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- OBJECT TYPE
- 35mm/single lens reflex
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2010.0213.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Nikon
- MODEL
- FE
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- FE 3004716
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Predominantly black & grey metal and synthetic camera body; selected areas have black imitation leather trim.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.0 cm
- Width
- 5.0 cm
- Height
- 9.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Photography
- Category
- Still cameras
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Nikon
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Owned and used by Canadian film maker Bill Mason, who achieved international recognition for his wilderness and canoeing documentaries in the 1960s and 1970s. Among equipment used by Mason for production stills, shooting record, publications, etc - Function
-
Used to record still images on photographic film. - Technical
-
The Bill Mason collection consists of typical cameras and other equipment in the 16 mm format widely used by documentary film makers in Canada in this period. Nikon FE is a compact 35mm single-lens-reflex camera with aperture-priority automatic exposure control with shutter speeds from 1/1000 second down to 8 seconds; interchangeable focusing screens; and accepts the optional MD-11 [2010.0214] for motor-driven exposures up to 3.5 frames per second. It is also compatible every [contemporary] accessory in the Nikon system. [Ref. 3] - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Nikon" marked on camera body front, above lens housing. "FE 3004716" stamped into camera casing back. All controls, etc. labelled. "IS MOTOR DR./ OFF" printed by hand in green marker on masking tape label applied to camera body, near flash shoe mounting. "MADE IN JAPAN" stamped into base. "M2505 271135 08" crudely incised in base.
- Missing
- Unknown- camera body appears complete.
- Finish
- Predominantly black & grey metal and synthetic camera body; selected areas have black imitation leather trim.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Nikon, Camera body, circa 1978, Artifact no. 2010.0213, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2010.0213.001/
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