Nikon SP

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
DESIGNER: Fuketa, Masahiko
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan, Tokyo
INTRODUCTION DATE: Sept. 1957
PRODUCTION DATES: 1957 - ca 1964
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
APPROXIMATE MANUFACTURED QUANTITY: 23,000
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: 62xxxxx
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm rangefinder
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  50mm f/1.4 Nikkor
  50mm f/2 Nikkor
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Sept. 1957-at least 1964. The most famous and significant Nikon
  rangefinder camera, again showing innovation in camera design.
  Approximately 23,000 made. It offered a removable back which could
  be replace with a motor-drive back. Universal finder for six focal
  length lenses 28-135mm. The popular motor-drive back led the way for
  Nikon's dominance in motor-driven photography for the next two
  decades. Easily recognized by the wide window which extends over the
  lens. The 'Nikon' logo, no longer fiting above the lens, was placed
  off center below the shutter release." (McKeown, 1994).

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: N719.00004
VIDEODISC 1, FRAME NUMBER: 133

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 330.//