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.»). Release cable compatibility: Multiple threads allow for Standard AR-3, AR-1, and AR-2 cables to be used. Nikon/Nikkor F Serial Numbers and Production Dates The Nikon F camera was produced between March 1959 and October 1973. Mirror Lock-up is accessible through lever on the upper left side of the lens base. 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. Black Nikkormat: FT3 serial-number prefiximage by This camera, released as the Nikomat FT3 in Japan, was released as the Nikkormat FT3 elsewhere.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. Metering: TTL, turned on when the film advance lever is flipped out 20 degrees. 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. 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.
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. This camera, released as the Nikomat FT3 in Japan, was released as the Nikkormat FT3 elsewhere. Black Nikkormat: FT3 serial-number prefix