Nikon F3, "The Hero", Episode III of Nikon F Series
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- čas přidán 14. 02. 2024
- Here is the new Hero of the Nikon F series. The Nikon F3.
If you haven’t seen the previous two episodes on the Nikon F Series, I suggest you see those first, then continue with this one.
In the previous two episodes we saw the rise of the first Nikon F, the Legend, the feared conqueror, the destroyer of long established empires such as the Press Cameras, TLR’s, the foldables and most of the Ranger Finder cameras. More than any other, Nikon successfully challenged the reputation and the dominance of the German camera industry.
Nikon F2 followed as the new King in 1971. It had to improve on everything that the original Legend did 12 years earlier. It clearly had the DNA of the original Nikon F and carried the burden of backward compatibility. And yet, it didn’t disappoint. It held its own against other Japanese competitors which were themselves highly motivated, innovative and relentless.
Nikon had to do something really spectacular. It had to tick off and improve on everything that the competition was throwing at it. This could not be done with the shackles of full backward compatibility. New directions had to be explored. This needed new blood. Red Blood. A new super-star designer.
So, Nikon reached out to one of the most famous and prolific industrial designers of all time, the Italian super hero of more than 200 cars, the Maestro Giorgetto Giugiaro, the founder of Italdesign. The result was the launch of Nikon F3 in 1980. It was finally time to say Goodby to the King, Nikon F2.
Nikon F3 was such an important re-launch of Nikon professional cameras that Maestro Giugiaro went on to design numerous other Nikon cameras including all the professional cameras, F4, F5 and F6. Some of these such as F5 became the design foundation of later Nikon Digital SLR cameras until the very last one, the Nikon D800 series.
Here is the menu for this episode:
-The history of Nikon F3 Design and the superstar designer Giorgetto Giugiaro
-The re-enactment of the design meetings with Nikon engineers
-The dirty laundry and the weird stuff
-The clean laundry and unique features
Con Te Partiro (Time to say Good Bye) by Becky Foster (re-published by special permission)
See the original version here: • "Time To Say Goodbye" ...
See the full versions of the videos on Giorgetto Giugiaro quoted in this video:
The Genius of Design. Giorgetto Giugiaro: • The Genius of Design. ...
GIORGETTO GIUGIARO: The Greatest Car Designer Ever: • GIORGETTO GIUGIARO: Th...
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Great series! It’s tempted me BACK to giving another F3 a go. I enjoyed the F2 a lot but the metering was always off on the prisms. The F is amazing and simple. The F4 is great but just to hefty to be a reasonable choice on most actual shooting expeditions 😮
That's probaby why the F3 production run exceeded the entire production period of the F4 and overlapped with F5.
@@TechHeritagepretty amazing that it did! I think the Pentax LX is maybe the only other camera to rival with long production runs!
Pentax LX and Pentax K1000 ran for 22 years. Mamiya RB67 ran for 41 years, but that is a different kind of camera.
I used to have one of these years ago. I just got a new one, and totally forgot about 1/80 problem at the beginning of the roll. Thought it was broken lol. Great review!
This one should bring back good old memories. It will outlast you. So, enjoy and share the experience.
Despite the popularity of the F3, it's clear that the F2 was the better product. This was an excellent and detailed review, thanks for posting.
A few others also given the same opinion as you. I personally like both of them, but in different ways.
I like the straightforward light measuring system of F2. I like the cleaner and simpler top plate of F3 with all the shutter speeds on one dial.
just found this video and I glad that it was posted a day ago, Looking forward to watch the NIKON F6!!
I recommend that you watch the series from the beginning, starting with Episode 1, Nikon F
A great series. I started off with an inherited Nikon F. Since watching your series, I have gone on a bit of a spending spree and acquired a couple of Nikon F2 models as well as an F5. After watching this episode, I’ve set myself on a mission to acquire an F3 as well. They are all great cameras in different ways. Fortunately, a kind friend gave me a nice Nikon LS 4000 Coolscan, so I am going to use the cameras and not keep them as ornaments on a shelf.
Wow.. what a journey. Its great to hear that the experience of film photography is still possible thanks to your Coolscan. My films are scanned on Epson Perfection V600 Photo.
I guess the next step is to develop the films yourself on C41. We have a video on that too.
This is where the Canon New F1 stole the ball: the Program mode, with a A1 and the AE1 program was definitely more advanced and intuitive for the average user.
The F4 solved a lot but the crappy autofocus opened the way for Canon dominance of the subsequent 20 years.
And yet, Canon New F1 was short-lived compared to Nikon F3. Today, it appears that most reviewers regard the original Canon F-1 and F-1n more highly than the New F-1. Canon Domination really started with EOS-1. This is covered in our video on Nikon F4.
@@TechHeritage Yes, the Canon New F-1 was short-lived compared to the Nikon F3 but not because it was inferior. We can thank Canon's decision with abandoning the FD lens mount in favor of the newer EF as the main culprit in 1987 and the introduction of EOS bodies that utilized it. However, now in retrospect, EF mount gave Canon the technology to leap past Nikon with focusing speed etc. So, it was a tradeoff that paid off in the end for Canon.
Unless I misread your points, I think we are in agreement. Canon's brave and far sighted lens strategy combined with advanced autofocus for a Professional rather than Enthusiast market was leading to EOS-1 and its immediate successors. Those were the camears which truely hurt Nikon and leap-frogged the F4. Not the new F-1 or A1 or AE-1. I covered this fairly in the Nikon F5 episode.
So, as the longer term history of cameras are written, the original F-1 was a greater breakthrough and highly necessary for Canon than many others which came later and were nominally more advanced. Without it, Canon would not even be as at the same level as Pentax or Monolta by 1971. Canon promised the professionals that the F-1 was a safe purchase for at least a decade. They under-estimated that period. It is still important and relevant today. The buyers seem to agree and vote with their wallets.
@@TechHeritage We are in agreement. Please do a review of the New F-1. I have it along with an F-1n and love both. Each have pros/cons.