![]() When we think of Nikon, this is where things truly began. Its features include a focal plane shutter with speeds up to 1/1000 sec, depth-of-field preview, flash sync, a removable back for 36 and 250-exposure reels, while its 60+ year-old F-Mount survived into the digital era. Every existing Nikon SLR, DSLR and mirrorless camera since has taken some design cues from the Nikon F.įamously used to cover everything from the Vietnam war to NASA space programs (the F-Mount is the only ever lens mount used by NASA), the Nikon F is a reliable, bullet-proof modular 35mm camera with interchangeable screens and prisms, meaning it could be retrofitted with the latest tech, including advances in metering. Over 14 years, almost one-million Nikon F units were made, plus it was superseded by more advanced models over the following decades, during which Nikon enjoyed a virtual market dominance until the autofocus era. It became the definitive 35mm camera of the era and established the SLR as the future. But what the camera did was bring together all the best technology available at the time into a single, more affordable modular camera system. Was the Nikon F a new concept? Not entirely. ![]() In a time when most professional photographers had a Leica or Zeiss rangefinder in hand, Nikon launched its first SLR camera to market, the Nikon F. Why it's a classic: it was Nikon's watershed moment.
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