The camera brand your grandparents trusted now etches microchips, prints jet parts in metal, and photographs living cells. In 2026 that pivot is running at a loss - and Nikon says that is the point.
Everyone knows the red logo from the camera strap. Almost nobody knows Canon also builds hospital scanners, factory-floor optics, and chip-making machines - and files more U.S. patents than almost anyone. Here is the whole company behind the shutter.