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Information from Nikon Museum, including information relating to events other than special exhibitions.
New Movie Screening — “Interview with the designer: The Appeal of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct”
Screening from September 29, 2021 (Wed)
Nikon Museum is screening a new movie called “Interview with the designer: The Appeal of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct” on its 70-inch 8K monitor from September 29, 2021 (Wed).
In this movie, the optical designer Keisuke Tsubonoya, who developed the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct, introduces this lens under the four themes of “Aim of developing the Noct”, “What is the Noct?”, “Photography that utilizes the features of the Noct”, and “Enjoying the Noct”. The movie also includes beautiful high-definition images captured using this lens, demonstrating its superior expressive power.
About the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
The NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct, released in October 2019, is a manual focus lens that achieves extremely high optical performance with its ultra-large f/0.95 aperture. Minimizing optical aberrations means it can provide superior point image reproducibility and high resolution. It symbolizes the superior optical performance of the Nikon Z-mount system.
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Interview with the designer: The Appeal of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct Running time: approximately 5 minutes 30 seconds |
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New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Scientific photography: capturing the wonders around us with the Nikon Z 7”
Screening from April 21, 2021 (Wed)
Nikon Museum is screening a new movie, “Scientific photography: capturing the wonders around us with the Nikon Z 7”, at the Private Viewing Room from April 21, 2021 (Wed).
This movie is an interview with Mr. Kunio Ichiji, a scientific photographer who photographs familiar phenomena from a scientific viewpoint using the Nikon Z 7 full-frame mirrorless camera. In this interview, he explains his scientific photographs, such as the “milk crown”, rainbow colors in a CD and a bursting water balloon, and talks about his activities, sharing the fun of learning about science through photography.
Kunio Ichiji
Scientific photographer. He has been interested in science and photography since childhood, and started concentrating on photography when he was a college student. The subjects of his photographs cover the entire spectrum of science, including optics, microscopes, instantaneous phenomena, plants, and astral bodies. He also holds experimental workshops etc. to introduce the fun of science to children. He is a vice president of the Society of Scientific Photography.
Filmed using the Nikon Z 7
With the exception of some reference material, this movie was filmed using Nikon Z 7 cameras. Please enjoy this 4K ultra-high definition movie.
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Specialists & Nikon Scientific photography: capturing the wonders around us with the Nikon Z 7 Running time: approximately 11 minutes |
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New Movies — a short 4K movie and 8K time-lapse movie filmed with the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
Screening from April 13, 2021 (Tue)
Nikon Museum is screening new movies filmed with the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct on the 70-inch 8K monitor from April 13, 2021 (Tue). The actual equipment used, and cross-sectional model of the Noct lens, are also being exhibited.
Movie 1 “HARP — Healing Harp Tones”
A short 4K movie of a performance on a harp. This movie shows you the high image quality of this lens, with its minimal color bleeding and soft, beautiful bokeh, as well as its ability to capture the textures of the performer's skin, hair and dress.
Movie 2 “8K time-lapse movie of the casual daily scenery”
A time-lapse movie of urban streetscapes, coastlines, Mt. Fuji, night landscapes, etc. It shows you the advantages of the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct, such as its extremely high resolution that clearly captures the details of buildings, and its point light source reproducibility when filming stars.
About the NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct
The NIKKOR Z 58mm f/0.95 S Noct, released in October 2019, is a manual focus lens that achieves extremely high optical performance with its ultra-large f/0.95 aperture. Minimizing optical aberrations means it can provide superior point image reproducibility and high resolution. It symbolizes the superior optical performance of the Nikon Z-mount system.
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HARP — Healing Harp Tones Running time: approximately 3 minutes 8K time-lapse movie of the casual daily scenery Running time: approximately 3 minutes |
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Past Events
New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Investigating the Structure of the Galaxy and the Nikon 91 cm Reflector Telescope”
| Screening from | March 2, 2021 |
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Specialists & Nikon Investigating the Structure of the Galaxy and the Nikon 91 cm Reflector Telescope |
| Cooperation | Subaru Telescope Okayama Branch Office, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan |
Long-term exhibition of Taizo Ichinose's war-damaged Nikon F camera and his last photograph
| Dates | September 29, 2020 – Late December, 2021 |
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Mementos of the photojournalist Taizo Ichinose, including his war-damaged Nikon F SLR camera One of his photograph |
A drama commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Nikon Museum “The lie detective — The sunken NIKONOS Ⅲ”
| Screening from | December 8, 2020 |
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A drama commemorating the 5th anniversary of the Nikon Museum “The lie detective — The sunken NIKONOS Ⅲ” Running time: approximately 47 minutes |
| Written by | Sanaka Hiiragi |
| Direction and filming | Shotaro Sakai |
| Script and leading actor | Joya |
| Cooperation | playApart |
New Movies at the Museum Theater, recorded using Nikon Z 50 cameras, including Parisian streetscape and Mt. Fuji shot from a drone
| Screening from | August 18, 2020 |
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A Walk in Paris Running time: approximately 3 minutes 12 seconds Artisans of Paris Running time: approximately 3 minutes 14 seconds Bird's-eye View of Mt. Fuji Running time: approximately 2 minutes 13 seconds |
“The Attraction of the Nikon F System Camera”, a Commemorative Exhibition for the 40th Anniversary of the Nikon F3
| Dates | August 4, 2020 – Late December, 2020 |
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| Exhibits | Approximately 20 F3 units in combination with various accessories |
New Movie Screening in the Private Viewing Room — “Tojinbo's Guardians and Nikon Binoculars”
| Screening from | February 1, 2020 |
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Specialists & Nikon Tojinbo's Guardians and Nikon Binoculars |
| Cooperation | NPO Editorial Desk of Memorable Words |
Private Viewing Room for Original Movies
| Screening from | January 6, 2020 |
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Nikon 100th Anniversary LUX CENTURIAE Tetsuro Goto Interviews series Specialists & Nikon series |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Cool breeze”, filmed using Nikon Z series cameras and F mount lenses
| Screening from | January 6, 2020 |
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| Movie | Cool breeze |
| Cooperation | Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Conversation Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Nikon F: The Timeless Appeal of F”
| Screening from | December 2, 2019 |
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Conversation Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Nikon F The Timeless Appeal of “F” |
Commemorative exhibition for 60th anniversary of Nikon F “F History”
| Dates | May 7, 2019 – July 22, 2020 |
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| Exhibits | 27 models of SLRs designated by the letter “F”, from the Nikon F to the F6, with commentary. |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Chiba Port Radio and Nikon Binoculars”
| Screening from | December 2, 2019 |
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Specialists & Nikon Chiba Port Radio and Nikon Binoculars |
| Cooperation | TST Corporation |
New Movies at the Museum Theater — “Tsugaru in the garden” and “Etude at the helipad”
| Screening from | October 1, 2019 |
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Tsugaru in the garden Etude at the helipad |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Research on Brain Networks and Nikon Super Resolution Microscopes”
| Screening from | September 4, 2019 |
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Professionals & Nikon ④ Research on Brain Networks and Nikon Super Resolution Microscopes |
| Cooperation | Shigeo Okabe M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Department of Cellular Neurobiology, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo |
New theater space screening high resolution movies with the theme “Through the Lens”
| Screening from | July 29, 2019 |
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four seasons in Japan TOKYO landscape |
High-quality short movies in 4K UHD taken with Nikon Z 7 camera
| Screening from | March 4, 2019 |
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| Short movies |
A relaxing time (short movie of a woman) Red-crowned Crane (short movie of cranes) Beyond the sky (short movie of airliners) TOKYO from the air (nightscape movie taken from a helicopter) |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Sunflower Satsuma Ferry and Nikon Binoculars”
| Screening from | December 10, 2018 |
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| Additional movie |
Professionals & Nikon — Nikon, supporting the craftspeople ② Sunflower Satsuma Ferry and Nikon Binoculars |
| Cooperation | Ferry Sunflower Limited |
New Movie at the Museum Theater — “Watchmaker at Shizuku-Ishi Watch Studio — Nikon Stereo Microscope SM-5”
| Screening from | November 1, 2018 |
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| Additional movie |
Professionals & Nikon — Nikon, supporting the craftspeople ① Watchmaker at Shizuku-Ishi Watch Studio — Nikon Stereo Microscope SM-5 |
| Cooperation |
Seiko Instruments Inc. Morioka Seiko Instruments Inc. |
Celebrating 100,000 visitors
| Achieved | July 7, 2018 |
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New Movies at the Museum Theater
| Screening from | May 14, 2018 |
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| Additional movie |
Testuro Goto Interview ① Nikon space cameras that contributed to space Tetsuro Goto Interview ② Special Cameras for the Adventurer Naomi Uemura Testuro Goto Interview ③ Special Nikon Camera for Author Seicho Matsumoto |