Nikon FT3 instruction manual - English at at M.
The self-timer lasts 8-10 seconds when fully wound it is not cancelable. Release cable compatibility: Multiple threads allow for Standard AR-3, AR-1, and AR-2 cables to be used. It is still possible to use non-AI lenses through use. Manufactured from 1977 to 1979, this was the first Nikomat camera to use AI lenses thanks to wider and newer lens availability, this makes it a more attractive choice today than its predecessors. Mirror Lock-up is accessible through lever on the upper left side of the lens base. This camera, released as the Nikomat FT3 in Japan, was released as the Nikkormat FT3 elsewhere. Film speeds from ASA 12 to 1600 are selected on the lower portion of the shutter speed adjustment ring. A usable modern-day battery is the Energizer EPX76. Viewable through viewfinder, and on the top of the body next to the film rewind lever.
#Nikkormat ft serial numbers serial numbers#
The very first serial number was 6400001 and the last serial number was 7451052 (Peter Braczko, Nikon Pocket Book, July 1994, page 4-7: «The last serial numbers of the Nikon F production are 7451048 in chrome and 7451052 in black finish.»). Metering: TTL, turned on when the film advance lever is flipped out 20 degrees. Nikon/Nikkor F Serial Numbers and Production Dates The Nikon F camera was produced between March 1959 and October 1973.
It's got the shutter speed display in the viewfinder, no flash mount, the light meter in the viewfinder has plus/minus markings, and it's got the 'FT N' markings near the light meter on the top panel, next to the film rewind crank. Due to the redirection of SLR user requirements towards more compact cameras (such as the Olympus OM1 and Pentax MX), the Nikkormat FT3 barely lasted for two years, until 1979, to be replaced by the FM. Based on websites, that doesn't fit the series for the FTN. The camera is rugged (as are the other mechanical-shutter Nikomat models) and is basically identical to its predecessor, the FT2, except for the automatic maximum aperture indexing (AI) system for lens-body meter coupling. Six years after the introduction of the professional F, the introduction of the Nikomat in 1965 allowed Nikon to attract many more customers. It is still possible to use non-AI lenses through use of the stop-down button to close aperture manually. This camera, released as the Nikomat FT3 in Japan, was released as the Nikkormat FT3 elsewhere. Black Nikkormat: FT3 serial-number prefix