Uli-san's Report for an Anonymous Nikon Collector

These pictures and the description were made by Uli Koch.
The collector of this items wants to be anonymous.
Uli Koch thanks the Nikon collector for showing these items to the public.

Nikkor 1 : 10 f = 286mm

A lens for an unknown purpose. The lens has a shutter "NO. 4".
The lens engraving is unusual as it says: "Nippon Kogaku" and "Nikkor", both with initial capital letters.
Usually the word "NIKKOR" was written in capital letters and after the brand name always "JAPAN" was added. On this lens "JAPAN" is missing.
The focal length is in "mm" as Nippon Kogaku engraved their (photographic) lenses from 1964 onwards.
The lens looks like it was made in the 1940, but why did they engraved the focal length in "mm"? Usually Nippon Kogaku engraved the purpose of the lens as "AERO" or "Apo", but not on this lens.
This huge lens is a mystery.

Apo-NIKKOR 150mm f / 9

This Apo-NIKKOR is of the asymmetrical type with "Nippon Kogaku Japan" engraving and the focal length in "mm" with the serial number engraved on the front.
It came in the wooden case with the waterhouse plates and the base plates.

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Construction: 4 elements in 3 groups Picture angle: 45° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 600mm Image area: 250mm Corr. wavelength range: 380-750nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/16 Distortion: - 0.2 % Aperture scale: 9 - 90 Mount: d = 53mm / p = 0.75mm Dimensions diameter: 62mm Dimensions length: 45.5mm Weight: 175 g

Apo-NIKKOR 210mm f / 9

This Apo-NIKKOR is of the asymmetrical type with "Nippon Kogaku Japan" engraving and the focal length in "mm" with the serial number engraved on the front.
It came in the wooden case with the waterhouse plates and the base plates.

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Construction: 4 elements in 3 groups Picture angle: 45° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 840mm Image area: 350mm Corr. wavelength range: 380-750nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/16 Distortion: - 0.2 % Aperture scale: 9 - 90 Mount: d = 53mm / p = 0.75mm Dimensions diameter: 62mm Dimensions length: 45.5mm Weight: 185 g

Apo-NIKKOR 360mm f / 9

This Apo-NIKKOR is of the symmetrical type with "Nippon Kogaku Japan" engraving and the focal length in "mm".
The serial number is engraved on the side of the lens.

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Construction: 4 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 46° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 1,440mm Image area: 600mm Corr. wavelength range: 380-750nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/16 Distortion: - 0.2 % Aperture scale: 9 - 128 Mount: d = 72mm / p = 1mm Dimensions diameter: 86mm Dimensions length: 62.6mm Weight: 390 g

Apo-NIKKOR 480mm f / 9

This Apo-NIKKOR is of the symmetrical type with "Nippon Kogaku Japan" engraving and the focal length in "mm".
The serial number is engraved on the side of the lens.

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Construction: 4 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 46° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 1,920mm Image area: 800mm Corr. wavelength range: 380-750nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/16 Distortion: - 0.2 % Aperture scale: 9 - 128 Mount: d = 90mm / p = 1mm Dimensions diameter: 105mm Dimensions length: 74mm Weight: 775 g

Apo-NIKKOR 1210mm f / 12.5

This Apo-NIKKOR is of the symmetrical type with "Nikon" engraving and the focal length in "mm".
The serial number is engraved on the side of the lens.
This huge and heavy lens came in the wooden case with the waterhouse plates, the base plates and the control certificate.
The Nikkor 50mm f / 1.4 lens was used for comparison.

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Construction: 4 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 40° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 4,840mm Image area: 1,750mm Corr. wavelength range: 380-750nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/16 Distortion: - 0.2 % Aperture scale: 12.5 - 128 Mount: d = 162mm / p = 1.5mm Dimensions diameter: 186mm Dimensions length: 130mm Weight: 3,800 g

COM-NIKKOR 37mm f / 1.4

Computer Output Microfilm (COM) photography is defined by certain distinct conditions, such as the color, intensity, and contrast of the traced images.
These constitute the distinct performance limits of COM-Nikkor lenses.
The range of aberration correction is from 400 to 650 nanometers. The contrast between the traces and the screen background is maximized.
High resolution is attained by using a large, high-speed aperture, which also takes care of adequate exposure of the fairly high framing speed of moving traces on the CRT.
The COM-Nikkor 37mm F1.4 covers a field diameter of 15mm with standard magnification of 1/8X.

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Construction: 8 elements in 6 groups Picture angle: 20° 45' Standard magnification: 1/8 X Working distance: 351mm Image area: 15mm Corr. wavelength range: 400-650nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/2 Distortion: +0.07 % Aperture scale: 1.4 - 8 Mount: L39 Dimensions diameter: 51mm Dimensions length: 54.5mm Weight: 300 g

Fax-NIKKOR 160mm f / 5.6

This is Fax-NIKKOR with "Nikon" engraving and the focal length in "mm".
The Fax-NIKKOR lenses were used for taking pictures with silver chloride film, electro-photographic film and other emulsions used for copying of more sensitive to near ultra-violet ray than to visible ray materials.
Those lenses were made from special glasses absorbing very little ultra-violet ray.
The (wide-angle) Fax-NIKKOR lenses have been designed and produced as lenses for copying machines and compact photo-engraving cameras.
This lens has a mechanical shutter (only "B").
The serial number is engraved on the side of the lens.

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Construction: 6 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 72° Standard magnification: 1/3 x - 3 X Working distance: 640mm Image area: 420mm Corr. wavelength range: 350-700nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/8 Aperture scale: 5.6 - 22 Mount: d = 62mm / p = 0.75mm Dimensions diameter: 70mm Dimensions length: 53mm Weight: 320 g

Fax-Ortho-NIKKOR 400mm f / 5.6

This Fax-Ortho-NIKKOR has "Nippon Kogaku Japan" engraving and the focal length in "mm".
The serial number is engraved on the front.
This huge and heavy lens came in the wooden case with the control certificate.

Those Fax-Ortho-NIKKOR lenses were designed for high fidelity reproduction of drawings requiring large magnification (covering area several square meters).
Therefore, they were mainly used in making-off of steel plates for shipbuilding.
The Nikkor 50mm f / 1.4 lens was used for comparison.

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Construction: 6 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 54° Standard magnification: 10 X Working distance: 4,840mm Image area: 3,200mm Corr. wavelength range: 350-700nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/8 Distortion: 0.0 % Aperture scale: 5.6 - 45 Mount: d = 140mm / p = 1.5mm Dimensions diameter: 158mm Dimensions length: 127mm Weight: 3,850 g

Micro-NIKKOR 70mm f / 5

This Micro-NIKKOR lens was the successor of the Micro-NIKKOR 7cm f / 5.
This lens came with a wooden box as for the Ultra-Micro-NIKKOR lenses.

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Construction: 5 elements in 4 groups Picture angle: 43° Standard magnification: 1/12 X Working distance: 985.8mm Image area: 32 X 45mm (55.2mm) Corr. wavelength range: 400-650nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/7 Resolution: 125 lines/mm Distortion: 0.3 % Aperture scale: 5 - 22 Mount: L39 Dimensions diameter: 51mm Dimensions length: 48mm Weight: 180 g

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Wooden Box for Micro-NIKKOR 70mm f / 5 This wooden box is very hard to find. Of course, this small wooden box might be more expensive than lenses! It is a very strong wooden box.

Repro-NIKKOR 85mm f / 1.0

A collectors delight: Two Repro-NIKKOR lenses and one of those came like new in the box and with the case.
Those Repro-NIKKOR lenses were exclusively designed for life-size reproduction in 35mm format.
It has a maximum aperture ration of f / 1 (effective aperture ratio: f / 2 at 1 : 1 reproduction) and is several times brighter than a Micro-NIKKOR lens and has a higher resolving power. However, due to the high-speed and correction of aberrations in the lens, magnification is limited within the practical range of 0.9 x - 1.1 x.
The entrance and exit pupils are located far behind the lens, which makes the principal ray (rays passing through the center of each pupil) run almost parallel to the optical axis.
This feature gives the Repro-NIKKOR lens a great advantage when used as a relay lens.

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Construction: 12 elements in 8 groups Picture angle: 14° Standard magnification: 1 X Working distance: 224mm Image area: 24mm x 36mm Corr. wavelength range: 400-650nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/2.3 Resolution: 200 lines/mm Distortion: 0.0 % Aperture scale: 1.0 - 8 Mount: d = 53mm / p = 0.75mm Dimensions diameter: 57.5mm Dimensions length: 107mm Weight: 640 g

Xero-NIKKOR 13.5cm f / 2 and New Xero-NIKKOR 135mm f / 2

The Xero-Nikkor is designed expressly for reproduction of CRT traces on the 127mm (5-inch) diameter screen of the Charactron Tube.
It can also be used, of course, with an osilloscope or any other CRT.
Its hight speed of f/2 affords adequate exposure of the high framing speeds of the relatively low-light level traces on the CRT.
Standard magnification ratio is 2X at which corrections are optomal, but aberrations remain well corrected from 1.5X to 2.5X.
Vignetting is insignificant in CRT reproduction applications.
Resolution is comparable to or better than that of the CRT tubes encountered in practice.
Color correction is 400 - 650 nm.
The lens is thereaded at both ends for convenience in normal or reversed mounting.
The Xero-Nikkor 13.5cm f / 2 has been improved at the beginning of 1970's. One lens element was added to improve the feature of the distortion.
This lens is called "New Xero-NIKKOR 135mm f / 2" in Japan.

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Xero-NIKKOR 13.5cm f / 2 Construction: 7 elements in 5 groups Picture angle: 35° Standard magnification: 2.3 X Working distance: 639.2mm Image area: 275mm dia. Corr. wavelength range: 400-650nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/4 Distortion: -1 % Aperture scale: 2 - 8 Mount: d = 93mm / p = 1mm Dimensions diameter: 104mm Dimensions length: 99.5mm Weight: 1,420 g

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New Xero-NIKKOR 135mm f / 2 Construction: 8 elements in 5 groups Picture angle: 37° Standard magnification: 2 X Working distance: 606mm Image area: 254mm dia. Corr. wavelength range: 400-650nm Vignetting: 0 % at f/2.8 Distortion: -0.12 % Aperture scale: 2 - 8 Mount: d = 90mm / p = 1mm Dimensions diameter: 104mm Dimensions length: 104mm Weight: 1,550 g

Special Thanks to Mr. Uli Koch

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Photo images and text : Uli Koch, Germany
Michio Akiyama explained only the Xero-Nikkor 135mm.