with correspondingly larger image sizes and very long back-focal distances (several meters). Completely symmetric lenses with no distortion. The lens for aerial photographs produced at prewar days for Computer Output Microfilming Lens for Oscilloscope Output Microfilming Lens for Microfilming Lens The interchangeable lens only for large-sized macro photography equipment "Multiphot" Was developed as an optical lens for optical printing , as demand occurs after
260-503: The full-frame Nikon Z system. The original Nikonos system introduced in 1963 is a scale-focus and rangefinder system for underwater photography. The 1992 Nikonos RS system is an underwater autofocus SLR system based on the F-mount. Rangefinder camera system dating to the late 1940s which became popular with the 1951 Nikon S . Note: In the case of the Nikkor wides, "W" just means "wide". Prior to approximately 1976, most Nikon lenses had
280-537: The hand of Bob Neuwirth in Daniel Kramer's portrait of Bob Dylan that is the over image of his " Highway 61 Revisited " of 1965. This camera-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Nikon S-mount The Nikon S-mount is a type of interchangeable lens mount used by a series of Nikon 35mm rangefinder cameras ( Nikon I , Nikon M , Nikon S , Nikon S2 , Nikon SP , Nikon S3 , Nikon S4 ). The lenses were sold under
300-408: The lens barrel. As a consequence, the 5 cm f/1.4 lens that was normally sold with the body is extremely small (about the size of a golf ball) since the lens contains only the optics and aperture. Focusing of such lenses could be done by rotating the toothed wheel on the top front of the camera body or by rotating the lens barrel itself (the distance scale is on the camera body). The external bayonet
320-483: The line sensor lenses. Thoroughly eliminate various aberrations in the reference scale, with a high color fidelity and resolution. Has now been redesigned for the Eco-glass, like the current product. The lens for table type small platemaking cameras. Lens Construction 4 elements in 4 groups. Topogon Type Lens. Standard magnification is ×1. A 400 to 650 nm chromatic aberration compensation wavelength band. Rayfact
340-573: The name Nikkor . The mount was a copy of the Zeiss Ikon Contax rangefinder mount, however, small differences between the two mean that although Zeiss wide-angle lenses can be used on the Nikon cameras and vice versa, the longer lenses (50 mm and above), if used, will not be able to focus at both close range and infinity. Nikon made a small number of longer focal length lenses specifically designed to focus properly when mounted on
360-522: The printing industry, optimized for 1:1 reproduction. With Waterhouse type Filter Slot. Lens Construction 4 elements in 3 groups / Tessar Type Lenses. Lens Construction 4 elements in 4 groups / Double Gauss Type Lenses. Lens Construction 6 elements in 4 groups / Orthometar Type Lenses. The wide angle version Apo-Nikkor lens was developed for small-scale platemaking cameras. The EL-Nikkor series of lenses are designed for photographic enlargers . Most feature 39mm Leica thread mounts, although some feature
380-600: The time of which the Zunow 5 cm f/1.1 lens is a keenly sought after collectors item. In 2002, Cosina Voigtländer manufactured a camera (the Bessa R2S ) as well as several lenses for the Nikon S-mount. Nikkor Nikkor is the brand of lenses produced by Nikon Corporation , including camera lenses for the Nikon F-mount and more recently, for the Nikon Z line of mirrorless cameras. The Nikkor brand
400-402: 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). ( Nikkō also means "sunlight" and is the name of a Japanese town .) In 1933, Nikon marketed its first camera lens under the Nikkor brand name, the "Aero-NIKKOR," for aerial photography . Nikon originally reserved
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