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Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« on: March 22, 2016, 00:37:12 »
Last night I was watching a Steven Spielberg movie from 1977.
Titled 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind', I couldn't help but notice this assembly of Nikon F2 bodies..............set up as a tracking array for photographing UFOs. The bodies could be seen rotating through the horizontal axis but not the vertical.
Several Nikkors there as well: Reflex-Nikkor 500mm, 200mm f/4 and others.

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #1 on: March 22, 2016, 00:53:33 »
Another F2 from the same movie.
Can't make-out what the lens is though.............doesn't look like a Nikkor to me.

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2016, 02:19:39 »
Dennis Hopper in Apocalypse Now, as The Photojournalist.
These cameras suffered a lot....

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2016, 09:39:16 »
I recall an article about the first Star Wars movie where the models of the star ships where shot with a Micro Nikkor 55mm,,,
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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #4 on: March 22, 2016, 10:07:07 »
I recall an article about the first Star Wars movie where the models of the star ships where shot with a Micro Nikkor 55mm,,,

Yes, that's correct Erik......................and many other lenses including a 15mm f/5.6.
Nikon Owner magazine published an interview with Richard Edlund (the cinematographer & chief miniature/optical cameraman) where most of the lenses used were shown in the article..............including a Printing-Nikkor!

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #5 on: March 22, 2016, 10:24:50 »
Yes that was it! Thanks' ;)
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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #6 on: March 22, 2016, 10:26:36 »
Even the much frowned-upon 43-86 is included in the stellar collection ....

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #7 on: March 22, 2016, 20:11:51 »
Sorry, no photo, but Doug Trumbull used a Nikkor 28mm PC lens on the 65mm cameras for miniatures in Blade Runner.  At least that's what he told us in 1984. 
Also,  the sequence near the beginning of Terminator 2, which depicts air to ground combat on the "future Earth," was shot with a Nikon 28mm/2.8 Ais lens on a VistaVision camera.  That I saw in person.
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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #8 on: March 22, 2016, 21:41:49 »
Nikkor and Nikon Movie history  ;D Thanks for sharing!!!

My humble PC-Nikkor 28mm f/4 with Shift and Tilt and a CPU

_EGL6893 by Erik Gunst Lund, on Flickr

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #9 on: March 23, 2016, 07:28:09 »
Nikors have a good pedigree  ;D
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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #10 on: March 23, 2016, 08:02:25 »
gorillas in the mist :o :o :o

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #11 on: March 23, 2016, 08:04:01 »

i was scratching my head when i saw this. i didnt like the movie at all and this made me hate it more :o :o :o

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #12 on: March 23, 2016, 08:04:53 »

might be a documentary :o :o :o

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Re: Nikons & Nikkors In The Movies
« Reply #13 on: March 23, 2016, 08:43:03 »
Julia Roberts in Stepmom.

With a F5


And with an E2s, Nikon's first steps in DSLRs together with Fuji.


More info on this special camera here http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/htmls/models/digitalSLRs/E2E2s/index.htm
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