Special Exhibition "Nikon Museum Special Collection"
Special Exhibition "Nikon Museum Special Collection"

Nikon Museum Special Collection

Special Exhibition "Nikon Museum Special Collection"

Dates :  April 2, 2019 (Tue) - June 29, 2019 (Sat)
Place :  Nikon Museum, Shinagawa Tokyo
Exhibits :  Approx. 30 items including cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment     "EYES OF SCIENCE" movie

Nikon Museum houses approximately 40,000 materials spanning Nikon's 100-year history. This special exhibition comprises approximately 30 items that include products released between the 1930's and 1990's.   This is a very rare exhibition that illustrates heretofore unknown aspects of Nikon's history through materials from a wide range of categories such as cameras, measuring instruments and industrial equipment.   In addition, the movie "EYES OF SCIENCE", produced by Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku) in 1966, will be continuously played on a special screen.

Major exhibits

Anemometric theodolite (1930), Fisheye Nikkor 16.5mm F8 (1941), Nikon S Black (1951), Television Projection Devices (1955), Nikon 50mm Astrocamera (1971), Nikon F50 Gold (1997), etc.

Nikon Museum Special Collection

Visiting Nikon Museum

Nikon Museum is holding the "Nikon Museum Special Collection" from April 2 to June 29, 2019.

Michio Akiyama of the Nikon Kenkyukai member visited the Nikon museum on 2rd April of the opening date of the special exhibition.
Well, let's enjoy a special exhibition with us together.

Notes:
I would like to show you a special report for you who can not visit the Nikon museum in Tokyo Japan. You can get the large size image by clicking on the following imagess.

Shinagawa Tokyo

Nikon Headquarters

Nikon Museum

Nikon S3M and Nikon S Black

Nikon S3M

A modified version of the Nikon S3 rangefinder camera, equipped with a half (17.5 x 24 mm) frame function. A dedicated motor drive allowed continuous shooting at up to 9 fps.

Nikon S3M and Nikon S Black

Nikon S3M 1960

Nikon S3M and S250

Nikon S3M S250 and C Battery Pack

The Nikon S250 Motor Drive
Refer to the great ROTOLONI BOOK page 436 to page 440 for more information.

The Complete Nikon Rangefinder System
Robert J Rotoloni
2007 Hove Foto Books

Nikon S Black

This model was painted black at the request of Life magazine, in order to prevent it being identified in battlefields. The height of the film advance knob was increased and the film rewind knob made easier to extract and roted, so that the camera was easy to use even when wearing gloves.

Nikon S Black 1951

Nikon S Black 1951

Nikon S Black No. 6105936

Nikkor 5cm F1.4 Black No. 331407

The Black Nikon Model S
Refer to the great ROTOLONI BOOK page 93 to page 94 for more information.

The Complete Nikon Rangefinder System
Robert J Rotoloni
2007 Hove Foto Books

NIKONOS Collection

NIKONOS Collection

Calypso PHOT 1961

Calypso PHOT 1961

An amphibious camera developed by La Spirotechnique (now Aqua Lung International), a French manufacturer of diving equipmen.
Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku) released the amphibious camera NIKONOS in cooperation with La Spirotechnique the following year.

NIKONOS WHITE 1963

NIKONOS WHITE 1963

The color of the exterior rubber parts of this camera were changed from black to white to make it easier to find if it was dropped in the ocean.
This is one of the eariest NIKONOS model cameras, and only a few were manufactured.

CALYPSO / NIKKOR 1968

CALYPSO / NIKKOR 1968

A modified NIKONOS II for export to Europe.
The film rewind knob was changed to a foldble film rewind crank to enable fast film rewinding.

Nikon F2 750

MF-2 750 exposure magazine back for Nikon F2MD

When used with 100 feet film, this magazine back enabled the photographer to take approximately 750 photographs. At the time, it was a made-to-order product.

Nikon F2 750 1976

AI Nikkor 200mm F2 (For press) 1977

Gold Nikon

Nikon FM Gold model commemorated the 60th anniversary on Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku). This model was not marketed.
Nikon F50 Gold model commemorated the manufacture of 1 million Nikon F50s. This model was not marketed.

Nikon FM Gold 1977

Nikon F50 Gold 1997

Japanese Old Vintage Collection

Important Cultural Property Japan

Japanese Old Vintage Collection

1.5 m Rangefinder 1936

1.5 m Rangefinder

An optical rangefinder that measures the distance to, and direction of, the target. It was used on ships.

1.5 m Rangefinder 1936

Beautiful Japanese Landscape

3m Telephoto Lens Periscope Camera 1935

3m Telephoto Lens Periscope Camera

A periscope telephoto camera with a 3000 mm focal length lens. A reflection mirror (upper area) and a prism (bottom area) in the lens barrel were used to bend the optical axis, and the lens elements were housed in the lens barrel between the mirror and prism. Images were printed on cabinet-sized dry plates (the tripod is a replica).

3m Telephoto Lens Periscope Camera 1935

3000mm Telephoto Lens Periscope Camera

1500mm and 3000 mm

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