Nikon F

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
DESIGNER: Fuketa, Masahiko
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan, Tokyo
INTRODUCTION DATE: June 1959
PRODUCTION DATES: 1959 - 1973
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 784,000
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: original series 64xxxxx
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
2 LINKED COMPONENTS:
LENS: 50mm f/1.4 Nikkor-S Auto UID: N719.00021
LENS: 15mm f/5.6 Nikkor-PD Auto UID: N719.00020
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  58mm f/1.4 Nikkor
  50mm f/2 Nikkor

NOTES:
  First Nikon SLR. First Japanese camera with interchangeable focusing
  screens, and a lock up position for the reflex mirror, designed to
  accomodate the back elements of the 21mm lens. The Nikon F had the
  longest production run of the postwar Japanese camera industry, being
  produced from 1959 - 1973.
  The first series of cameras begin with the serial number prefix
  64xxxxx.
  Name variations /improvements are:
  1959-1962 Nikon F Eyelevel
  1962-1965 Nikon F Photomic
  1965-1967 Nikon F Photomic T
  1967-1968 Nikon F Photomic TN
  1968-1973 Nikon F Photomic FTN

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: N719.00001
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 902

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Hasbroeck, Paul-Henry van. --150 Classic Cameras: From 1839 to the Present.-- London: Sotheby's Publications, 1989. pp 186.//
McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 351.//