farewell, DDD.

[richardHaw]

David Douglas Duncan is now gone. He passed away on 2018/06/07

[Akira]

David Douglas Duncan is now gone. He passed away on 2018/06/07

That is sad.  But I would be rather surprised that he had still been alive...

[pluton]

DDD was supposedly a revered figure at Nikon.  He was held to be the first 'big name' photographer to adopt Nikon lenses for his Leica cameras and is credited with helping put Nikon on the world photo-industry map in the immediate post-WW2 years.
I have his books 'Photo Nomad' and 'Picasso And Lump'.

[Akira]

Ironically, Nikon posted a short interview to DDD a couple of month ago.

https://www.nikon.co.jp/100th/welovenikonspecialissue

He pronouces Nikon and Nikkor [nikon] and [nikkor] instead of more popular [naikon] and [naikor]. 

[Erik Lund]

RIP. It's such an amazing part of camera history! Wonderful to see him in this video.


PS some soft subtle background music would help i guess,,,


Here in English:
https://www.nikon.com/100th/welovenikon

[MFloyd]

I met DDD once, about 10 years ago, at a dinner with friends at Gstaad (CH). It took me a while before I realised that it was him. Well in his nineties, at that time, but still a very sharp mind. After dinner he showed me the black (unrestored) Mercedes SLR 300 which he received from Pablo Picasso and had now returned it back to Claude Picasso, who was also present. As with most exceptional people: modest, gentle and soft speaking.

This is a sad day. RIP.

[Erik Lund]

It was a gift from Mercedes as far as I know. Anyway an amazing personality.

[armando_m]

RIP

While I've seen the video before,  it was nice to watch it again, thanks for sharing the link

[John Geerts]

RIP

Great video, saw it before, but nice to see it back.

He was a gifted man, and being at the right place at the right moment.  Good story- teller too.

[Hugh_3170]

Akira, could you please indicate for me how would a person whose first language is Japanese would correctly pronounce Nikon and Nikkor?

I have always associated naikon and naikor as being an American interpretation of the pronunciation.

Thanks in anticipation.

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He pronouces Nikon and Nikkor [nikon] and [nikkor] instead of more popular [naikon] and [naikor]. 

[Jacques Pochoy]

In French we say Ni-kon and Ni-Kor'...

[armando_m]

In spanish I pronounce it as in the video

[Akira]

Akira, could you please indicate for me how would a person whose first language is Japanese would correctly pronounce Nikon and Nikkor?

I have always associated naikon and naikor as being an American interpretation of the pronunciation.

Thanks in anticipation.

Hugh, both i's in Nikon and Nikkor are pronounced the same way as the i's in the English words "fit" or "pick" not as those in  "light" or "bite".

I respect any ways of any languages to pronounce Japanese words, and my comment will never imply that the pronunciation of the way of American English is "wrong".  I simply sensed DDD's respect for Nikon by trying to pronounce the brand and the product names in the original Japanese way.

[fish_shooter]

RIP DDD! He did more for getting Nikon established as a leading photographic company than any other person. His Korean war story should be familiar to all Nikon camera users. However I do not know when he first used a Nikon camera; he used Nikkor lenses on a screw mount Leica during the early 50's. Maybe someone here knows?

[ArthurDent]

Here in the USA, I’ve only heard “Ni-kon” and “Ni-kor” (both with a long i) but all my Australian friends pronounce them as “Nik-on” and “Nik-kor.”