Rayfact 90mm F4 1
Rayfact MJ 90mm F4    1

IMAGE SENSING SHOW 2023

About Nikon Rayfact

Nikon's brochure "INDUSTRIAL LENSES Rayfact" describes Rayfact and its business as follows:

High-performance industrial camera lens "Rayfact" utilizing Nikon's original design

Rayfact is a lens specially designed for visual inspection and contributes to inspection in various fields such as sheets, films, prints and glass substrates for FPD. We have a wide variety of know-how, such as original optical design technology, software development capability, and mechanical / electrical design. Based on the accumulated know-how, we will support our customers' vision for industrial applications.

Product Chronology

It was in September 2001 that the "Rayfact" brand appeared in Nikon industrial lenses. I researched the product chronology from Nikon's 100-year history. Year and month are all release dates.

Industrial Lenses

2001
  Sep.   Nikon Rayfact 25mm F1.4

2002
  -     UV 105mm F4.5   (Lens for Ultraviolet Light)

2005
  Feb.   Nikon Rayfact 80mm F4
  Feb.   Nikon Rayfact 3.5x
  Jun.   Nikon Rayfact 7x

2006
  Aug.   Nikon Rayfact 2x   (95mm F2.8)
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact 1x   (105mm F2.8)

2007
  Apr.   Nikon Rayfact IL 50mm
  Apr.   Nikon Rayfact IL 63mm
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact IL 40mm
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact VL 0.5x
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact VL 0.7x
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact VL 1.0x
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact VL 1.4x

2009
  Oct.   Nikon Rayfact VW 0.14x
  Oct.   Nikon Rayfact VW 0.25x
  Oct.   Nikon Rayfact VW 0.35x

2010
  Jul.   Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4

2012
  Aug.   Nikon Rayfact VF

2013
  Jun.   Nikon Rayfact MJ 95mm F4
  Nov.   Nikon Rayfact IL 75mm F4N

2014
  Apr.   Nikon Rayfact IL 95mm F5.6N
  Jun.   Nikon Rayfact 2-5x
  Jun.   Nikon Rayfact 2-5x   (Prism type)

2016
  Jan.   Nikon Rayfact 5.2x   (straight)
  Jan.   Nikon Rayfact 5.2x   (epi-illumination)
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact XG 0.35x
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact XG 0.5x
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact XG 0.7x
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact XG 1x
  Dec.   Nikon Rayfact XG 1.4x

2018
  Apr.   Nikon Rayfact 1-2x
  Apr.   Nikon Rayfact 1-2x   (Prism type)

Where You Can Meet the Rayfact

The Nikon Rayfact is positioned as an industrial lens, so you can't see it in camera stores. Nikon Rayfact products are on display in California, Detroit, Frankfurt, Shanghai and other large international exhibition venues. In Japan, you can meet Rayfact at large-scale venues in major cities such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Nagoya, and Osaka. I met Rayfact in Yokohama, near Tokyo, so let me introduce you.

IMAGE SENSING SHOW 2023

Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4

Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4

2006 Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo Meeting

The Nikon Kenkyukai has many opportunities to meet Rayfact. The theme for July 2006 was UV Nikkor. A member who purchased the TOCHIGI industrial use UV 105mm F4.5 brought the lens with the original box, so we compared it with the UV-Nikkor 105mm F4.5 that was generally on the market.

UV Nikkor 105mm F4.5 Outfit

UV Nikkor 105mm F4.5 Attached Accessories

A Simple Boxed TOCHIGI UV 105mm F4.5

UV Nikkor 105mm F4.5 Lenses

2023 Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo Meeting

The Nikon Kenkyukai had suspended its monthly meeting from February 2020 due to the COVID-19 but resumed its monthly meeting in May 2023. At the Tokyo meeting, the Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4 lens suddenly appeared.

May 2023 Tokyo Meeting

Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4

Furthermore, at the monthly meeting in June 2023, the Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4 F-mount model was shown mounted on the Nikon Z 9 camera.

June 2023 Tokyo Meeting

Nikon Rayfact MJ 90mm F4

Next Page Articles

→ Next    Chapter 2     Lens Data

Shortcuts

Chapter 0      Top Page
Chapter 1      Nikon Rayfact
Chapter 2      Lens Data
Chapter 3      How to Use Rayfact
Chapter 4      Nikon Z Album 1
Chapter 5      Nikon Z Album 2

Back to RED BOOK NIKKOR


Copyright Michio Akiyama, Tokyo Japan 2023