Selected Nikon Cameras

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N719.00006


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Nikon F2

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Nippon Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
DESIGNER: Fuketa, Masahiko
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan, Tokyo
INTRODUCTION DATE: 1971
PRODUCTION DATES: ca 1971-1980
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36 mm.
SERIAL NUMBER RANGE: original series 71xxxxx
FUNCTIONAL TYPE: 35mm SLR
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS:
  50mm f/2.0 Nikkor
  50mm f/1.4 Nikkor
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  Improved version of the Nikon F featuring shutter from speeds 10 sec.
  to 1/2000, hinged back, improved motor drive and light meter.
  Name variations/ improved models and dates are:
  1971-1973 Nikon F2 Photomic, match needle meter
  1973-1976 Nikon F2S Photomic, match LED meter
  1976-1977 Nikon F2 SB Photomic, improved match LED meter
  1977-1980 Nikon F2 A Photomic, accepts AI lenses, match needle meter
  1977-1980 Nikon F2 AS Photomic, accepts AI lenses, match LED meter

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: N719.00006

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp 332.//

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