 Nikon F (black) | |
| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Maker | Nikon (Nippon Kogaku K. K.) |
| Type | 35mm SLR |
| Released | 1959 |
| Production | 1959-1973 |
| Lens | |
| Lens mount | Nikon F-mount |
| Sensor/medium | |
| Film format | 35 mm |
| Film size | 36 mm × 24 mm |
| Focusing | |
| Focus | manual |
| Exposure/metering | |
| Exposure | manual |
| Flash | |
| Flash | non-ISO hot shoe, or PC socket for off-camera flash |
| Shutter | |
| Shutter | mechanical |
| General | |
| Made in | Japan |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Nikon F2 |
The Nikon F camera, introduced in April 1959,[1] was Nikon's first SLR camera. It was one of the most advanced cameras of its day.[2] Although many of the concepts had already been introduced elsewhere, it was revolutionary in that it was the first to combine them all in one camera.[3] It was produced until October 1973 and was replaced by the Nikon F2. Aspects of its design remain in all of Nikon's subsequent SLR cameras, through the current Nikon F6 film and Nikon D6 digital models (which still share its Nikon F-mount for lenses). The "F" in Nikon F was selected from the term "re-f-lex", since the pronunciation of the first letter "R" is not available in many Asian languages.[4] That tradition was carried all the way through their top line of Nikon cameras until the introduction of the Nikon D1 (digital) cameras decades later.
Specially modified Nikon F cameras were used in space in the early 1970s aboard the Skylab space station.[5]
- ^ Nikon F Mir
- ^ Jone, Melanie (August 21, 2024). "Nikon F Review – Full Metal Jacket". High 5 Cameras.
- ^ Lothrop & Schneider, "The SLR Saga (part 2)," p 51. "in 1959, Nikon announced what was undoubtedly the most important SLR of its era–the legendary Nikon F. Although it did not embody any technological breakthroughs, it is generally credited as the cornerstone of the world's first professional caliber 35mm SLR system."
- ^ [imaging.nikon.com/history/chronicle/history-f/ Debut of Nikon F - Design philosophy of single-lens reflex camera Nikon F system], nikon.com, retrieved 1 March 2018
- ^ "Nikon – Imaging Products – Legendary Nikons / Vol. 12. Special titanium Nikon cameras and NASA cameras".