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Model Nikon S3
| Release date in Japan |
1958-03-01 |
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| Discontinuation date |
1967-03 |
| Price in Japan | 1958-03
127,500 yen (with Case, 5cm f/1.1) 86,000 yen (with Case, 5cm f/1.4) 1958-06 71,500 yen (with Case, 5cm f/2) 1959-03-21 96,800 yen (with 5cm f/1.1) 71,800 yen (with 5cm f/1.4) 59,800 yen (with 5cm f/2) 1965-08 71,400 yen (with 50mm f/1.4) |
| Camera type | Focal-plane Coupled rangefiner 35mm camera |
| Film format | 135 |
| Picture size | 24 x 36mm |
| Dimensions (W x H x D)(approx.) | 136 x 79.5 x 43.5mm |
| Weight (approx.) | 580 g |
| Finder construction | Albada type |
| Finder magnification (approx.) | 1.0 x |
| Finder frame | Bright frame for 3.5cm, 5cm, 10.5cm lenses fixed |
| Frame coverage (approx.) | 90 % |
| Focusing | Coupled rangefinder |
| Range finder base length | 60 mm |
| Effective base length (approx.) | 60 mm |
| Shutter type | Horizontal-travel focal-plane shutter |
| Shutter curtain | Rubberized silk cloth ("Habutae" silk) |
| Shutter speed setting | One axis non-rotary dial |
| Shutter speeds | T, B, 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/15, 1/30, 1/60, 1/125, 1/250, 1/500, 1/1000 |
| Flash sync. contact | JIS B7102 type sync. terminal and exclusive flash sync. contact in front of Accessory shoe (FP - X) |
| Self-timer | Available |
| Film advance | Lever (Winding angle 136.5 degree) (Wound in single stroke or series of strokes) |
| Film rewind | A-R ring and crank knob |
| Frame counter | Automatic reset |
| Note | Black body available, Can be coupled with "Nikon meter" |
| Accessories | Case (2,200 yen) |
| Special mention item |
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| Planned as the successor of "Nikon S2" (1954). Basic model of "Nikon SP" (1958) series (= "Nikon SP / S3 / S4 (1954) / S3M (1960)"). Finder was Albada type, and bright frames for 3.5, 5 and 10.5 cm lenses were fixed (with parallax compensation mark, not automatic compensation). Since Nikon S3 had bright finder frame for 3.5 cm lens, Nippon Kogaku K.K. changed the finder magnification from 1.0 x to 0.9 x around the autumn of 1958. The material of shutter curtain was rubberized silk cloth even after the release of "Nikon F" (1959), but was changed to titanium at the time of recommencing the production in 1965-08 as mentioned below. Discontinued in 1960-10, but recommenced the production in 1965-08 in limited quantity. Black body only was sold at that time. The price of the camera with Nikkor-S 50mm f/1.4 lens was 71,400- Japanese Yen.
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