N.O.S. Nikon found

[NIKON KIU]

Kiu, do you think that the turret finder might have been from that "other" company whose name I dare not mention for fear of being banned?

Yeah, Dexdog.
Can you believe it, they put a L*%C@ finder on a Nikon!! 😱 :bang:

I think this may the Shop owners' collection about to go under the Hammer...

Kiu

 

[NIKON KIU]

Fred, tell 'em it's a baby blue that's faded 😀

Kiu

 

[kevin m]

One of life's mysteries, I guess. :angel:

 

[cmogi10]

Cue George Carlin on stuff...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MvgN5gCuLac

 

[Paulbe]

Fred--nikonhswm--you are surely trying to pull our collective legs: to wit--some fellow has 3000 Nikon NOS items--and you're unimpressed because it doesn't have the "period feeling?" You owned a custom bike shop, but closed it because customers wanted to "talk about their bikes?" You don't like to shop in B+H because--even though they have every photographic item known the "don't treat you special?" C'mon Dude--you are foolin' us--AND you sold a vintage Land Cruiser???? You've had too many experiences for us mortals. Tell you what--the Mayan calendar predicts a real event on 12/21/2012--whaddya think? Clue us in on that one and we'll be forever grateful!!! 🙂

 

[xayraa33]

Chrome S2's make excellent users.

 

[migtex]

I'm dead!😱:angel:

 

[1948nikon]

Finder

Finder

Kiu, do you think that the turret finder might have been from that "other" company whose name I dare not mention for fear of being banned?

Got a closer look at the turret finder it is in fact a Walz.

 

[NIKON KIU]

What do you guys think?
5 Nikon S2s and 2 Nikon S's in Chrome don't even impress me, let alone the Nikon Historical Society's Webmaster....

I am impressed by the Film Cassette in the box 🙄

Kiu

 

[xayraa33]

a chrome lens should be matched up with that chrome dial S2.

 

[NIKON KIU]

Fred,
You missed the 🙄

Now, I am impressed, 3 N->F adapters? Some without the sticky thingys!!

Kiu

 

[jlw]

Well, as someone said earlier, it wouldn't be impressive to find this assortment of stuff in a huge department store in Japan.

Having it turn up in an obscure corner of Australia is at least a bit interesting.

Also, one thing I like about the photo above, for example, is the fact that some of the accessories are still in boxes. Being a package designer by trade, I enjoy seeing the evolution of a brand's packaging over time. Okay, so I'm a geek, but I think that (for example) a lineup of the box for every Nikon from the I through the SP would be a fascinating display and an interesting slice of camera history...

[Side note: Ever stop to think about how the cushioning material in camera packages has evolved over the years?

I haven't seen a lot of camera packaging from the '50s, but back then it seems as if many cameras and accessories were sold in plush-lined leather cases that served in part as a protection medium. The camera-in-case was wedged into an insert made of die-cut cardboard or some kind of plush-finished paper material molded over cardboard, maybe with a small block of wood here and there to brace it.

By the '60s cases were becoming an extra-cost accessory, and many cameras came in "bricks" of expanded polystyrene foam with custom-molded cavities to hold the body and various accessories. The "brick" would slip into a printed cardboard sleeve, and then the whole thing was shrinkwrapped.

By the environmentally-conscious '80s, the foam bricks were beginning to be replaced by biodegradable molded-cardboard inserts, usually in combination with intricately-patterned folding cardboard panels to lock the inserts in place. It's a good thing the Japanese invented origami, because I'd think it would take a dedicated origamist to design these inserts!

The weirdest recent package I've gotten was the one that contained, I think, my Nikon D100... this suspended the camera body between two sheets of clear plastic stretched tightly within cardboard frames, holding the camera as if on a plastic mini-trampoline! I notice my more recent Nikons are back to the molded cardboard and origami, so I guess the "trampoline" concept wasn't a big success...]

 

[xayraa33]

that Tower camera has the collapsable 50mm f2 Nikkor lens too.

 

[furcafe]

Off-topic, the R-D1 packaging reminded me of that for the original Apple iPod (but in black as opposed to white).

And as you say, the packaging can do a lot to convey a sense of quality. One modern example of this packaging-as-theater concept that I especially liked was the box for the original Epson R-D 1 (pictures here) -- it was obvious that they had planned each step of unpacking the camera as a separate act in a little drama!

 

[kjoosten]

No Nikons, but as I recall there was some pretty creative post-processing detective work.

 

[puderse]

Check out the Nikon on shopgoodwill.com! Only a grand!!!

 

[dexdog]

http://shopgoodwill.com/viewItem.asp?ItemID=3356227