Nikonos V - the legend

Peter Rowlands · Issue 1, Aug 2001 · pp. 26–27

Products mentioned: Nikonos V, Nikonos RS, Nikonos 15mm lens, Sea & Sea wide angle lenses

Nikonos V - the legend by Peter Rowlands This year marks the seventeenth anniversary of the launch of the Nikonos V. It has been in production longer than any other Nikonos model and its simple design has become a classic icon in the underwater photography world. Its status is confirmed by checking the equipment cases of most leading photographers. There may be larger housings in there but there is nearly always a dimunitive, trusty Nikonos V which takes up so little space yet offers so much. It hasn't all been plain sailing though. The Nikonos V has had to survive for several years in the shadow of its big brother, the Nikonos RS, a camera which threatened to kill off the Nikonos V. In the end the RS promised so much yet provided not enough and cost too much. It was much awaited yet, like so many dreams, when the myth became reality, it destroyed the myth. The Nikonos RS was discontinue…