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Modern Classic SLRs Series :
Nikon F - Infrequent
Questions about the Nikon F
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Why infrequent? You can
do a count of the number of questions asked about the F on usenet -- everyone wants
to know everything about the F5 or the EOS-1n or the N90s/F90x or the Maxxum/Dynax
9000 (ok, so no one wants to know much about the Maxxum, more's the pity), but no
one wants to know anything about the F.
Caveat: This question-and-answer
business assumes that you know basic operating details and quirks of the F. All of
these are explained on other pages; I would recommend that you at least feel comfortable
with your F before proceeding.
Note: Issues
other than what you can find from this site, I encourage you to utilize the convenience
of the Message Board provided here in
this site instead.
What's
a Nikon F worth?
How
do you remove the prism?
How
do you remove the screen?
What
prisms are available?
What
metering options do I have with the F?
What
screens are available?
What's
a Nikon F Red Dot?
How
do you work the mirror lock-up on a F?
How
come my F has plastic tips on the wind lever?
How
do you use flashbulbs on the F?
What
should I look for in a used F?
What
size are the forbidden mercury cells?
What's
the significance of "Nippon Kogaku" markings?
How
would I use my Photomic on non-prong coupled objects?
How
do I motorise my F?
How
do I mount the 21f/4?
How
do I take multiple exposures?
Where
do I take my F to get fixed?
What's a Nikon F worth?
- Very roughly speaking,
as of October 1996, you can probably find a Nikon F body in decent shape without
any sort of prism for about $100-150 or so. Special models, like the Red Dot or others
go for a premium of up to maybe $1000 depending on rarity and condition, of course.
I'm not sure how many different models there are, but maybe the most collectible
model (good luck!) would be one of the F's built for NASA during the Apollo moon missions.
- How do you remove the
prism?
- On almost all bodies, it's
enough to just push the button on the back of the camera (near the rewind knob) in
with a thin object (pencil erasers are much better than thumbs at this, unless you
have one of the late-model F's with the "groove" cut out of the surrounding
ring or immensely strong nails). On the FTn prism, I think that you have to push
a lever towards the prism at the same time, but I have no personal experience.
- How do you remove the
screen?
- After you take off the
prism, keep the little silver button pushed in and turn the camera upside down over
some soft surface. Be very careful with the convex side -- it's made out of plastic
and scratches very easily.
- What prisms are available?
- There are four metering
prisms (next question), an "action finder" -- think of it as a super-HP
finder, a waist-level finder, the eyelevel prism, of course, and a 6x magnifying
finder. Note that if you take the "Nikon" nameplate off of the front of
the camera, you can use any of the F2 prisms, except for the metering prisms (F2
metering prisms use the camera body batteries, while F meter prisms use batteries
in the prism itself). Plus, you get the added cachet of not having the theft-tempting
"Nikon" nameplate on the front of your camera. On the other hand, I'm not
sure that thieves nowadays would really go after an F (distinctive, yes, but not
expensive-looking).
- What metering options
do I have with the F?
- You can use a handheld
meter, three clip-on (non-TTL) meters, a non-TTL meter prism, an averaging TTL meter
prism, a centerweighted TTL meter prism, or a centerweighted semiautomatic-indexing
TTL meter prism. Respectively, they are the meter-of-your-choice, Model III (and
I and II, probably), Photomic, T, Tn, and FTn prisms.
- Hey! You lied; I thought
these were supposed to be difficult questions?
- Eh, so sue me. I think
that the true test comes later, when the questions get slightly more difficult and
my answers less intelligible (but I am trying to re-edit this document).
- What screens are available?
- You can use the F and F2
screens interchangeably. Basically, all of Nikon's screens are available, including
the standard Type A, the etched-grid Type E, and various others, including some plain
Fresnel lenses, ground glasses, split-image rangefinders, microprisms, and various
combinations thereof. Yes, the Type A was standard issue on the F; the F2 came with
a Type K, which added a nice little microprism donut around the split-image rangefinder
(the RF always goes dark, anyways -- nice to have something to focus with).
- What's a Nikon F Red
Dot?
- The quick answer is that
it's a Nikon F body that originally came with an eyelevel prism when the Photomic
T was just introduced. The dot was an indication that the top plate casting had been
revised so that the slightly larger Photomic T could fit without modification.
- How do you work the
mirror lock-up (MLU) on a F?
- As a preliminary response,
let me say that the lock-up on an F is very kludge-y compared to that on an F2 or
even a Nikkormat. That aside, it's fairly easy to do, as long as you're not in a
hurry or didn't follow instructions well in grade school -- I know that I didn't.
The way that I've used the lockup is as follows:
- Wind the F, thus "priming"
the shutter for release.
- Focus and compose your
picture (unless you're using one of the mirror lock-up lenses, when you'd be using
an external finder, anyway). Your F is on a tripod, isn't it?
- Turn the ridge-y knob on
the bottom part of the lensmount's right side (the same side as the depth-of-field
preview button) counterclockwise until the black dot on the button lines up with
the red dot on the ring around the button (pocket full of posey, ashes, ashes ...).
- Press gently down on the
shutter release button, until you hear the mirror go up. Incidentally, if you push
the shutter release slowly when you haven't lined up the two dots in step 3, the
mirror will always fire up before the shutter is released -- great if you want to
get rid of some vibration for long-exposure hand-held shots (1/4-1/30 sec). This
is comparable to obtaining a focus lock with an AF camera through the shutter release.
- Now that the mirror is
locked up, you can either put on one of the mirror lock-up lenses or you can go ahead
and squeeze the button down the rest of the way to release the shutter.
- If you don't want
any more pictures to with the mirror locked-up, turn the ridge-y knob of step 3 clockwise
to line up the two black dots before winding the film for another shot. If
the camera is wound, you'll just have to live with another shot with the lockup.
-
As a side note, the hurried
technique that results in a frame being wasted is:
- Turn the ridge-y knob to
line up the black and red dots.
- Take a picture (wind and
release). The mirror will go up for the exposure and stay up; this is the "wasted"
frame.
- Now (assuming that you
composed carefully for the previous picture and had the camera on a tripod so that
you didn't move it significantly) take as many pictures as you'd like with the MLU.
- Forget to turn the knob
back to line up the two black dots and wind the film ahead anyway. Curse the design,
turn the ridge-y knob, take a picture. This time, the mirror comes back down after
the exposure. I guess that this, too, is a "wasted" frame.
-
Compare this to the F2
procedure for MLU:
- Push in the depth-of-field
preview button and turn the little collar around it clockwise. The mirror will go
up, regardless of whether you wound the camera or not, and you don't have to carefully
half-squeeze the shutter release.
- Turn the collar back counterclockwise.
The mirror will go down, regardless of whether the shutter is "primed"
or not.
- How come my F has (lacks)
plastic tips on the wind and self-timer levers?
- The plastic tips are mainly
cosmetic introductions in the last years of F production, when the F2 had been introduced.
On a sheer comfort level, I'd have to say that the F2's plastic-tipped winding lever
is a lot more comfortable than that of my F (scratches my glasses less -- I'm left-eyed,
but part of the comfort is the much better smoothness in the F2's wind and the shorter
stroke), but the all-metal levers are nice in that they're reminiscent of the S-series
rangefinders. Besides, the all-metal levers are gracefully curved to fit around the
shutter release button, while the plastic-tipped ones aren't. Different strokes for
different folks, I guess. Sorry; I couldn't resist.
- Why don't you organize
this page any better?
- I'm lazy. I have research
(sleeping in the library) to do, too.
- How do you use flashbulbs
on the F?
- The first thing to know
is that you can use flashbulbs, given one of the BC-series of flashguns. The second
thing to know is how to set the delay on firing the PC-socket. This delay is set
by lifting up on the outer ring of the shutter-speed dial and turning so that different
symbols and letters show up in the window just in "front" of the shutter
speed dial. Note that you need to take off any Photomic metering head (or the Model
meters) before doing so, in order to access the shutter speed dial. Some flashbulbs
will let you take pictures that "sync" at 1/1000 of a second, because their
flash duration is typically longer than 1/1000. Personally, if you need a "sync"
that high, you might be better off with an electronic flash (durations typically
from 1/700 - 1/30 000), but I'll admit that there's some benefit to being able to
fire at such a high shutter speed -- that way, you get to make sure that nothing
in the background is too blurry, or have a nice fill effect on sunny days. Plus,
although flashbulbs are single-use devices, their light output is exceeded only by
the very largest of electronic flashes.
+-----------------------------------------+------------------------+
| Flash Bulb | Shutter Speed |
+-----+-----------------------------------+ |
| | Make +-+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| +--------+--------+--------+--------+1| | | | | | | | | | | |
|Class| G.E. | | | |0|5|2|1| | | | | | | | |
| |Westing-|Sylvania| Mazda | West |0|0|5|2| |3|1| | | | | |
| | house | | | |0|0|0|5|60|0|5|8|4|2|1|B|
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+-+-+-+-+--+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| FP | PH/6 | Type | No.6 | No.6 | #1 |#2| #3 |
| | | FP/26 | No.6Z | No.6Z | | | |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+--+-------------+
| | | | F1 | SM | | | |
| F | PH/SM | Type SF| F3 | SF | % |#5| #4 |
| | | | F5 | SS | | | |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+-+-----+--+-------------+
| | | | Press | M5 |%| #1 |#2| #3 |
| +--------+--------+--------+--------+-+---+-+--+-------------+
| | PH/5 |Press 25| No.3 | No.3 | |#| | |
| M | AG-1 | AG-1 | No.5 | AG-1 | % |1|#2| #3 |
| | M5 | M25 | Z5 |Z-Press | | | | |
| +--------+--------+--------+--------+-----+-+--+-------------+
| | PH/M2 |Type M2 | No.0 | No.0 | % | #3 |
| | | | 2-M | MX.0 | | |
+-----+--------+--------+--------+--------+-------+--+-------------+
| X | All Electronic Flashes | % | #4 |
+-----+-----------------------------------+-------+----------------+
Key:
#1 = green dot #4 = red F, red X
#2 = red dot #5 = white dot, red F
#3 = red dot, red F % = unuseable (no symbol)
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According to the Nikon-Nikkormat
Handbook (J.D. Cooper), the socket of the BC-7 is designed to accept three types
of miniature bulbs: S.C. bayonet base, minature base, and AG-1; the bulbs specifically
recommended are FP 6, FP 26, M3, and AG-1 (in that order), along with the blue-coated
versions of them (e.g. they have a "B" suffix: FP 6B, FP 26B, etc.). The
blue-coated bulbs are required for daylight-balanced film, as the uncoated bulbs
are tungsten bulbs (and therefore require either black and white or tungsten-balanced
film).
-
William Fleming
sells flashbulbs, as does Bill
Cress. I have had
no dealings with them in the past, so I can give no recommendations (either for or
against), but Mr. Cress, at least, seems to be a fairly frequent contributor to rec.photo.marketplace. You could probably ask him more
technical questions regarding flashbulbs and flashbulb equipment in general.
- The battery required is
the Eveready 504 (equivalent: Duracell M504), a 15V dry-cell battery. You can order
this through Radio
Shack through their
special-order service, Radio Shack Unlimited. The part number is "RSU 10048510"
and it costs $6.19 US. Mr. Cress also sells this battery. Varta sells an alkaline
battery (the V74PX) that fits, although alkalines are specifically not recommended
by J.D. Cooper in the N-N'mat H'book. Many thanks to John Laughlin
for his help with batteries.
- What should I look for
in a used F?
- It's usually a matter of
what you should look out for. As with all cameras, check to see that the mirror-damping
strip isn't too badly degraded (it's the thin foam bumper on the top of the mirror
box that the tip of the mirror strikes when it fires up). If it is, though, it's
a fairly easy fix, but I'd recommend taking it to a shop, where they'd be in charge
of cleaning all of the little foam bits out of your camera after the deed is done.
You also want to make sure that there are very few scratches in the screen of the
F. Although not damaging to its photographic ability, it certainly is annoying to
gaze through various lines as you're trying to compose. There are enough F's out
there that you shouldn't have to settle for the first one you find. Pop off the prism
and look at the screen itself -- the top side (convex) is made of plastic and scratches
rather easily. While you're at it, you might as well check out the prism and make
sure that there aren't any silvering problems or chips in the glass -- all of these
are annoying to deal with when looking through the camera, but keep in mind that
they're not fundamentally damaging to the picture-taking ability of the camera, just
your view.
Next, you'll want to make
sure that the mechanics are working fine: try out all of the shutter speeds, and
"time" them by ear to make sure that they're all at least fairly reasonable
(i.e., 1/8th shouldn't sound like 1/125). If the speeds seem to drag a bit, run through
each speed about twenty times to see if it's not just semi-dried lubricants; F's
are marvelously tough and often a slow shutter can be helped by giving it a small
workout. Lock the mirror up and fire off a shot to make sure that the mirror lock
works properly. Before you release the mirror-lock, take off the back and look through
the shutter (or try to) when holding the camera up to a strong light source -- you
shouldn't see any pinpoint holes. Advance the film and check the other shutter curtain
carefully for holes.
-
Nikon F Photomic heads have
a fairly poor reputation for reliability, as they relied upon the universally reviled
"ring resistor" to communicate lens aperture to the meter. Basically, it
was a poorly-sealed ceramic plate that is irreplaceable if it gets dirty (and scratched)
or cracked. Actually, I have been told that there is an outfit (below, in one of
the later questions) that is able to replace this resistor, but I am not sure if
it would be economical or not. You want to make sure that a Photomic head does not
have a "jumpy" meter movement when moving through the aperture ranges,
which indicates a dirty ring resistor and probable eventual failure. Of course, this
is assuming that you have a forbidden (well, at least in the US) mercury battery
set in the finder, or a reasonable placebo for them (Wein makes cells with the proper
voltage and size, and you can always get a repairman to calibrate your finder to
run off of alkalines). Wouldn't you really rather have a hand-held meter and an eyelevel
prism and feel like a studly photojournalist from the mists of the past?
- No. But I was asking
the questions, right?
- Right. Sorry. Got carried
away.
- So what size are these
verboten cells?
- As far as I know, they're
PX625 (or equivalent) mercury cells -- I need to check again, though. You might be
able to find the Wein cells, but Phillippe Ducor
warns me that they only last about two to three months. In one of the more recent
(11 or 12/96) issues of Popular Photography, they introduced an adaptor for
silver oxide batteries that regulated their voltage to conform to that of mercury
batteries; as I remember, it was slightly pricey, but it just might be the only game
in town for mercury-powered items.
Slightly more recent update
on the adapter: try looking at C.R.I.S. Camera's website, or, more specifically,
at the
MR-9 Adapter. Current
(1998) price is about $30 US and it lets you use standard MS76 silver cells (pick
'em up at your local Radio Shack for $2 US). I haven't tried it yet, but am sort
of looking to get a smaller, more bang-e-able camera (a'la Olympus 35RC, Canonet
QL17 GIII) that does take mercury cells. Then again, for about the same price, you
could get a repairman to recalibrate your meter; both are reasonably permanent solutions.
- What's the significance
of the "Nippon Kogaku Tokyo" marking on the top plate of the camera?
- Nikon switched the die-stamper
on their lines around about 1965-ish (I'm not sure exactly when) from "N.K.T."
to "Nikon" for the top plate. I know for sure that a 674468x has the "N.K.T."
on the top plate, and that a (probably) later 68xxxxx has "Nikon" instead.
Basically, it just means that your camera is older than the general Nikon F, but
a better way to tell would be via the s erial number (which does not correspond
to the actual date of manufacture -- the 640xxxx's were made in 1959 and the 74xxxxxx
were made in 1972.
- How would I use my Photomic/T/Tn/FTn
on a bellows (or with non-prong coupled lenses)?
- You need to slide the prong
all the way to the right of the prism (i.e., towards the lens-mount button, not the
DOF button) and employ stop-down metering. For those of you without FTn's, you also
need to set your film ASA to correspond to the red dot on the ASA/max-aperture indexing
ring (that being the red dot that's to the left of "1.4", not the red dot
that indicates that you have one of the nice bodies that didn't need major surgery
to fit a Photomic T). The renowned Red Dot, by the way, should be next to the serial
number.
- When I'm doing TTL flash
exposure at a 1:1 macro ratio, do I need to dial in the two stops of exposure compensation,
or will the sensor take care of that for me?
- Whoa! You must have a F3
(or later), which actually does TTL flash exposure. If, on the other hand, you have
to calculate macro compensations manually, the simple answer is that your effective
aperture becomes (1 + M)*indicated aperture. So at 1:2, or half of life-size, you
need to open up one stop and at 1:1, you need to open up two stops. (and the answer
to the question is no, the TTL sensor will take care of your exposure, including
whatever filtering effects, etc. are in place).
- So are you some sort
of camera Luddite, then? What's the deal with having an F in the first place, and
why do you use such outdated technology?
- Well, for one thing, my
investment has been cast, for better or worse, on an eclectic collection of non-AI
and AI lenses (I do own a nifty IF-ED 300f/4.5 AI-S, though). If I were to upgrade
to AF tomorrow, I'd have to punt nearly all of the lenses to realize any sort of
benefit from autofocussing. Besides which, my eyes are sound enough to do manual
focus, despite having worn glasses most of my life. At the time I bought the F, I
was a starving student (actually, I still am, but my money is going to the wrong
place -- lenses -- rather than food) and the F had the critical features I wanted
-- fully mechanical, 1 to 1/1000 shutter speeds, durable, 100% viewfinder -- at a
price less than an FM or FM2 (which I was also looking for). I did not consider Nikkormat,
partly out of ignorance and partly because of the somewhat unusual control layout.
I'd rather throw my money at lenses than at the light-tight box that holds the film.
On the other hand, I do miss some features, such as a built-in light meter and TTL
flash metering, but not as much as you might think. I have gotten enough practice
metering with a hand-held meter, mostly incident-averaging, that I now tend to distrust
built-in meters; although it slows me down, it helps me concentrate on what mood
I want to convey as well as the composition required -- I find photography more of
a contemplative art than one best solved by throwing film at it until you get one
you like.
- How do I motorise my
F?
Nikon made two different
motorised backs for the F, the F36 and the F250, which, as the names imply, take
up to 36 and 250 exposures, respectively. Both of these motors slip on and off the
F just like the regular back, i.e. they're not things that you screw into the tripod
socket, like the MD-2 and MD-4. Both of these motors require some kind of a power
pack and a modification to the F body itself. As box-stock, the F has no couplings
to the motor, like the F2 and F3 do (i.e., no little swivel-plates and levers and
other gizmos); you need to add what's becoming known as a "F Motor Drive Plate",
which replaces the bottom of your camera (not the back, but the bottom inside the
camera casting) with a bottom that has the added levers and gizmos. There is a chance
that the F will not synchronize properly, even with the added plate, so you'd have
to find a technician to get the F to synchronize. After you've added the plate and
the motor, you need to track down either the corded pack (uses 8 "C" size
batteries and works with either the F36 or F250), the cordless pack (uses 8 "AA"
batteries, for the F36 only), or one of the innumerable cordless packs that were
made in the early sixties, before Nikon finally made the cordless pack. The F36 has
a "countdown" timer, which counts down the number of frames that you can
shoot (settable anywhere from 36 to 0), a shutter release on the back of the drive,
and a "firing rate converter" which lets you select the speed of the drive,
based on the shutter speed of the camera -- this is needed so that the drive motors
don't try to rip out the shutter-speed gears every time you try to take, say, 1-second
exposures at 4 frames per second. The cord and cordless packs both add another firing
button, along with a L/S/C collar which sets the firing mode of the drive to lock/single/continuous
shot. I think that there's a L/S/C collar on the back of the F36 as well, but I'm
not sure. The neat thing about the cordless pack is that you can still use your self-timer
lever -- something that's impossible with the MD-2 mounted on an F2. Unfortunately,
that's about the only advantage that the F36/cordless has on an MD-2/MB-1: all F2's
are synchronized for a motor, and the absolute worst surgery that needs to be done
(when mounting an MD-1 or -2) is the removal of the O/C key on the bottom of the
F2 (which can be done with a dime in half a minute or so). The MD-3 requires no surgery
at all, since it (and the F36) lacks a power rewind.
- How do I mount that
#%@$ 21f/4?
The 21f/4 is one of
those oddball mirror lock-up lenses. In addition, the rear element is not completely
circular -- it started off being round, but then Nikon decided that they had to take
a sliver back, so that they could clear the back of the mirror as you put the lens
on. Of course, if you can't take the rear cap off, all this is moot. Because of the
un-round rear element, the lens has an additional prong to make sure that the lens
is oriented in the right direction. Because of the prong, which happens to overlap
one of the three bayonet "teeth", you can't just flick the rear cap on
and off as is usual. Assuming that your lens has been stored at infinity focus, you
need to turn the lens itself so that the focus mark is not at the infinity focus
mark -- I'm not sure where it ends up (maybe around 3 feet or so?), but you need
to do this so that the additional prong lines up with one of the bayonet teeth --
then you can lock up the mirror, put the lens on, and shoot away with great delight.
By the way, as far as I know, the F and F2 are the only Nikon bayonets that will
take the 21f/4, as their mounts contain the proper tab to engage the extra prong
-- other cameras, including the F3, do not have it. So, should you decide to spend
$1000 US on an obsolete (singlecoated but superb, small, and symmetric) wideangle,
plan on budgeting another $100-300 for a nice F or F2.
- How would I take a multiple
exposure with the F?
The F doesn't have as
nice of a multiple exposure (ME) facility as does the F3, or even the F2, but taking
ME's is not as big of a chore as mirror
lock-up can be.
The as-yet untested answer is to
- take the first picture
normally
- wind the film as usual
- turn the A/R collar around
the shutter release to "R" (for rewind) -- note that the mirror will flip
up at this point, so don't panic into thinking that the camera is taking pictures
on its own
- rewind the film carefully
back a frame by watching the motion of the little line in the middle of the shutter
speed dial -- it makes one complete rotation for every frame
- turn the shutter release
back to "A" and take the second exposure (and repeat steps 2-5 as often
as desired)
-
What about exposure? My
rule-of-thumb is for a multiple exposure incorporating N exposures, decrease each
exposure from properly-exposed by N-1 stops (i.e., for a double-exposed frame, decrease
the exposure of each shot by one stop). It's best to experiment and bracket, though.
- Where do I get my F
repaired?
Generally, I don't like
to give out specific recommendations, but I've received input from several sources
on this, so I'll just leave with the disclaimer that I have not used any of the following
shops and that you do so at your own risk (but other people have had good experiences
with them, so you should feel reasonably comfortable). Probably a better source to
consult would be the Alpa Resources Page (and if you know anything about
the jewel-like Alpas, anyone able to fix an Alpa should be able to fix just about
any camera out there ...).
For general problems, such
as shutter or wind mechanism repair, etc., you will want to try (from the Camera
Repair Resource Guide,
(c)1994-1997 by R. Lee Hawkins):
- Professional Camera
Repair Service
- 37 W. 47th Street #902
New York, NY 10036
(212)382-0550
- Essex Camera Service,
Inc.
- 100 Amor Avenue
Carlstadt, NJ 07072
(201)933-7272
Essex
Website
- Photography on Bald
Mountain
- 113 Bald Mountain
(or P.O. Box 113)
Davenport, CA 95017
(408)423-4465
More specifically, if you
have a problem with your ring resistor, you might want to try:
- Cleaning
the Ring Resistor
Southeast Camera
Repair
- 6300 Jimmy Carter Blvd
Norcross, GA 30071
(770)441-7700
Many thanks to Tyler Knapp,
who has used this repair shop and wanted to share it with everyone.
I deeply appreciate Hayao
Tanabe's efforts
in correcting my rumors about the Red Dot model. Dave Hoag
helped me pin down the N.K.T. marking to a few serial numbers.
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MF Zoom-Nikkor Lenses: 25~50mm | 28~45mm | 28~50mm | 28~85mm | 35~70mm | 36~72mm E | 35~85mm | 35~105mm | 35~135mm | 35~200mm | 43~86mm | 50~135mm | 50~300mm | 70~210mm E | 75~150mm E | 80~200mm | 85~250mm | 100~300mm | 180~600mm | 200~400mm | 200~600mm | 360~1200mm | 1200~1700mm
Tele-Converters: TC-1 | TC-2 | TC-200 | TC-201 | TC-300 | TC-301 | TC-14 | TC-14A | TC-14B | TC-14C | TC-14E | TC-16 | TC-16A | TC-20E
Recommended links to understand more technical details
related to the Nikkor F-mount and production Serial Number:
http://www.zi.ku.dk/personal/lhhansen/photo/fmount.htm by: Hansen,
Lars Holst
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/nikonfmount/lens2.htm
http://www.photosynthesis.co.nz/nikon/serialno.html
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Credit: Hiura Shinsaku® from
Nikomat Club of Japan for feeding some useful inputs on the introductory page.
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Holland for his continuous flow of input of early Nikon bodies. Stephen Gandy's Cameraquest; Marc Vorgers from Holland for
his additinal images on Nikon F Apollo; Hayao Tanabe
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