1960 Nikon F
1960 Nikon F
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1960 Nikon F  is an early example of the Nikon's venerable first SLR. The early examples had a hollow advance lever as well as a stepped self timer lever with 12 diagonal grooves, a pentaprism finder known as an "eye-level" finder with a detachable light meter that couples witrh the shutter speed dial and the metering prong on the lens. This example has the Light Meter Model II with an ASA range of 6 to 4000 as well as a  Nippon Kogaku, Japan  Nikkor-S f1.4 / 58mm lens.  This is the camera that made the Nikon name synonymous with quality and reliability at an affordable cost, much to the dismay of Leica and Zeiss.