Nikon FA, Grand Prix '84 model
Camera
Nikon
Japanese, estab. 1917
Nikon FA, Grand Prix '84 model
1984
Gift of Jerome Friedman and Judith Sealander, 2018
DescriptionGold plated example, serial #2003804, with 50mm f/1.4 AI Nikkor lens, serial #5509611.
TextNikon won the Camera Grand Prix in 1984 for the FA, the world's first camera to use a micro-processor for exposure calculation. Nikon called its new system AMP (Automatic Multi-Pattern). The FA could be used in four modes: Program, Shutter-preferred automatic, Aperture-preferred automatic, or Manual. Most modern DSLRs use some variation of this system for exposure calculation.
Label text, Selections from the Collection [Rotation 16]
Todd Gustavson, Curator
April 2021
Label text, Selections from the Collection [Rotation 16]
Todd Gustavson, Curator
April 2021
