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Tom Kelley
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Someone has a lens for sale that i'm curious about. It has "Nikkor 1:23 F=30cm Nippon-Kogaku Nr. 30001A" stamped around the front of the lens. Is anyone familiar with this lens? I'm sure it's pretty old with cm's instead of mm's. I know i can't use it on today's cameras and would only be buying it for 'having' it.


May 13, 2013 at 08:09 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


It's 300MM. 10MM per CM.


May 13, 2013 at 09:03 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


Thanks. I'm not really concerned about the focal length, but maybe more about the value of it, if significant at all.


May 13, 2013 at 09:09 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


try looking here
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/telephotos/300mm.htm



May 13, 2013 at 09:39 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


ask over in the manual focus thread in the Nikon forum - lots of people there who know something about the older lenses



May 13, 2013 at 10:01 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


You mean 200 mm f/23??

Is it even a camera lens?



May 13, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Tom Kelley
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


No, it says 1: 2.3


May 14, 2013 at 05:14 AM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · Rare Nikkor Lens???


Well, I found out everything I need about the lens.
It is an infrared lens developed by the Japanese. There were only two ever made. The “Nikon Historical Society” published a magazine featuring my exact lens (with pictures) but with serial number Nr. 30002A. My lens is Nr. 30001A. They featured the article in 2012 saying that “this lens may be a sole survivor unless the additional lens still exists today” which it does, because I have it.
The lenses mounted to either an eye piece or an infrared camera.
The article compares the lens to a 300mm F/2 Nikkor lens made in the 80s that sold for $25,000.

Now we all know what it is and how valuable it is
For more images of this 2 of a kind lens, look here, http://adammullinsphoto.blogspot.com/
I am thinking about listing the lens on ebay this Friday. If anyone is interested, contact me here, [email protected]



May 20, 2013 at 01:44 PM





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