Nikon Museum will hold the special exhibition “The Secrets of the Viewfinder: Take a Look. The World Seen Through a Camera.” from 22 October 2026 to 27 February 2027. Across 3 areas, it will use actual equipment and models to introduce the differences in how rangefinder, single-lens reflex, and mirrorless viewfinders work and appear.
Nikon Museum will hold the special exhibition “The Secrets of the Viewfinder: Take a Look. The World Seen Through a Camera.” from Thursday, 22 October 2026 to Saturday, 27 February 2027. Along with the exhibition period and venue name, details are provided of displays that allow visitors to experience how viewfinders work.
In Area 1, the exhibition introduces the phenomenon in which an image is inverted vertically and horizontally, and a display designed to encourage visitors to explore how a viewfinder shows the image in the correct orientation. Actual equipment and models are used to deepen understanding of why images are inverted.
In Area 2, visitors can experience 3 types of viewfinder, rangefinder, single-lens reflex, and mirrorless, using actual equipment, cutaway models, and scale models. The exhibition compares the respective paths of light and differences in how the images appear, while exploring why viewfinders show images in the correct orientation. Episodes related to Nikon cameras are also introduced.
Area 3 features an exhibit allowing visitors to look inside cameras, and provides guidance to information on past exhibitions as related content. The supporting source is Nikon's official website, and the exhibition information is consistent with the content published there.