The original Nikon F
May 13, 2018 20:53:51 #
A great post from B&H. This should start a great discussion. IMHO the original Canon F-1 won out over the Nikon. Let the fun begin. 
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/amp/photography/hands-on-review/classic-camera-review-the-original-nikon-fs?utm_medium=Email%201672609&utm_campaign=Content&utm_source=WeeklyContent%20180512&utm_content=Explora&utm_term=classic-camera-review-the-original-nikon-fs&encEmail=34433932423235463533413237393846373946383832383936333135414436314435443938313333353743333345344130363632344441334246314332423234
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May 13, 2018 21:11:47 #
pounder35 wrote:
A great post from B&H. This should start a gre... (show quote)
That's your IMHO. To the majority of people the F1 didn't win out over Nikon. You have to wait until the EOS-1 was introduced.
May 13, 2018 21:12:50 #
BebuLamar wrote:
That's your IMHO. To the majority of people the F1 didn't win out over Nikon. You have to wait until the EOS-1 was introduced.
Exactly.
May 13, 2018 21:14:48 #
Pentax was the first SLR with instant return mirror and lever film advance....
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May 13, 2018 21:28:22 #
imagemeister wrote:
Pentax was the first SLR with instant return mirror and lever film advance....
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That may be true. However both the Leica (1954) and the Nikon S2 (1955) used this feature on their rangefinders before Asahi (Pentax) used it on a SLR. They had another first: the returning mirror.
May 13, 2018 21:29:52 #
Cany143
Loc: SE Utah
BebuLamar wrote:
That's your IMHO. To the majority of people the F1 didn't win out over Nikon. You have to wait until the EOS-1 was introduced.
Silly me. And all this time I thought I had at least one of every version of the Nikon F they'd made. Now I find that there was a cloth shutter version, as well? Oh noez! (I did enjoy the Canon 7s rangefinder I had, though. Almost as much as one of my Leica RFers.)
May 13, 2018 23:02:04 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
imagemeister wrote:
Pentax was the first SLR with instant return mirror and lever film advance......
The VP Exakta B had lever wind 17 years before the first Pentax SLR was introduced.
May 13, 2018 23:13:28 #
RWR wrote:
The VP Exakta B had lever wind 17 years before the first Pentax SLR was introduced.
Agree. The distinction meister made was the first SLR. The Exacta was a rangefinder.
May 13, 2018 23:22:03 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Agree. The distinction meister made was the first SLR. The Exacta was a rangefinder.
No, the Exacta may have been the first actual 35mm SLR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exakta
At least that's what I've always understood.
Andy
May 13, 2018 23:26:54 #
AndyH wrote:
No, the Exacta may have been the first actual 35mm SLR.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exakta
At least that's what I've always understood.
Andy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exakta
At least that's what I've always understood.
Andy
You are not wrong, we were initially discussing the single stroke film advance lever. The Exactas used a dial.... sorry for the confusion. I believe the initial comment that Pent@x was the first SLR with a lever advance by imagemeister is factual
May 13, 2018 23:29:20 #
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
You are not wrong, we were initially discussing the single stroke film advance lever. The Exactas used a dial.... sorry for the confusion. I believe the initial comment that Pent@x was the first SLR with a lever advance by imagemeister is factual
Yes, the Exacta used a knob advance. I'm thinking that maybe the incredible "Rectaflex" from postwar Italy, was the first SLR with a lever advance?
Andy
May 13, 2018 23:38:58 #
AndyH wrote:
Yes, the Exacta used a knob advance. I'm thinking that maybe the incredible "Rectaflex" from postwar Italy, was the first SLR with a lever advance?
Andy
Andy
Could be....
May 13, 2018 23:47:16 #
RWR
Loc: La Mesa, CA
LoneRangeFinder wrote:
Agree. The distinction meister made was the first SLR. The Exacta was a rangefinder.
The VP Exakta B was an SLR.
May 14, 2018 06:16:57 #
Still using my 51 year old F. The film advance was always a little quirky but everything else is (not was) great. I've worn out a few other cameras along the way.
Just sayin.
Just sayin.
May 14, 2018 06:19:20 #
pounder35 wrote:
A great post from B&H. This should start a gre... (show quote)
Interesting article. I love to read these historical papers on cameras.
Thank you.
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