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Nikon Special Collection report!
« on: May 05, 2019, 14:38:07 »
https://richardhaw.com/2019/05/05/report-nikon-museum-special-collection-pt1/

here's pt1 of the series. I tried my best to take photos of serial numbers for Roland  :o :o :o

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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2019, 21:51:27 »
Rick, thank you for the report and reminder.

I'm particularly interested in the 50mm (200mm/f4.0?) astro camera.  Do you know what the finely ticked scale (which is located where usually the depth of field scale is supposed to be) is for?
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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2019, 01:56:58 »
Rick, thank you for the report and reminder.

I'm particularly interested in the 50mm (200mm/f4.0?) astro camera.  Do you know what the finely ticked scale (which is located where usually the depth of field scale is supposed to be) is for?

it looks like a DOF scale  :o :o :o

it has the usual arrow like on the Nikkor-Q 135/2.8

i want to see the black S more but mr Iwata is not there :'(
i want to make my own

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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2019, 13:55:30 »
Wow, very rare items!! Fisheye Nikkor 19.3mm f/3.5,,,

I was once many many years ago in a dome like that in California I believe,,,

Similar to omnimax ,,, was really wild experience!

Thanks for sharing!
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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2019, 15:15:47 »
Wow, very rare items!! Fisheye Nikkor 19.3mm f/3.5,,,

I was once many many years ago in a dome like that in California I believe,,,

Similar to omnimax ,,, was really wild experience!

Thanks for sharing!

we had a similar dome when i was young  :o :o :o it was considered advanced ::)

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Re: Nikon Special Collection report!
« Reply #7 on: August 21, 2019, 10:25:10 »
Truly fascinating items they have displayed ;) Thanks for the report!
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