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Nikon F4 S Camera Body with motor drive in original box with instruction manual

Currency:USD Category:Cameras & Photo Start Price:70.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 300.00 USD
Nikon F4 S Camera Body with motor drive in original box with instruction manual
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275.00USD+ (61.88) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2015 Apr 17 @ 15:46UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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The indomitable Nikon F4 is the most innovative camera ever introduced by Nikon, or probably anyone. The Nikon F4 is what brought cameras into this modern era.



The F4 shattered more new barriers and advanced more technology in bigger steps than Nikon had ever done before, or has ever done since. Nikon's digital SLRs and F5 and F6 are nice, but still none of them, not even the D3, is as earth-shattering as was the F4 at its introduction.



The Nikon F4, introduced in 1988 and still used daily by many photographers today, was a breakthrough in that:



The F4 is the world's first professional autofocus camera.



The F4 is the world's first professional camera with a built-in motor drive. (Previous cameras had to use klunky external screw-on motors.)



The F4 is the world's first professional camera with modern Matrix (intelligent) light metering.



The F4 was the world's top news and sports camera from 1988 through the introduction of the evolutionary F5 in 1996. When the F4 was announced, people waited for months to pay over $2,000 for them ($3,600 today after inflation). Today you can pick up a used F4 for just a few hundred dollars!



The Nikon F4 remains relevant today, as it works great with every lens made from 1959 through today's G and AFS lenses. The Nikon F4 is Nikon's most flexible camera because it's compatible with the widest range of lenses of any 35mm camera. Older cameras can't autofocus, and newer cameras don't usually meter well with manual lenses, or work at all with most lenses older than 1977.



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