Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo Meeting

October Meeting

In the metropolitan area, the weather felt like the end of summer or the beginning of autumn. Kyobashi is just beyond Ginza 1-Chome in Tokyo. Women with parasols were walking the streets. The Nikon Kenkyukai October Meeting took place.

Shinjuku Tokyo

MEIDI-YA Kyobashi

Kyobashi Tokyo

Traditional Japanese-style Meeting Room

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

One of Nikon's high-performance S-Line lens models, featuring the longest focal length of 800 mm in the NIKKOR Z lineup, which enables the capture of distant subjects such as aircraft and wild birds.

The first NIKKOR Z lens to adopt a PF (Phase Fresnel) lens element, achieving a compact and lightweight body of 2,385 g in weight and 385 mm in length, making it highly portable despite being a super-telephoto lens.

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S

Today's Walking Camera

The Nikon F-801 has a sophisticated look and is mounted with an AF NIKKOR 50mm F1.8 lens. We then talked about previous generation SONY α camera and ZEISS lens.

Nikon F-801

AF NIKKOR 50mm F1.8

SONY α and ZEISS Lens

NIKKOR-S Auto 50mm F1.4

NIKKOR-S Auto 50mm F1.4   1962

The NIKKOR-S Auto 50mm F1.4 lens, which became the standard in both name and reality, was released in 1962.

For a detailed technical explanation, please read the article by Koichi Ohshita in Tales of the Nikkor One Thousand and One Nights, Tale 44: Nikkor-S Auto 50mm F1.4.

As you may well know, this 50mm F1.4 lens is engraved with one of the earliest serial numbers.

NIKKOR-S Auto 50mm F1.4

Nikon F

NIKKOR-N Auto 24mm F2.8

NIKKOR-N Auto 24mm F2.8   1967

The NIKKOR-N Auto 24mm F2.8 lens, the first lens equipped with the close-range-correction mechanism, was released in 1967.

For a detailed technical explanation, please read the article by Koichi Ohshita in Tales of the Nikkor One Thousand and One Nights, Tale 14: NIKKOR-N Auto 24mm F2.8.

As you may well know, this 24mm F2.8 lens is engraved with one of the earliest serial numbers.

Nikon F2 Titan Iron Back

F2 Titan Iron Back

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary no-name F2 Titanium camera, but the Nikon Kenkyukai members are also paying attention to the serial number on the camera body.

This strong machine is from one of the earliest serial number ranges, and the camera back is made of heavy sturdy steel.

F2 TITAN USERS SOCIAL CLUB

The film memo holder on the camera back contains a Nikon F2 Titanium Camera Users Social Club certification name tag.

F2 Bottom Plate

Kyobashi in October

The meeting started with the Nikon Z 9 and the telephoto lens NIKKOR Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S, and then moved on to lively discussions of old Nikkor lenses and the Nikon F2 Titanium body with its steel camera back.

It was a very enjoyable and happy meeting in October, early autumn.

Kyobashi, Tokyo in October