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Screening from October 1, 2019 (Tue)

Nikon will begin screening two new movies, “Tsugaru in the garden” and “Etude at the helipad”, at the Nikon Museum Theater from October 1, 2019.

“Tsugaru in the garden” features a powerful Tsugaru Shamisen performance in a Japanese garden. “Etude at the helipad” features a flute performance at a helipad. Both these short movies include dramatic, cinematic scenes.

To record these movies, Nikon Z 6 full-frame mirrorless cameras and 13 types of NIKKOR lenses, including a fisheye lens and an ultra-telephoto lens with a 500mm focal length, were used. They record beautiful images and sound, as well as demonstrating the characteristics and appealing performances of the lenses, such as differences in image angle, rendering, and bokeh (the quality of the out-of-focus areas).

Screening from September 4, 2019 (Wed)

Nikon will begin screening a new movie, “Research on Brain Networks and Nikon Super Resolution Microscopes”, at the Nikon Museum Theater from September 4, 2019.

This movie is an on-site interview with Professor Shigeo Okabe M.D., Ph.D. of the Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
Professor Okabe talked to us about his research into brain networks and the possibilities of its application in such medical fields as dementia treatment, how his research is supported by the major features of the Nikon N-SIM Super Resolution Microscope, and new research results concerning nerve cells acquired using N-SIM images.

• *This is the 4th episode of Nikon Museum's “Professionals & Nikon” original movie series, which focuses on skilled professionals and the Nikon products that support their work.

Filmed using Nikon Z 6

This movie, with the exception of images provided by others, was filmed using Nikon Z 6 full-frame mirrorless cameras.

Screening from July 29, 2019 (Mon)

Nikon Museum has opened a new theater space featuring a 4K projector and 200-inch flat screen.

Nikon has been involved in photographic lenses for over 90 years, producing more than 100 million NIKKOR brand interchangeable lenses. In any era, lenses are an indispensable component in capturing the real world in 2D images. With the rapid evolution of digital cameras, lenses have become increasingly important. In this new theater space, Nikon will screen a wide variety of movies with the theme “Through the Lens” to demonstrate to museum visitors what lenses are capable of.

In the first screening, the following two movies taken by photographer Naomichi Seo using Z-series full-frame mirrorless cameras and NIKKOR lenses are being shown from July 29.

four seasons in Japan

A movie that captures the four seasons in Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Effectively mixing still images, the movie colorfully represents the beauty of nature.

TOKYO landscape

A movie that that uses time lapse photography to capture crowds and buildings in Tokyo, providing a unique and cool feeling contrasting the motion of clouds, cars and crowds with the stillness of buildings.

Dates: May 7, 2019 (Tue) – Late March, 2020

Nikon Museum is holding the “F History” exhibition from May 7, 2019 to late March, 2020, commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Nikon F, Nikon’s first SLR camera with interchangeable lenses.

The Nikon F was released in 1959 by Nikon (then Nippon Kogaku), and is one of the most famous film SLR cameras. It was used worldwide by many photographers, both professional and amateur. The Nikon “F-mount” lens mount system, originally created for the Nikon F, has also been used for over 60 years and is still provided on the latest Nikon digital SLR cameras, and symbolizes Nikon’s reliability and heritage.

In this exhibition, 27 models of SLR camera bearing the single digit “F” are exhibited, from the Nikon F (released in 1959) to the F6 (released in 2004 and still available). We hope you will enjoy seeing the evolution of Nikon SLR cameras.