Micro Nikkor 70mm F5 Grand Elegance Lens

[Michio Akiyama]

Hello Nikon friends!

Do you know the Micro Nikkor 70mm F5 lens? This is a true story.
http://redbook-jp.com/redbook-e/record/m70.html

If you'd like to read the in-depth contents, please refer to a Japanese page by Google Language Translator.
Please enjoy and have fun!! Thank you!

Michio Akiyama/JAPAN
A member of NikonGear and Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo

[armando_m]

Thank you for sharing this article, very interesting lens.

[John Geerts]

Interesting article, thanks for the link !

[Erik Lund]

Thank you for posting! A true detective story

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Hello Nikon friends!

Do you know the Micro Nikkor 70mm F5 lens? This is a true story.
http://redbook-jp.com/redbook-e/record/m70.html

If you'd like to read the in-depth contents, please refer to a Japanese page by Google Language Translator.
Please enjoy and have fun!! Thank you!

Michio Akiyama/JAPAN
A member of NikonGear and Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo

Arigato domo Akiyama-San! A wonderful story indeed, great images and a great lens!
I have one too, my serial# is 705148, so it seems to have been made much, much later than yours ;-)

[PS: I also have a rather rare 3.5/68mm (!!) EL-Nikkor #740321, do you know its story, too?]

[Roland Vink]

Arigato domo Akiyama-San! A wonderful story indeed, great images and a great lens!
I have one too, my serial# is 705148, so it seems to have been made much, much later than yours ;-)

[PS: I also have a rather rare 3.5/68mm (!!) EL-Nikkor #740321, do you know its story, too?]

Can you confirm #705148, it is the lowest I have seen in the 705xxx series.

The 705xxx series is is engraved "Nippon Kogaku Japan", while the the 370xxx series is engraved "Nikon", so the 370xxx series is later!

I have a few serial numbers recorded here: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html#Industrial
This section is still far from complete and probably needs to be reorganized, but this all takes time.

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Can you confirm #705148, it is the lowest I have seen in the 705xxx series.

The 705xxx series is is engraved "Nippon Kogaku Japan", while the the 370xxx series is engraved "Nikon", so the 370xxx series is later!

I have a few serial numbers recorded here: http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html#Industrial
This section is still far from complete and probably needs to be reorganized, but this all takes time.

Yes Roland, I had the lens in front of me when I wrote this. Still have it here. It has "Nippon Kogaku Japan" written on the front rim.

[Roland Vink]

Thank you, I will add it to my database!

[elsa hoffmann]

Yes Roland, I had the lens in front of me when I wrote this. Still have it here. It has "Nippon Kogaku Japan" written on the front rim.

Just seeing the lens in the image makes my knees go soft.

[Jakov Minić]

Just seeing the lens in the image makes my knees go soft.

  had i only known...

[RonVol]

Hello Nikon friends!

Do you know the Micro Nikkor 70mm F5 lens? This is a true story.
http://redbook-jp.com/redbook-e/record/m70.html

If you'd like to read the in-depth contents, please refer to a Japanese page by Google Language Translator.
Please enjoy and have fun!! Thank you!

Michio Akiyama/JAPAN
A member of NikonGear and Nikon Kenkyukai Tokyo

Thank you for sharing this wonderful information Akiyama-San.
It's very nice to see you here on this forum.
Looking forward to more of your posts.

[RonVol]

Can you confirm #705148, it is the lowest I have seen in the 705xxx series.

The earliest I have recorded for this series is #705011.

[Dr Klaus Schmitt]

Congrats that you have one, too RonVol, and an even older one!!

[Roland Vink]

Thanks Ron, I'll add that one to my database too.

It's also interesting to note that the optical design is very similar to the 55/3.5 Micro-Nikkor.

[RonVol]

Congrats that you have one, too RonVol, and an even older one!!

Hi Klaus,
Unfortunately I can't afford to collect these industrial-type lenses, I try to stick to just the F mount lenses.
I do however try to keep track of the serial numbers and all of the different types of lenses Nikon made for industrial/special applications...............there are so many!
Cheers,
Ron.