Third parties manufactured other film backs, such as two Speed Magny film backs-one using Polaroid 100 (later 600) type pack films, and another designed for 4x5 film accessories including Polaroid's own 4x5 instant film back. The F was a modular system camera, with various assemblies such as viewfinders, focusing screens, and motor drives for 36-exposure and 250-exposure film cassettes. The prototype model, in particular, was an SP with a mirror box, pentaprism and larger lens mount grafted on. The Nikon F evolved from a rangefinder camera, the Nikon SP. įoreground: Nikon F with eyelevel prism Nikon F with FTn Photomic prism Nikon F with FTn Photomic prism and F36 motor drive Lead designer of the Nikon F was Yusaku Kamekura, the man behind the 1964 Summer Olympics logo. The camera was the first to use the F-mount bayonet lens mount system, which is still used as of 2021. It was well-made, durable, and adhered closely to the successful design scheme of the Nikon rangefinder cameras. It had interchangeable prisms and focusing screens the camera had a depth-of-field preview button the mirror had lock-up capability it had a large bayonet mount and a large lens release button a single-stroke ratcheted film advance lever a titanium-foil focal plane shutter various types of flash synchronization a rapid rewind lever a fully removable back.
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It was originally priced at US$186 with 5 cm f/2 lens in November 1963 the US price was $233 for the body with a standard prism plus $90 for a 5 cm f/2 lens or $155 for a 5 cm f/1.4.Ī combination of design elements made the Nikon F successful.
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The Nikon F was the first 35 mm SLR system to be widely adopted by professional photographers, especially photojournalists covering the Vietnam War, as well as for use by NASA astronauts. Nikon F professional SLR camera with eyelevel prism and early NIKKOR-S Auto 1:1,4 f=5,8cm (1959) Specially modified Nikon F cameras were used in space in the early 1970s aboard the Skylab space station.
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Non-ISO hot shoe, or PC socket for off-camera flash That tradition was carried all the way through their top line of Nikon cameras until the introduction of the Nikon D1 (digital) cameras decades later. The "F" in Nikon F was selected from the term "re -f-lex", since the pronunciation of the first letter "R" is not available in many Asian languages. Aspects of its design remain in all of Nikon's subsequent SLR cameras, through the current Nikon F6 film and Nikon D6 digital models (which still share its Nikon F-mount for lenses). It was produced until October 1973 and was replaced by the Nikon F2. Although many of the concepts had already been introduced elsewhere, it was revolutionary in that it was the first to combine them all in one camera. It was one of the most advanced cameras of its day. The Nikon F camera, introduced in April 1959, was Nikon's first SLR camera. For Nikon's lens mount, see Nikon F-mount.