Austerby
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Leafing through my programme from this evening's opera at the Royal Opera House (London) I spotted the attached Tiffany advert - the strap line is Some Style is Legendary and the model is holding what looks like a Leica III but it's not a Leitz lens on it. I think I can pick out the words Nikon Kogaku Toyko and the lens number starts 42655 but can anyone identify it.
(nb is Leica the plural of Leica or should it be Leicas? I think it sounds better as Leica.)
(nb is Leica the plural of Leica or should it be Leicas? I think it sounds better as Leica.)
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Austerby
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Austerby
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johannielscom
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you either have a VERY large monitor or eagle eyes. I cannot make out whats on the lens at all.
The camera looks like a IIIf ('loose' screw next to RF illumination window).
I like the lighting on the models face and eyes the most in the whole shot.
The grip on the camera is ridiculous, but IMHO necessary both esthetically as from a marketing point of view. Else, everyone would come in and ask for a camera at Tiffany's
The camera looks like a IIIf ('loose' screw next to RF illumination window).
I like the lighting on the models face and eyes the most in the whole shot.
The grip on the camera is ridiculous, but IMHO necessary both esthetically as from a marketing point of view. Else, everyone would come in and ask for a camera at Tiffany's
dexdog
Veteran
The lens looks to be the 35/3.5 Nikkor- really tiny little thing.
Tiffany obviously talked to a Nikon geek to make sure that the lens was the rarer Tokyo-marked version instead of the Japan-marked version.
Tiffany obviously talked to a Nikon geek to make sure that the lens was the rarer Tokyo-marked version instead of the Japan-marked version.
Robert Lai
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Regarding the lens, from what I can see of the magnified image, Nippon is blurred out, so that only "Kogaku" is visible, as well as Tokyo. The lens markings are also blurred - 3.5 cm f/2.5? I Nikon rangefinder lens in Leica mount then?
larmarv916
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Oh, Iam willing to go one better...the art director came in with a camera as "prop" and then when the photographer mentioned the trademark issue. Then the art director asked what do we do now??? Slapped on a old Nikon lens and then shielded the camera and lens tilted away so as not to make it readable. Then this way the legal dept. can state well you really cant tell what camera it is. This is a great example of how get a "free ride"" off history and brand association. Iam wiliing to bet that Leica got a call and declined to be featured....as it would have cost them a nickel or two. Also they do not want to be seen a "rich kids" meaningless toy. Even if they have been chasing that customer for years...the Hermes Leica being the best example of gaudy consumption.
Al Kaplan
Veteran
Nikon really got it's start as a well known manufacturer of high qualty lenses during the Korean War. A lot of photojournalists discovered the 5cm f/1.4 and 8.5cm f/2 Nikkors beat the Leica lenses of the day. Nikon also supplied LTM lenses for the Nicca, a Leica copy. Nicca was bought by Yashica in the early 60's. The last model Nicca was called the Yashica YF and came with a 5cm f/1.8 Yashinon. The camera had bright frames for 5cm and 10cm lenses and looked sort of like a thread mount Leica M3. Yashica also made a 3.5cm f/2.8 in LTM. Nikon made their entire line-up of rangefinder lenses in LTM.