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Model Fisheye Camera
| Release date in Japan |
1960-09 |
|---|---|
| Discontinuation date |
1961-09 |
| Price in Japan | 1960-09 200,000 yen |
| Camera type | Special-purpose camera |
| Film format | 120 |
| Picture size | 50 mm dia. circular image in 6 x 6 cm format |
| Dimensions (W x H x D)(approx.) | 132.5 x 107 x 130.5mm |
| Weight (approx.) | 1,500 g (Body 580 g) |
| Lens | Fish-eye-NIKKOR 16.3mm F8 |
| Construction | 5 elements in 4 groups |
| Picture Angle | 180 degree |
| Type | Fisheye |
| Mount | Fixed |
| Minimum stop | f/16 |
| Closest focus distance | Fixed focus |
| Finder | None |
| Focusing | Fixed focus |
| Shutter type | SEIKOSHA SLV #0 |
| Shutter speed settings | B, 1~1/500 sec |
| Flash sync. contact | M, X contacts |
| Self-timer | Available |
| Film advance | Crank |
| Frame counter | Additive type |
| Film winding | By reciprocating stroke, approx. 335 degrees |
| Film rewind | None |
| Exposure meter | None |
| Note | |
| Accessories | Wooden carrying case Filters (O56, R60 and Y52 in built-in turret) |
| Special mention item |
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| A special-purpose camera that takes a meteorological picture of clouds, etc. in the sky with the field of view of 180 degrees from the horizon. Can take a picture of the entire sky of 50 mm dia. circular image in a 6 x 6 cm format 120 roll film. The camera body is based on 'X-ray Indirect Photography Equipment' (1948). Fish-eye-NIKKOR 16.3 mm f/8 lens is a modified version of 16 mm f/8 Fisheye lens (picture angle 180 degrees) produced in 1938 for meteorological photography (cloud cover measurement). This product was sold to Meteorological Agency and Defense Academy as a special-order product 'Sky-image Recording Camera' since March of 1957, prior to the release in the domestic market in September of 1960. Afterwards, the model was modified to the mass-production version. Three types of filters were UV, R0 and R1 for the special-order product, but they were changed to O56, R60 and Y52 at the time of the release of the mass-production model in the domestic market. Also, the lens shutter was 'SEIKOSHA MX' for the special-order product but was changed to 'SEIKOSHA SLV' for the mass-production model at the time of release in the domestic market. There was a special version of 'Sky-image Recording Equipment' that consists of Fisheye Camera, Automatic Photographing Equipment and Timer Unit. 'Automatic Photographing Equipment': equipment to perform opening and closing of a folding type hood which covers the Fisheye Camera, film winding, and shutter charge and release automatically. Consists of 100V AC compact motor, a gear, a push button and a ring for shielding the ecliptic. 'Timer Unit': equipment for turning on/off the electric circuit of 'Automatic Equipment' at intervals (can be freely set between 5 and 180 minutes). Consists of a relay and a switch that are operated by a 100V AC compact motor, and a display lamp. These were some of the bases for the later Motor Drive for 'Nikon S2'. Link to the accessory image of the camera (800 x 568 pixel) |
