June 2025, Nikon Kenkyukai 1
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Tele Nikkor 120cm F7

Summer Solstice Saturday

Saturday, June 21, 2025. Today was the summer solstice. A summer sky appeared from the west exit of Shinjuku, Tokyo. It was already summer in the Ginza area where the Tokyo Meeting was held. The June Nikon Kenkyukai was held on the Saturday of the summer solstice.

Summer Sky in Shinjuku

Shinjuku West Exit

Hatchobori Tokyo

Old School

Summer Road

Library

Nikon Kenkyukai Summer Solstice Festival

The reason can be anything. Bring your favorite cameras and lenses and let's all get together. There is a huge lens on the table. Today is the summer solstice festival.

Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo Meeting

Huge Dreadnought Lens

Tele Nikkor 120cm F7

Tele Nikkor 120cm F7

This lens is an extremely rare lens of Important Cultural Property class. I have never seen it on permanent display at the Nikon Museum. Even when I checked related special exhibitions such as the 2019 Collection Exhibition and the 2020 Collection Exhibition 2, there was no record of the actual item being exhibited.

I was able to confirm the lens specifications through Nikon's 40 Year History Book. Please refer to page 530. This lens has a focal length of 120cm (1200mm), a maximum aperture of F7, and an angle of view of 10.5 degrees. The image size is 13 x 18 cm (5 x 7 inches). The design was released in July Syowa 13 (1938). The purpose is simply explained as being for aerial photography.

Tele Nikkor 120cm F7, 1938

Tele Nikkor 120cm F7

Compare the size with Nikon SP

Set of Filters

Beautiful Lens

Tele Nikkor

1 : 7     f = 120 cm

Nr 1200100

Nippon Kogaku Tokyo

Nr 1200100

Lens Mount

Rear Lens and Rear Cap

Aperture   7,   9,   12.5,   18

Weight 18 kg

The Huge Dreadnought Lens

Old EL-Nikkor

EL-NIKKOR-C 5cm F3.5, 1948

Rare EL-NIKKOR Dome Cap

Rare Aluminum Case

Nippon Kogaku Tokyo

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Sony FX3 Full-frame Cinema Line Camera

FX3 and SP

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