![]() ![]() One advantage that the rangefinder did not have was the ability to work well with lenses with focal lengths greater than 135mm. These two things made the SLR downright cumbersome when compared to its relatively athletic rangefinder compeers. Nor did cameras and lenses feature automatic diaphragm control that mechanically opened the lens aperture to its maximum when attached to the camera body. Early SLR cameras did not have a mirror that returned to the reflecting position after shooting. Light enters the camera lens and then reflects on the SLR camera’s reflection, or reflex, mirror and to a viewfinder-often through a prism at the top of the camera. ![]() According to Nikon, the first 35mm SLR camera was the Kine-Exakta, built by Ihagee Kamerawerk, Steenbergen & Co., in Germany, in 1936. Like many camera manufacturers, Nikon was busy producing 35mm rangefinder film cameras in the decades leading up to the launch of the Nikon F. The legendary camera that started Nikon’s professional line was simply called the “Nikon F.” History ![]() Nikon’s flagship SLR film cameras have all carried the F designation, followed by a number. In the automotive world, BMW virtually owns “M.” In the tech world, Apple conquered the “i.” In 1959, when Nikon rolled out its first ever single-lens reflex (SLR) camera, the company took possession of “F” and it has been symbolic in the photography world ever since. The letter “F.” It is one of the most powerful letters in all of photography. ![]()
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