An Untintended Grail Camera Purchase: Early Production Black Nikon F
I stopped by Burlington Camera a few weeks ago to get some colour film processed, only I usually don't walk out with just my negatives, well this time, I walked out with a grail. Yes, it was an impulse purchase but one that I'm pleased with
I'm a sucker for the Nikon F, I have two metered bodies and two eye level prism heads. I don't own a black Nikon F, these cameras are a little rarer on the collector market as Nikon made most of their F's in chrome. Nikon Camera collectors love early and late production examples, and I got lucky with this Nikon as its serial number starts with 640 which means it was made within the first year of production, in my case, January 1960. So not only I got a Nikon F that's black but also an early serial number. The film advance and self-timer levers were correct to the camera, the prism was super clean but the back came from a later production run, but that's ok.
My black F works flawlessly. That can be attributed to the previous owner, a photojournalist who bought this camera new and kept his gear in good working order.
Camera: Nikon F, Nikkor H 50 f2 lens.
Film: Fomapan 400, HC110 B.
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I'm a sucker for the Nikon F, I have two metered bodies and two eye level prism heads. I don't own a black Nikon F, these cameras are a little rarer on the collector market as Nikon made most of their F's in chrome. Nikon Camera collectors love early and late production examples, and I got lucky with this Nikon as its serial number starts with 640 which means it was made within the first year of production, in my case, January 1960. So not only I got a Nikon F that's black but also an early serial number. The film advance and self-timer levers were correct to the camera, the prism was super clean but the back came from a later production run, but that's ok.
My black F works flawlessly. That can be attributed to the previous owner, a photojournalist who bought this camera new and kept his gear in good working order.
Camera: Nikon F, Nikkor H 50 f2 lens.
Film: Fomapan 400, HC110 B.
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