Nikon SP 6200289

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Production year 1957
289th Nikon SP body produced
(first Nikon SP body was #6200001)
Cloth shutter curtains (Habutae silk shutter)
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, tip of the folding crank is non-rotating
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 #391368
Came with Nikon Clip-on Exp. Meter #958213