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Dates: September 29, 2020 (Tue) – Late September, 2021

Nikon Museum is exhibiting some mementos and the last photograph of photojournalist Taizo Ichinose until late September 2021.

Exhibited mementos include his Nikon F SLR camera, which was damaged while he was reporting from a battlefield in Vietnam, a press armband, a helmet, boots and others. The exhibited photograph is called “Taizo's last photo”, taken in 1973. It is a photograph of faraway Angkor Wat taken from the window of his boarding house in Cambodia.

These were exhibited at Nikon Museum’s “Taizo Ichinose, the Reality of War, the People Who Live Within the Smoke of Gunpowder” special exhibition held from January 6, 2020 to September 26, 2020, and attracted great interest from visitors. This long-term exhibition has been organized with the cooperation of Ichinose’s family.

With this exhibition, we hope you can understand how Taizo Ichinose lived, running through battlefields hoping to take exclusive, world-class photographs.

Taizo Ichinose

Taizo Ichinose was born in Takeo, Saga, in 1947. He worked as a photojournalist for approximately two years in tumultuous areas such as Bangladesh, Vietnam and Cambodia, trying to get worldwide scoops. In November 1973, he wrote a note to his friend with the words “One step on a mine, It's all over,” before travelling to Khmer Rouge militia-controlled Angkor Wat, where he disappeared.

Screening from August 18, 2020 (Tue)

Nikon is screening three new 4K-movies (recorded using the Nikon Z 50 DX-format mirrorless camera) on the 200-inch screen at the Nikon Museum Theater from August 18, 2020.

A Walk in Paris

This movie introduces a fascinating streetscape of Paris, recorded in “snap shot” style using the Z 50. It also features a morning market, where Parisians gather, and alleys in Paris.

Artisans of Paris

This movie features the artisans of Paris, who carry on the traditions of arts and culture in France, such as makers of couture shoes, experts in art restoration, and makers of ornamental leather items.

Bird's-eye View of Mt. Fuji

The snowcapped Mt. Fuji was recorded using the Z 50 mounted on a drone. This movie also features time-lapse images captured from the ground, and provides other magnificent views of Mt. Fuji.

Dates: August 4, 2020 (Tue) – Late December, 2020

Nikon Museum is holding a special exhibition entitled “The Attraction of the Nikon F System Camera” from August 4 to late December, 2020 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Nikon F3 SLR camera.

The Nikon F3 was released in 1980, as Nikon's top-of-the-line SLR camera, and produced for over 20 years until 2001. It was popular with large numbers of photographers, from amateurs to professionals, due to its combination of high digitization, reliability, and other features. It was used in wide range of photographic fields, including the aerospace and academic fields, and has been called one of the benchmark film SLR cameras.

In this exhibition, approximately 20 F3 cameras are exhibited in combination with more than 60 types of accessories including viewfinders, Speedlight flash units, motor drives, bellows attachments and remote controllers. It is intended to introduce the versatility and system capability of the F3, which gave it such enormous appeal.