Nikon F3AF

OBJECT TYPE: Camera
MANUFACTURER: Nikon
NATIONALITY: Japanese
PLACE MANUFACTURED: Japan
INTRODUCTION DATE: October 1982
PRODUCTION DATES: 1983
FILM TYPE: 35mm rollfilm
IMAGE SIZE: 24 x 36mm
FUNCTIONAL TYPES:
  SLR
  35mm autofocus
STANDARD LENSES/SHUTTERS: 80mm f2.8 & 200mm f3.5
INTERCHANGEABLE LENS: Yes    INTEGRATED SHUTTER: Yes

NOTES:
  "Nikon's first autofocus SLR, introduced at October 1982 Photokina.
  Historically, this camera fits between early "experimental" autofocus
  SLRs from other makers and the first "standardized" Nikon autofocus
  camera, the 1986 N2020. F3AF is "modern" in its use of TTL rather than
  external focus measurement, and phase detection rather than contrast
  detection. However, its use of in-lens motors groups it with the ear-
  lier types, making it incompatible with standard Nikon AF lenses.
  Electronic focusing system uses DX-1 autofocus finder (the world's
  first interchangeable autofocus finder) and dedicated lenses. DX-1
  finder can be used as a focusing aid on F3 and F3HP, but not for auto-
  focusing. Likewise, F3AF gives finder-aided focusing for manual focus
  lenses. Dedicated lenses such as 80mm f2.8 and 200mm f3.5 incorporate
  tiny motors receiving signals and electronic power from the finder."
  (McKeown: 332)

OBJECT IDENTIFIER: N719.00025

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: McKeown, Jim & McKeown, Joan. --McKeown's Price Guide to Antique & Classic Cameras: 1995-1996.-- Grantsburg, WI: Centennial Photo, 1994. pp332.//