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As with the F2, the TTL and the AE circuit were incorporated into the interchangeable Photomic viewfinder. It also adopted new technologies, like the electronically controlled focal-plane shutter, as standard features.
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It kept the interchangeable viewfinder, which was also used in the F2. This feature had been slated to be part of the camera from early in the F3's development.įollowing the completion of the initial plan, the actual development of the F3 started in 1973. The F3, however, did not include electronic shutter control in order to follow the trend. The Nikkormat(Nikomat) EL, an earlier AE SLR released in 1972 (one year following the debut of the Nikon F2), also adopted the electronically controlled shutter.Įlectronic control of SLR camera shutters has become the norm rather than the exception. This ensures more accurate camera operation.
#Nikon f2 viewfinder series#
These two(2) features were also adopted by the Nikon F3.Īlso, since F Series cameras rely rather heavily on the external motor drive, the shutter movement and film advance should be done electronically instead of mechanically. The Nikon F2 Series has already tried to incorporate automatic exposure and accurate long-time exposure by adopting 1) the "EE Control Unit" Series, which enables shutter-priority AE, and 2) mechanical long-time exposure using the self-timer. However, this was based on the assumption that, in the future, automatic exposure would become a significant factor even in profesionally oriented SLR cameras. It was quite obvious that the automatic exposure function would not be welcomed initially.
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(now known as Nikon Corporation) planned to incorporate the automatic exposure (AE) function by the electronically controlled shutter into the F3. There were practically no requests made to include the automatic exposure function in the F2. The two(2) advantages of the electronically controlled shutter are 1) automatic exposure (AE), and 2) its ability to hold an accurate long-time exposure. The development of the F3 began with a question regarding the electronically controlled focal-plane shutter, which was the latest technology at that time - "How can we make use of the electronically controlled shutter to simplify the use of the camera and its functions ?". Hence, the Development Section decided to show a "significant improvement" in the next model, the Nikon F3. However, some critics said that the new model represented only "conservative improvements" (although it was actually a full-scale model change - we'll discuss that in the next issue). of 1971, and it has enjoyed a degree of success rivaling that of its predecessor.