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Nikon FA
Overview
Maker
Nippon Kogaku
Type
35 mm SLR
Released
1983
Production
1983-1987
Lens
Lens mount
Nikon F-mount
Sensor/medium
Film size
36 mm × 24 mm
Film speed
ISO 12 to 3200
Focusing
Focus
Manual
Exposure/metering
Exposure
High Speed Program, Program, Shutter priority, Aperture priority, Manual
Metering modes
Matrix, Centerweighted
Flash
Flash
Hot shoe
Flash synchronization
1/250 s
Shutter
Shutter
electronically controlled
Shutter speed range
1-1/4000s, 1/250s mechanical backup, Bulb
General
Battery
Either two LR44, two SR44 batteries, or one 3V CR 1/3N.
Dimensions
92 × 142.5 × 64.5 mm
Weight
625 g
Made in
Japan
The Nikon FA is an advanced amateur-level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 (available new from dealer stock until circa 1989). The FA used a titanium-bladed, vertical-travel Nikon-designed, Copal-made focal plane shutter with a speed range of 1 to 1/4000th second plus Bulb and flash X-sync of 1/250th second. It was available in two colors: black with chrome trim and all black. The introductory US list price for the chrome body only (no lens) was $646. Note that SLRs usually sold for 30 to 40 percent below list price.
The FA was the most sophisticated member of the remarkably long-lived, classic Nikon compact F-series SLRs and was built upon a compact but rugged copper-aluminum alloy chassis developed from the ones used by the earlier Nikon FM (introduced in 1977), FE (1978), FM2 (1982) and FE2 (1983) cameras. The FM/FE series have only minor external controls and cosmetic differences, but the FA had a distinctly chunkier body and larger, boxier pentaprism cover to house its extra electronics. The limited-production Nikon FM3A of 2001 continued to use this body design until 2006.
The Nikon FA is a historically significant camera. It was the first camera to offer a multi-segmented (or matrix or evaluative) exposure light meter, called Automatic Multi-Pattern (AMP). It had a built-in microprocessor computer programmed to automatically analyze different segments of the light meter field of view and select a corrected exposure. Virtually all cameras today, whether film, video or digital, have some sort of matrix metering.
The Nikon FA was Nippon Kogaku's high-technology standard bearer, sandwiched between the sturdy, but basic Nikon FE2 and the professional-level Nikon F3 SLR (introduced in 1980). With its advanced AMP meter, Nippon Kogaku fully expected that many professional photographers, as well as amateurs, would buy it.
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