Goto Laboratory Super Session 2010

Super Session 2010

Saturday, December 18, 2010. The event took place in a tatami-mat conference room near Ginza, Tokyo. The Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo held the meeting with the Goto laboratory. Super guests of the Tokyo meeting are the following.

Imaging company Nikon corporation
Tetsuro Goto, Nikon Fellow, General Manager of Goto Laboratory
Kosyo Miura, Senior Executive Staff, Research of Goto Laboratory
Hirobumi Suzuki, Senior Executive Staff, Research of Goto Laboratory

Tetsuro Goto began his presentation.

Tetsuro Goto's Very Interesting Lecture

Tetsuro Goto, Kosho Miura and Hirobumi Suzuki

A Special Report of PHOTOKINA 2010 by Nikon Goto Laboratory

Very Happy Time of Nikon Kenkyukai Member

Nikon's Top Secret

Ryu's Press Lecture Year-end Special

Ryu Koakimoto, a professional photojournalist, introduced some interesting photos to us. Koakimoto explained what kind of camera had been used in the Olympic Games. Of course, the Nikon camera and Nikkor lenses appear in the record and movie film.

A Grand History of the Nikon Photojournalists

Nikon Press Cameras at 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Big Binocular Telescope of Japanese Battleship YAMATO

Marilyn Monroe and her Nikon F

Ryu Koakimoto discovered the relationship between Marilyn Monroe and Nikon through historical documents. Nikon realized the importance of this and eight years later officially used Monroe's photo in Nikon 100th anniversary advertisement.

Marilyn Monroe's Nikon

I will show you image evidence of historical fact. Nikon used Marilyn Monroe in their 100th anniversary advertisement. The image is an advertisement taken on the Keio Line in Tokyo.

Train Advertisement
Photographed in February 2018

Coffee Break

The passionate presentations continued. Now it was time to take a break and have some tea.

Coffee and Tea

Sweets and Snacks

Nobuji Hatsushiba, A RESEARCH OF THE HERMES

Nobuji Hatsushiba, a specialist of the HERMES lens, talked about the HERMES lens history and technical features by title of "A RESEARCH OF THE HERMES". It was known that 11 HERMES lenses existed so far. However, it turned out that Nikon Corporation owned two HERMES lenses at this meeting!! The 13 HERMES lenses are living all over the world now!!

Hatsu's Special, A RESEARCH OF THE HERMES

13 HERMES Lenses are Living All Over the World

Hatsu's Special Collection, Hansa Canon of the HERMES Era

Hermes at the Nikon Museum

Ten years after this meeting, the Hermes 5.5cm F3.5 Nr. 957 owned by Nikon was exhibited. This photo was taken in October 2020 at the Nikon Museum special exhibition Collection 2.

Hermes 5.5cm f/3.5 1939

Hermes 5.5cm f/3.5 Nr. 957

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