Specifications – Nikon F3 User Manual

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SPECIFICATIONS

Type of camera

Picture format

Lens mount

Lenses

Shutter

Shutter speeds

Shutter release

Backup

mechanical

release lever

Self-timer

35mm single-lens reflex

24 mm X 36 mm

(standard 35mm film format)
Nikon bayonet mount

Nikkor 50/1.2, 50/1.4, 50/1.8,

and Nikon Series E 50/1.8 as

standard; more than 55 Nikkor

and Nikon Series E lenses

available

Horizontal-travel, titanium focal-

plane shutter

Auto: Electromagnetically con

trolled stepless speeds from 8 to

1/2000 sec.; Manual; Quartz/

electromagnetically controlled

discrete speeds from 8 to 1/2000

sec., plus B and X (1/80 sec.);

mechanical: T setting on shutter

speed dial and 1/60 sec. when

using backup mechanical

release lever

Electromagnetic shutter release;

initial pressure on shutter release

button switches on meter (alter

power switch is turned on), meter

then remains on for 16 sec. after

finger is taken off button

Trips shutter at 1/60 sec. regard

less of shutter speed dial setting

except at T; used when batteries

are dead

Quartz-timed 10 sec. delayed

exposure; LED blinks at 2Hz for

first 8 sec. then at 8Hz for last 2 sec.