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- OBJECT TYPE
- 135MM/F4/IRIS/NON-FOCUS
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1380.001
- MANUFACTURER
- NIPPON KOGAKU
- MODEL
- NIKKOR Q
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
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
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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
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NIPPON KOGAKU, Lens, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1995.1380, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.1380.001/
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