Nikon or Nikkor

[carguy]

What is the correct terminology for lenses made by Nikon? Is it Nikkor for all lenses or just the older ones?
I could have Googled this by the time I typed it out, but I'm an engaging people person.:cheerful:

Tomato or TOmato

 

[CP93]

What note?

G string.

For boudoir photography, obviously.

 

[Marcel]

G string.

For boudoir photography, obviously.

Oh, the G string is a special case. It goes through the crack.

 

[Dawg Pics]

I didn't realize Nikkor lenses have been around since 1932, and predates Nikon Cameras.

Nikon shines a light pretty brightly on Nikkor as their lens brand. Nikkor has its own web page. As far as I can tell, there are no Nikon lenses currently in production. There are Nikkor lenses, though. It is a brand and trademark owned by Nikon Corp.

It says Nikon Nikkor on the barrel so I think you can say whatever you want. However, if you are selling one, you probably need to leave Nikkor in the description.

Clear as mud? Thought so.

I love my Nikon camera.
I love to take a photograph.
So Mamma, don't take my Nikkor lens away.

I am not an intellectual property attorney, nor do I play one on tv. Any statements by Dawg Pics are strictly a personal opinion and should not be considered legal advise.
Can you tell I have a lawyer in my family?

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

I just call it that glassy thing on the front of my picture taking whatchamacallit

 

[Dawg Pics]

I just call it that glassy thing on the front of my picture taking whatchamacallit

This is the safe way to go.

"Mamma don't take my glassy thing away."

 

[Whiskeyman]

Can you tell I have a lawyer in my family?

And you admit this in public?

Just to tack onto this from memory (specific details may be slightly off, but the gist is there), Nikkor (which produces lenses) is a worldwide brand while Nikon (which produces bodies and accessories) is regionalized. The difference being that a Nikkor lens bought anywhere in the world by anyone from anywhere else in the world will come with the same warranty as if you bought it from the shop down the street, whereas if you live in the US then you need to buy a Nikon from a dealer authorized by Nikon USA to sell equipment there in order to have a functional warranty. This is why you'll find gray market bodies but never gray market lenses.

Jake, retailers such as Adorama and B&H do sell "imported" lenses with warranties by the seller instead of Nikon/Nikon USA. I thought these were gray market items... :confusion:

WM

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Can you tell I have a lawyer in my family?

 

[hrstrat57]

Now is it "Nick or" or is it "Nike or"

I say Nike or you say Nick or....