Just curious, because I pronounce it as "Nee-Con" while my friend likes to pronounce it as "Nai-Con"... On local ads, I heard it as "Nee-Con" while for overseas ads, it's "Nai-Con"...
The correct and authentic pronunciation is NEE-CON, with NEE as short word.
Americans and probably europeans will pronounce is as NAI-CON as in the word NIKE (nai-key).
Just curious, because I pronounce it as "Nee-Con" while my friend likes to pronounce it as "Nai-Con"... On local ads, I heard it as "Nee-Con" while for overseas ads, it's "Nai-Con"...
The name Nikon, which dates from 1946, is a merging of Nippon Kōgaku (日本光学: "Japan Optical") and an imitation of Zeiss Ikon. Nikon is pronounced differently around the world. The Japanese pronunciation of the name is /nikoɴ/, but in the United States people also use /ˈnaɪkɒn/ and /ˈnɪkɒn/.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon