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07-26-2012
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Nikon SP and F advertisement
Just ran across the original of this in my piles of stuff, so I scanned a copy in case it's of interest.
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07-26-2012
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That's a great little piece of photo arcania. I have a few old Leica ads as well as a bunch of old photo magazines from the 1950s to the 80s and these days looking through old advertisements is great. Sometimes I find some accessory info I never knew existed.
Phil Forrest
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07-26-2012
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Maybe frame it for preservation. Nice memorablia indeed.
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07-26-2012
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My darkroom instructor (also a member of RFF) brought a few old magazines from the 1950's into the darkroom and I saw one of these ads in one of the magazines.
I was quite fascinated by all of the old ads and the prices the old photo equipment was selling for.
Of course, back then no one knew that the F would take off and leave the Nikon rangefinder behind.
Amazing!
Thanks for sharing.
Ellen
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07-27-2012
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Nikkor. What else?
Jan Van Laethem is offline
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dasuess
Just ran across the original of this in my piles of stuff, so I scanned a copy in case it's of interest.
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Yes, I have the same ad. Here are a bunch of others, ranging from June 1952 up to June 1960, spanning 8 years of fine Nikon ads.
http://www.treefrog.be/photography/
By the way, this webpage is the first of what will eventually become my personal website, mainly about Nikon photography.
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08-15-2012
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Funny to see how they sized the F to be of identical body dimensions to the SP, on the picture  |
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08-15-2012
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Funny to see how they sized the F to be of identical body dimensions to the SP, on the picture |
...Perhaps because the F evolved from the SP, maybe? The experts can chime in on the number, but I think the two cameras have large numbers of interchangeable parts. |
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08-15-2012
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to some extent, the ad still holds some truth |
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More RF ads |
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09-06-2012
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Nikkor. What else?
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More RF ads
I've added some more ads (new additions highlighted in red)
http://www.treefrog.be/photography/RF_ads.php
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Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8, 3.5cm f/2.5, 5cm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4 (2000 reissue), 10.5cm f/2.5 and 13.5cm f/3.5
Voigtländer SC-Skopar 21mm f/4, 50mm f/1.5 Nokton, 50mm f/2.5 Skopar and 85mm f/3.5 Lanthar
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09-06-2012
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Cool.
Several of the early Nikon ads strike me as being very similar, down to the layouts & slogans, to Zeiss Ikon Contax ads from before WWII. I wonder if they used the same ad agency &/or the similarities between Nikon RFs & Contax cameras lent themselves to the same kind of campaign.
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Originally Posted by Jan Van Laethem
Yes, I have the same ad. Here are a bunch of others, ranging from June 1952 up to June 1960, spanning 8 years of fine Nikon ads.
http://www.treefrog.be/photography/
By the way, this webpage is the first of what will eventually become my personal website, mainly about Nikon photography. |
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09-06-2012
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Nikkor. What else?
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Quote:
Originally Posted by furcafe
Several of the early Nikon ads strike me as being very similar, down to the layouts & slogans, to Zeiss Ikon Contax ads from before WWII. I wonder if they used the same ad agency &/or the similarities between Nikon RFs & Contax cameras lent themselves to the same kind of campaign.
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That's very interesting to know. Do you have any Zeiss Ikon Contax ads from that era you could share with us?
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Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8, 3.5cm f/2.5, 5cm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4 (2000 reissue), 10.5cm f/2.5 and 13.5cm f/3.5
Voigtländer SC-Skopar 21mm f/4, 50mm f/1.5 Nokton, 50mm f/2.5 Skopar and 85mm f/3.5 Lanthar
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09-06-2012
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I only have a few that were made into refrigerator magnets, bought off eBay. Here's an example of 1 that's currently selling (in its original form): http://www.ebay.com/itm/1936-ZEISS-I...-/350595655761
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Originally Posted by Jan Van Laethem
That's very interesting to know. Do you have any Zeiss Ikon Contax ads from that era you could share with us?
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09-06-2012
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Nikkor. What else?
Jan Van Laethem is offline
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Thanks. Some ads can be found by doing a google image search with the search words "contax ad".
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Nikon S, S2, S2 black dial, S3 vintage black, S3 2000 black
Nikkor 3.5cm f/1.8, 3.5cm f/2.5, 5cm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4 (2000 reissue), 10.5cm f/2.5 and 13.5cm f/3.5
Voigtländer SC-Skopar 21mm f/4, 50mm f/1.5 Nokton, 50mm f/2.5 Skopar and 85mm f/3.5 Lanthar
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