1959 Nikon released thir first Nikon F, and in same time they launch the first changeable lens in Nikkor series. One of the first lens was a Nikkor-S Auto 5cm f/2.

In August 2010, Nikon hade produced a total of 55 million Nikkor lenses, and less then one year, have Nikon launched 6 new objectivs in their FX and DX-serie. Together with this lenses have they produce 5miljon lenses and have now reach 60 miljon lensess.

The name Nikkor occurred by the letter R is added after the word Nikko, which is an abbreviation of Nippon Kogaku KK

Today, Nikon have more than sixty different Nikkor lenses in their range.

EOS stands for Electro Optical System, but is also the Greek name of the dawn goddess. The production of EOS, started in 1987 and total production is therefore now more than 40 million units, which EOS digital models stands for half, 20 million.

Here you can see the history of the  EOS system:

• 1987 produced the first EOS SLR – EOS 650 – Canon’s plant in Fukushima, Japan
• 1997, production of EOS cameras passed the 10 million copies.
• 2003 reached 20-million mark.
• 2007  Celebrated the 20th Anniversary of the EOS series, and also reached 30-million mark.
• 2009, The company’s 50 millionth EF lens was produced.
• 2010 April, Canon reached the current 40 million milestone.

Notable is that Canon sold in the first 10 years, 10 millions EOS-system between, 6 years after (2003) the reach 20 million, 4 years after (2007) reaching 30 millions. And only 3 years after that (2010) reach 40 million, so what will it take to reach 50 million? 2 years……or less?