Nippon Kogaku Japan GN Auto Nikkor 45mm f2.8 seems unused non ai

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Hi and welcome to the beginning of the end of my camera collection. I sold off many of my babies 7 years ago, when retiring from 32 years of Photography teaching and moving out of NY to NC, keeping the last few hundred until now. After enjoying them for 5 decades of collecting and using and lately behind glass display shelf sitting, it is time for them to go to new homes and start a new life. This auction is for a Nippon Kogaku Japan "pancake lens", in WOW condition. The 45mm f2.8 Nikkor made as a way of using flash bulbs or manual electronic flash "automatically". You would set the guide number of the flash and the f-stop would change as you focus. Pretty nifty for its time. Now, its claim to fame, is its short length and light weight. She sticks out of the body a massive 3/4 of an inch. The lens shows no wear that I can find, and the glass is scratch free, internal dust free, (as far as I can see) and the coating is unblemished. Her focusing is very smooth and her She comes with the Nikon rear cap and the Nikon front cap with the two plastic buttons on it. There is also a Nikon yellow filter that has been sitting on her for decades. All engravings and paint markings are unworn and perfectly legible. I was lucky to get her in this condition, and she has been mounted on this black Nikon FTN body, (not part of this auction) and sitting in my closed display case, ever since. I never used her, at all. This is one new looking lens, looking for a new home. The photos show the lens greatly enlarged and the white dots that you may see would be external dust, that I did not see before taking the pictures. The lens is really much nicer than the photos seem to show. Please realize that the pictures where the lens and Nikon F are shown are for illustration only. This auction does NOT include the body, only the lens, filter and caps. The body will be placed up on a later auction. If you are a Nikon collector, then this is for you. If you are unable to pay for a winning auction, PLEASE do not bid. I have had a few bidders, lately, who win, have great feedback scores, and who have reasons to be unable to pay for weeks or who do not even respond to the emails about winning. Important note. If you are bidding from outside of the USA, I can only ship through eBay shipping. Those countries are listed in a pull down menue near the word shipping. I can only ship to those countries listed. Please be careful to look at the shipping costs, including VAT and Import Duties for your country. I have no control of these prices. I all goes through eBay. Please see the photos to get a feeling for how she looks. This is a nice collector’s piece, coming from a nice collector. The shipping price is as close to what it cost me, as possible. Please look at the pictures. IMPORTANT SHIPPING, PACKING AND PAYMENTINFORMATION: (please read before bidding!) SHIPPING: She should weigh between 1 and 2 pounds when boxed up. PAYMENT: Paypal is accepted exclusively. Thankyou for your cooperation. Payment is expected within TWO days of the end of the listing. PLEASE email me when you receive her, so that I know that all is well. COMBINED SHIPPING: I can combineshipping on a maximum of five items which close within a four-day period.Please contact me to let me know if you will be purchasing more than one item.Payment for all items is expected by the seventh day if multiple items are purchased. PACKAGING: Please note that shipping chargesinclude VERY CAREFUL packing in bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts or brown packaging paper. Small items such as hoods, caps, filters, straps and manualswill be wrapped in bubble wrap and shipped in padded envelopes. Your valuable items will NOT be thrown in a box with some newspapers. I have sold many photographic items on eBayand have a 100% positive rating. I am a member of the Nikon Historical Society,Nikon Pr... read more

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