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July 2005, Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo, Meeting Report
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Nikon 35mm Film Direct Telephoto Transmitter NT-1000
July 16, 2005
Nikon Kenkyukai
Tokyo Meeting
ED 800mm and 600mm
Macro Nikkor Lenses
35mm Film Transmitter
NT-1000, 2000 and 3000
Summer Tokyo Meeting
Tokyo is summer.
The Tokyo meeting was happily held.
Some members unloaded big trunk cases from a car.
You will see the unusual professional Nikon transmission equipment.
Well, old magazines were introduced to the first.
They are the platinum paper collection of beautiful Nikon I camera era.
The first one is the first advertisement of Nikkor lens which appered in
the Japanese camera magazine in September 1947.
The other is the first advertisement of Nikon I camera in October 1947.
The first advertisement of Nikkor lens (Sept. 1947)
Left, Nikon I introduction (Sept. 1947), Right, Nikon I ad. (Oct. 1947)
Advertisement of Nikon I (Left, Oct. 1947, Right, Dec. 1947)
The Kohga Gekkan 1947, Magazine for Amature Photographer
Nippon Kogaku Memorial Items
The collection of the small items and paper material is difficult to find as you know.
A small bronze lion is famous for Nikon collector.
Nippon Kogaku made the small bronze lion in commemoration of the construction of
the Oi plant in 1933.
You can put the loupe on this bronze. Or, you can put the Nikkor lens on it like him.
A beautiful red badge was made for
"The 30th Nippon Kogaku establishment anniversary" in 1947.
It is stored in the very small wooden box.
Small bronze lion engraved as Nippon Kogaku K.K.
The celebration of new building of Ohi plant, Oct. 1933
The 30th Nippon Kogaku establishment anniversary badge (1947)
Beautiful red badge (1947)
Nikon sports finder of complete set stored in original box
Gold Lined Telephoto ED Nikkor Lenses
ARI-san came to the Tokyo meeting packing the lenses into his big daypack.
He introduced two lenses to us.
Yes, they are gold lined ED Nikkor 600mm F5.6 and ED Nikkor 800mm F8.
Of course, the Nikon focusing units were put on the desk.
There are two types of focusing units.
Gold lined ED Nikkor lenses
Collection of beautiful ED Nikkor lenses
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Beautiful big telephoto ED Nikkor lenses
Macro Nikkor on Parade
It is the 3rd program of the industrial Nikkor lens special.
Michio Akiyama, a specialist of industrial Nikkor lenses, showed us his collection.
He put Macro Nikkor 12cm F6.3, Macro Nikkor 65mm F4.5,
Macro Nikkor 35mm F4.5 and Macro Nikkor 19mm F2.8.
The Macro Nikkor 12cm F6.3 and Macro Nikkor 65mm F4.5 lenses have the L39 screw mount.
Moreover, the Macro Nikkor 35mm F4.5 and Macro Nikkor 19mm F2.8 lenses have the RMS screw mount.
The size of the RMS screw mount is the same as the microscope objectives.
These lenses are designed for the 4x5 inch large format view camera!!
Beautiful collection of MACRO Nikkor lenses
MACRO Nikkor 35mm F4.5 and 19mm F2.8 and RMS Mount Adaptor
MACRO Nikkor 12cm F6.3 and 65mm F4.5 and original caps
Special MACRO Nikkor 12cm F6.3 for the Mountain Photograper
Ultra Micro Nikkor 125mm F2.8 and Great Nikon F6
Nikon 35mm Film Transmitter
Do you know the Nikon Film Transmitter of the legend?
Mr. Kenji Toyoda is explaining about these equipment in detail in
his Nikon's History Web
Nikon Family Cousins.
Please read it.
As you know, Kenji Toyoda-san lectured about the Nikon prototypes story at the
NHS convention 9th
in 2004.
Toyoda-san invented this equipment first.
These equipment are all Neko-san's collections!!
Do not say that "Oh, Crazy!".
His collection items are heavy and big.
Hard Cases for Nikon 35mm Film Direct Telephoto Transmitters
Collection of Nikon 35mm Film Direct Telephoto Transmitters
We can see the following equipment.
- Nikon 35mm Film Direct Telephoto Transmitter NT-1000, 1984
- Nikon Monitor Printer NW-100, 1986
- Nikon 35mm Color Film Scanner/Direct Telephoto Transmitter NT-2000, 1988
- 35mm Film Direct Color Telephoto Transmitter NT-3000, 1991
Nikon 35mm Film Direct Telephoto Transmitter NT-1000
Operation Panel of NT-1000, Slide bar
Operation Panel of NT-1000, Push button
Nikon 35mm Color Film Scanner/Direct Telephoto Transmitter NT-2000
Pop up viewer of Telephoto Transmitter NT-2000
35mm Film Direct Color Telephoto Transmitter NT-3000
Nikon NT-3000
Nikon Monitor Printer NW-100
Kenji Toyoda's Voice
To write this article, I requested the editorial supervision to Mr. Kenji Toyoda.
Toyoda-san made the editorial supervision for me.
And, he gave me the following nice message.
Hello, Nikon Kenkyukai,
Yes, it was very impressive job for me.
The NT-1000 is a film telephoto transmitter of black and white photo film.
However, the photo was able to be transmited without printing
from the news coverage site.
Therefore, it was epoch-making at that time.
CRT and LCD panel cannot be used yet.
The operator saw the negative film directly by an optical finder.
The NT-2000 is a colour version of the equipment.
However, it was difficult in a technology at that time to develop by the color.
So, the NT-2000 became very big and heavy.
I hear that the journalist who went from Japan to foreign countries
with the NT-2000 required time by the check-in of the airport.
The NT-3000 is slimmed-down version of NT-2000.
The NT-3000 had the latest function.
This model had the some slot to insert the boards like the personal computer.
You were able to improve the spec such as the analogue transmission,
digital transmission and digital transmission with the compression function
by exchanging the board.
Yes, it is like the Photomic Finders of Nikon camera.
Anyway, these equipment might have lived with dust in the warehouse of
the newspaper office.
But your member rescured these equipment from a dark place.
It is very glad for me.
Thank you to everybody of the Nikon Kenkyukai who makes an effort.
And then I want you to rescue the camera from the dark place.
The name of the camera is Nikon Still Video Camera "QV-1000C" (1988).
This camera is small and the design is beautiful.
Moreover, they were manufactured only 180 units.
I think that it is very unusual and rare Nikon camera.
Thank you.
Kenji Toyoda
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Notes:
ARI-san, a member of the Nikon Kenkyukai has already obtained
the Nikon Still Video Camera "QV-1000C".
We will be able to meet "QV-1000C" at the next Tokyo meeting.
Nice Meeting
We saw a wonderful collection in this meeting.
See you next Tokyo meeting.
A member came home by his yellow car.
Special Thanks
To write the article about "Nikon film transmitter",
I requested the editorial supervision to Mr. Kenji Toyoda.
Toyoda-san made the editorial supervision for me.
And, he gave us nice message.
Thank you big much.
Michio Akiyama
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