January 23, 1916 - June 7, 2018 David Douglas Duncan | Nikon 100th Anniversary
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- Our deepest condolences on the passing of Mr. David Douglas Duncan on June 7, 2018.
Mr. Duncan created the opportunity that led to the recognition of Nikon and NIKKOR lenses worldwide. As a photojournalist, he covered the Pacific War, Korean War and Vietnam War. His works have been published in The New York Times, LIFE magazine, and more. bddy.me/2HEPic6
'One telephone call changed the history of optics in Japan for sure.' Celebrated photographer, David Douglas Duncan, who turned 100 on Jan. 23, 2016, is one of the first photographers we've approached to share his experience with Nikon. Here, he shares how he first came across Nikon and this encounter played a crucial role in establishing Nikon's cameras and lenses worldwide.
'From his coverage of the Korean War, which gave birth to the celebrated book "This Is War!", to his intimate documentation of Pablo Picasso, Duncan has influenced generations of photographers.' - Source: time.com/4189160/photographer-...
This is the second remarkable story of many we will share in the lead up to celebrating Nikon's 100th Anniversary! The story continues... - Věda a technologie
A wonderful story from two legends...Duncan and Nikon.
and shot by a contemporary legend, Joe McNally!
Whenever I see DDD on CZcams I remember meeting him in 1997 at Nikon House . He had brought Picasso’s painters table where Pablo mixed his oil paints. He was still vigorous and handsome! Duncan was nearly a Hundred years old when this video was made and he passed at 102. Follow his life advice, you cannot go wrong.
What a remarkable story and what a guy David Douglas is. I bet he must have quite some tale to tell of his experiences. I have been a Nikon user since 1973, SLR, DSLR, Advantix, Compact and Bridge. All amazing cameras and with an equally impressive after-sales service and dealer network here in the UK. Thanks for posting this video, I would love to see, and hear, more of David Douglas, his life and work.
Thanks for sharing your history, Nikon. What a gem.
What a great story!
Since I started taking pictures with Nikon F cameras I haven't regretted it for a moment. Whether product or image quality, handling or reliability, or overall performance items: the spark of affection, admiration and enthusiasm never ceased to ignite my joy in a photographer's job. This love story goes back to 1971; now I'm 76, and this kind of heartbeat goes on;-)) @philosimot
Nikon is a legend. I came to know of Duncan after watching this video. Both complete 100 years! Respects to both of you. Video by Joe McNally/Jun Miki OMG!!!!!!
R.I.P Mr Duncan
Just great. Love the cleaning story of Nikon for the pros - just as a friend. 👍
So sad to see - perhaps the last of my heroes - gone. RIP.
What an interesting video thank you for uploading it.
WOW! Great documentary!
DDD Korean war pics a study of battle stress and sheer courage are some of the best ever taken.
Great story and historic we continue the Nikkors/Nikon tradition as well using Nikon for 80% of our work. Thanks #DavidDuncan #PhotogLegend #Nikon100
Love Nikon. Always and forever. I have a F5 and it works perfectly. I’ve recently acquired a pair of F bodies,,,,are you serious?? They are unbelievably beautiful.
EXCELLENT DOCUMENT. A LIFETIME GIVING A MASTER CLASS. ALL THE BEST. NANO.
impressive
I hope Nikon can recover from the massive losses they're having right now!, Ganbare!
Fixe!
Parabéns a todos....
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Great story. Beautifully shot. It's a shame the audio was so muffled and the mix wasn't up to par as the rest. Still, it won't deter me from being a HUGE Nikon client.
...you may have a point, but perhaps it could be taken as an homage to analogue, where everything does not need to be pin-sharp and crystal clear. Great story.
In their December 10, 1950 edition, the New York Times noted the emergence of Nikkor optics amongst professional photographers: “The first postwar camera to attract serious attention in America has caused a sensation among magazine and press photographers following the report by Life magazine photographers in Korea that a Japanese 35mm camera and its lenses had proven superior to the German cameras they had been using. The lenses, which include a full range of focal lengths, give a higher accuracy rating than lenses available for German miniatures.” The article quoted “camera expert” Mitch Bogdanovitch that the Nikkor lenses “are of excellent color correction and perform better at full apertures than do Zeiss lenses.”
The President of Carl Zeiss, Inc. USA, subsequently threatened to stop advertising in The Times. The Times ultimately allowed Zeiss to run a statement that the “Zeiss lenses being tested were not true Zeiss lenses.” This was most likely accurate. After World War II, much of the Zeiss machinery that was used to produce precision optics was shipped back to Russia as war reparations. Wholesale lots of optics, optical glass, lens parts, and fixtures were shipped to Russia where they were completed at the KMZ factory. ZK used Zeiss parts for their 5cm F1.5 Sonnars and 5cm F1.5 Jupiter-3’s through the early 1950s.
So, the contention is that, post 45, the Nikon lenses were superior to Leica? Can someone clarify/contribute an explanation? Odd.
The Nikkors were way more contrasty (a Zeiss feature).Nikon improved the Leica shutter, as did Pentax. my Nikon-f became main camera! My Pentax Spotmatic most reliable! Leica are lovely and I enjoy mine!
He was born the day before my birthday Jan. 24
DDD knew how to make money, in photography! A good shooter. DDD also used the Alpa for book on Picasso art!
Such a beautiful story. It was a big mistake of mine, switching to Canon. And now, I have a lot of expensive equipment, it is to hard to switch back.
what gear did u switch over to?
hopefully Nikon brings a new full frame camera that will replace my old D800!
d810
At the moment I'm using a 5Dmkiii, a 7D and some lenses. I would love to switch back to Nikon, a D4 would be perfect. But it's so much work to sell all my gear for a good price.
tru dat!
I had wished I could jump from Nikon to Sony but the G lense prizes are too rich for my blood!
Canon is still much more experienced and better.
Interesting documentary. Not sure I'm buying it all of it.
WOW sounds great.STOP FILMING WITH THE INTEGRATED,JUST STOP....OK ...JUST STOP DOING THIS
Great to see this great photographer, filmed and photographed by another great photographer. Thank you Nikon, David and Joe.
Am i missing somenthing??
Beautiful, but put some more effort on your edit, maybe add some music and use some transitions for a smoother flow.
sound is terrible and unacceptable from company like Nikon.
the sound came from Joe McNally who made this video, NOT NIKON
Fantastic story but very annoying to watch with the stops and starts.
So, are you (Nikon as a company) telling me that I can still send in my camera to have it cleaned over night for free?
NICE STORY - but...
Nikon ist death, almost bought by the giant kraken Sony with der DSLMs!!!
BTW! The Americans mispronounce IKEA, “AI-KE-AH” and “ISUZU”. AI-SU-SUUH” And the use fucking FAHRENHEIT and fl.oz!!!
What the heck is that? Bangkok-Johnnie
Sensors -which are the film of today for cameras come in 2 basic flavors Canon or Sony. Just as cigarettes are just a nicotine delivery device -Nikon today is just a Sony sensor delivery device and pricey at that - but not as pricey as Sony cameras. And Canon makes more stuff in Japan to my knowledge - which is better than China. Put your money on Canon they make their own stuff pretty much and maybe Sony to survive - Nikon -eh -who can say.
who gives a damn, Kodak and Fuji made FILM for Nikon cameras......who gives a damn if Sony makes sensors.
Well the game is different now because you have only the sensor in the camera and can't change it out so with only really 2 major manufacturers of sensors your choices are limited. Since the sensor is baked-in -just as he who pays the piper calls the tune - he who makes the sensor calls the tune for those who don't. Less technical competence and capability for non-sensor makers means less product control less ability to develop new products. Sooner or later Sony will keep the best in-house and Nikon will suffer -Fuji is no threat and Sony has an interest in Olympus. Sony is gunning for market share and it will come from the DSLR area and Nikon can't afford to lose much share without making its financial situation worse, Sony will merely milk the insurance business it has to fund inroads, win or lose. Canon will be there for the long haul, maybe Nikon, but Sony is after being number one. So, no in-house sensors can be a big problem since it is a major part of any camera's mojo. Nothing against Nikon cameras per se, they make nice stuff -for what they make, but the special sauce is very sensor dependent and if they don't make that part but rely on a competitor to do it, that will not end well in my estimation. But hey, I can be wrong, it will be interesting to see it unfold. In any event, the marque is valuable and somebody will own it one way or another. I hope they make it, but like cigarettes delivering nicotine, Nikon is delivering Sony mojo, regardless of any PR that says otherwise and like Europe getting its natural gas from Russia, some Symbiotic relationships may not be the greatest idea. They should look for another subcontractor while there is time, maybe the Koreans.
The camera industry is going through quite a shake-up with the loss of the point and shoot sector to smart phones. When you couple that with SONY's new venture into basically the DSLR arena along with its technical know-how and manufacturing it makes it even harder to compete, even the Koreans left. The old still camera brand names may not mean much to new shooters today. Branding of many products does not carry the same weight to consumers as in decades past, especially with the younger crowd. Diminishment of brand value is a real challenge for marketers today in many industries, food, in particular. But for cameras the new users come from the smart phone experience and ease of use is a big deal as is social network functionality, so for many it will be about usability in camera related tasks, such as posting to FB or CZcams with ease of use. Even wedding photogs are going to want quickly posted stuff to display at the reception and on-line - they don't want to get beat out by somebody's teenage kid with an iPhone.Regardless of what happens it is nice to have all the great equipment selection today. Personally I really like Fuji -they have great glass and I like the retro controls for the most part. Their film simulation is nice, Across I like in particular. Panasonic makes nice stuff while some Olympus cameras like the new Pen and their latest flagship omd em1 mark ii are quite nice. The Nikon D500 seems to be a real winner. Canon's new em5 is a pretty good real attempt by them for mirrorless as opposed to some of their earlier attempts, and while the 5d mark iv is not earth shattering it brings much needed dynamic range and while the 4k thing is not so much useable the nature of the nice selectable jpeg stills at 8 meg size is a harbinger of things to come in pro cameras along with touch screen. I would love an articulating screen like on the 80D as an option there as I would prefer waist level shooting many times. In fact the selection generally is so good it can make it hard to pick one. But there is a trend continuing to merge video and stills at least in some context and uses, and EVF's are likely the future and SONY has that down pretty well. Would like Canon to offer maybe an OVF with EVF like Fuji does but in DSLR format or just a DSLR with EVF -it makes it nicer to use in my opinion for the things I shoot, and it looks like SONY has made some good advances there. If the video/stills merger thing comes along you will need an EVF without blackout to really make good use of it. In any event, pretty much everything out there today will take a great image in general use. I have to go, this post is too long for anyone.
I agree to an extent but you keep forgetting that a camera alone is not enough, you need specialized lenses which nikon has. I too hope for nikon to innovate. Also i wont think sony will do such thing, case in point: look at apple buying camera tech from samsung, screen from lg and so forth
He is the only American I've heard who pronounces 'Nikon' correctly & he ought know. He was there directly after WW2. So all you fellas out there making videos on Nikon products listen to your compatriot & get it right. Your usual pronunciation is bloody awful. Sounds like the noise chalk makes on a school chalkboard.
The Americans mispronounce IKEA, “AI-KE-AH” and “ISUZU”. AI-SU-SUUH” And the use fucking FAHRENHEIT and fl.oz.
What the heck is that? Bangkok-Johnnie
...cut my teeth on tough, mechanical Nikons. Left when Nikons went battery dependent. I accept companies have prerogatives, but that change in direction just wasn't for me.
My F3 very reliable..
@@jasongold6751 ...completely battery-dependent (1/60th notwithstanding).