General Information

Serial #

579136

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL AND GLASS; CASE AND LENS COVER, SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

9.0 cm

Height

14.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Photography

Category

Still camera parts

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

NIKON

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

PROBABLY THE 1950'S

Canada

PART OF A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT FROM THE ESTATE OF WILFRED HAROLD OLSON, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT OF DOMINION WIDE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD., OTTAWA (C 1950-1995). MR. OLSON WAS A PHOTOGRAPHER FOR MANY YEARS AND HIS STUDIO DID WORK FOR BOTH THE OTTAWA JOURNAL AND THE CBC.

Function

USED, WHEN ATTACHED TO A CAMERA, TO BEND LIGHT RAYS TO CREATE AN IMAGE WHICH IS IMPRINTED ON THE FILM. USED TO TAKE CLOSE-UP PHOTOGRAPHS WHEN ATTACHED TO A BELLOWS FOCUSING ATTACHMENT & EXTENSION TUBE. USED FOR DISTANT SUBJECT MATTER & FOR CLOSE-UPS OF ANIMALS, PICTURES OF SPORTS EVENTS AND AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS.

Technical

DESIGNED EXLUSIVELY FOR USE WITH BELLOWS TO TAKEPICTURES FROM INFINITY TO A 1:1 REPRODUCTION RATIO. [REF 1]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PRINTED AROUND LENS: 'Nippon Kogaku Japan No.579136 NIKKOR-Q 1:4 f=135mm/[1 scale]/ LENS MADE IN JAPAN/ Nikon F/ JAPAN/ BRI'/ CASE: EMBOSSED ON TOP: 'Nikon'/ EMBOSSED IN BOTTOM: 'Nikon/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ PRINTED ON TAPES ATTACHED TO LID: '55MM MICRO/ 235 00 / LIST'/ EMBOSSED IN LENS CAP: '43mm/ J.U.M. 515,897/ Nikon/ JAPAN/ NIKKOR'

Missing

APPEARS

Finish

LENS: BLACK WITH SHINY METAL TRIM AND WHITE PRINTING; CASE: BLACK BASE AND CLEAR LID

Decoration

N/A