"Nikon Company, also known equally as Nikon, is a Japanese international firm headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, concentrating on optics and imaging products.
West Building of Nikon in Nishi-Ōi, Tokyo

Nikon's products consist of cams, cam lenses, binoculars, microscopic lens, sensory lenses, measurement tools, rifle extents, identifying extents, and also the steppers used in the photolithography actions of semiconductor fabrication, of which it is the globe's second largest supplier. The firm is the eighth-largest chip devices maker as reported in 2017. The firms held by Nikon develop the Nikon Team. Amongst its products are Nikkor imaging lenses (for F-mount video cameras, big layout photography, photo enlargers, as well as other applications), the Nikon F-series of 35 mm film SLR video cameras, the Nikon D-series of electronic SLR video cameras, the Coolpix collection of small digital cameras, and also the Nikonos series of underwater film cameras. Nikon's primary rivals in camera as well as lens manufacturing consist of Canon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Pentax, and also Olympus.

Based on July 25, 1917 as Nippon Kōgaku Kōgyō Kabushikigaisha, the business was renamed to Nikon Firm, after its electronic cameras, in 1988. Nikon belongs to the Mitsubishi team of companies."