Nikon S3 6304862

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• Production year 1958
• First Nikon S3 body was #6300001
• Cloth shutter curtains
• Film guide rails with straight ends
• Film take-up spool with one slot only
• Self-timer lever with vertical groves
• Wind lever is cast with small tip, tip is machine hollowed out underneath
• Frame counter cover has only 3 concentric circles engraved on top
• Shutter speed dial is fixed by one single screw (near T and B marking)
• Rewind knob has a diameter of 17.3 mm, non-rotating tip of the folding crank, <EP> engraving
• Rewind fork has pointed tines (very sharp)
• Flash terminal type 1 (same as Nikon F)
• Neck strap eyelets without steel inserts
• Camera back same as type 1 back for Nikon F (but with less patent numbers inside)
• Came with Nikkor-S·C 5cm f/1.4 lens #403350

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