Nikon F Instruction Manual

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Production year 1959 (September)
40 pages, size 150x105mm, English
Printing code F3001(59.9.B) on the lower right corner of the rear cover
Front cover with syntax error «FULL AUTOMATIC REFLEX», large red Antiqua-F is bold
Back cover red, black NKT-logo, «NIPPON KOGAKU K.K.»
Wrong page numbering system (odd numbers on the left side)
Inside background color is lime green (nomenclature, contents, headlines)
Black headlines in caps/lower case on lime background
Figures showing body 6400001, 5cm f/2 lenses 520001, 520002, 520117, 520200
Page 17: screens type A, B and C
Page 21, line 3: the word «lines» is missing («... lens lines up with ...»)
Page 22: lenses 21/4, 28/3.5, 35/2.8, 50/2, 105/2.5, 135/3.5, 180/2.5, 250/4, 350/4.5 and 500/5
Page 27: motor drive without F on front side, motor rate given as 1.8 to 3.6 fps
Page 37: Fig.48 shows body with attached clip-on meter model 1 in the eveready case
Came with Nikon F 6405581

Nikon F Instruction Manual - F3001(59.9.B)