Sunday
Jun172012
70 Million Nikkor lenses produced
Sunday, June 17, 2012 at 12:37PM 
In October of last year we told you that Nikon were celebrationg having produced 65 million NIKKOR lenses for Nikon interchangeable lens cameras … well they have already reached 70 million.
In a statement released this week, Nikon said it reached the 70 million milestone at the end of May 2012. It also added that AF-S lenses equipped with the Silent Wave Motor (SWM), has reached 30 million.
A Nikon spokesperson said: "In 1933, the large-format lens for aerial photography was released as the first NIKKOR lens.
"After that, lenses for SLR cameras continued to evolve based on Nikon's own cutting edge technologies.
"Last year, the new Nikon 1 advanced cameras with interchangeable lenses and the 1 NIKKOR line of dedicated lenses were released on the market."
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