Also, it has diversified into new areas like 3D printing and regenerative medicine to compensate for the shrinking digital camera market. The company is the eighth-largest chip equipment maker as reported in 2017. Nikon is the world's second largest manufacturer of such equipment. Nikon's products include cameras, camera lenses, binoculars, microscopes, ophthalmic lenses, measurement instruments, rifle scopes, spotting scopes, and equipment related to semiconductor fabrication, such as 'steppers' used in the photolithography steps of such manufacturing. West Building of Nikon in Nishi-Ōi, Tokyo The companies held by Nikon form the Nikon Group.

Nikon Corporation ( 株式会社ニコン, Kabushiki-gaisha Nikon) ( UK: / ˈ n ɪ k ɒ n/, US: / ˈ n aɪ k ɒ n/ Japanese: ⓘ), also known just as Nikon, is a Japanese multinational corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan it specializes in creating and marketing optics and imaging products.