Nikon F Series Guestbook/Message Board

1. From : Tony (Bonelloag@aol.com)
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Date : 10:47 AM Wednesday 01 February, 2012

Hi I have owened nikons since 1970 and love them. I was looking on Ebay and saw a ftn black body "apollo". I have never heard of an apollo. is there such a modell and if so how can you if it is? Some help, please.

2. From : Rick Oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 11:46 PM Sunday 01 January, 2012

Hi Duane:

The highest serial number Nikon F I've owned was #7441009, so your 7450xxx isn't totally out of line.

These were the last series of Nikon F, produced in the summer and fall of 1973. They are often referred to as "Apollo" cameras, and are distinguished by having a plastic tip on the wind lever and a plastic self timer lever. There is a complete serial number listing here:

http://www.destoutz.ch/typ_production_data_f.html

3. From : Rick Oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 11:41 PM Sunday 01 January, 2012

Hi James:

You might try the directory of repair services at

http://acecam.com/srindex.html

4. From : Duane (duane@m-i-s.com)
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Date : 01:40 PM Thursday 22 December, 2011

Hello,
I have just received an all black Nikon F Series Camera with a Nikkor F1.4 S.C lens. I was trying to research the history and the S/N appears to be above the manufactured range, it is in the series of 7450xxx. I am trying to research the age and exact model.

Can anybody help me.

5. From : James Roberts (smallrichard5@yahoo.com)
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Date : 10:28 PM Tuesday 13 December, 2011

Could you please tell me where I can get the meter for my Nikon F repaired?

6. From : rouzey (rouzey4529@gmail.com)
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Date : 04:24 AM Saturday 15 October, 2011

Dear sir: Thank you very much. I have a Nikon F series body #7014717,with a FTN view finder#532782.I will be grateful if you could tell me the year that each one were made. Also i need a service center in England to give my lovely Nikon a good cleaning and service. I currently am in Iran. I have sent the camera to friends in London. They are totally lost where to send it. I enjoy my Nikon very much and i need to take pictures with it.Through her lens i can see what i normally am blind to. I thank you for creating this channel to communicate. rouzey

7. From : mike glenn (mpollet1865@hotmail.com)
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Date : 08:05 AM Tuesday 30 August, 2011

I have a Nikkormat FT 4279080

Lense is a, Nikkor N Auto 1 2.8 f=24mm 333413

is this a wide angle lense? please can anyone tell me what this camera is worth?

thank you, mike

8. From : Melody (melodyidol@gmail.com)
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Date : 04:28 AM Friday 29 July, 2011

I have a Nikkor F photomic camera with a 55mm 1.2 nippon kogaku lens. I have listed it on ebay for cheap and have gotten quite a bit of interest which made me wonder if it was worth more than I thought. I don't know if anyone has the time to let me know what the worth might be? It's in good, working condition, with cosmetic wear. The prism on the front says Nikkor, not Nikon and the same engraving is underneath it. Thanks so much!

9. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
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Date : 12:09 PM Saturday 04 June, 2011

Hi Bill:

It's late at night and maybe I'm not thinking clearly... I can't think of a reason for the aperture scale on the shutter speed dial to be reversed from one camera to another, it seems that would cause problems. If you've got one, obviously there was a way that it worked out okay. Perhaps the numbers on the ASA scale went in opposite directions on those 2 cameras?

The purpose of that scale is for you to tell the light meter what the maximum aperture of the lens is. With TTL metering (which was a brand new problem with the T finder), the light meter is seeing the light coming through the lens - in the case of the Nikons, the lens is at full-open aperture for viewing and metering. The early Nikons had no internal linkages to do that, the meter-coupling fork on the lens is mounted at f/5.6 regardless of the top speed of the lens... so if your meter is looking through an f/2 lens, it's seeing twice as much light as it would be through an f/2.8 under the same conditions. Some cameras had 2 dials, one to set ASA and a second to set your lens speed... in the Nikon this was combined so that you set your ASA number against the index of the speed of your lens.

Either way, the important thing to remember is that you must CHANGE this setting whenever you change lenses, unless your lenses are all the same speed. If you forget, your exposures will be off. This process was semi-automated in the FTN finder, with which you racked the lens back and forth through all apertures immediately after mounting and this set the meter to match the lens. It was not fully automated until the AI system was introduced in 1977.

10. From : Bill Lucas (billly.lucas@gmail.com)
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Date : 04:01 AM Saturday 21 May, 2011

Question on Photomic T Finder.
When lifting the milled ring to set ASA film speed I noticed the f stops engraved on the edge are opposite from those pictured in the instruction manual. The manual shows 4.5 to 1.4 left to right whereas my ring is 1.4 to 4.5. Also, this is not easily set as the lifting and turning is sloppy; and advice?
Is the instruction manual photo reversed or am I in the mirror universe?
What exactly does this accomplish - some sort of diaphragm adjustment?

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