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Nikon F5 (35mm camera)
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2005.006.13.117
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between 1996 and 2004 (Manufacturing)
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- Nikon Corporation
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Physical description
1 piece of photographic equipment : camera
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Item consists of an automatic single-lens reflex, 35mm camera manufactured by the Nikon Corporation and using the F lens mount system. The system was part of Nikon's professional film camera line. The camera features an LCD display screen for viewing and changing settings, a 3D Color Matrix Metering system using a 1,005-pixel sensor and Center-Weighted metering with the option of manually selected spot metering. The camera featured 4 shooting modes: programmed automatic, shutter priority automatic, aperture priority automatic, and manual. The shutter was an electromagnetically controlled vertical-travel focal-plane shutter and would shoot at speeds from 30 seconds to 1/8000, plus bulb, with a flash sync of 1/250. The camera requires 4 AA batteries.
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Physical condition
Camera is in overall good condition. The camera back, which is rubberized, has begun to disintegrate and rub off, a known issue for this model.
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated to the Ryerson University Library and Archives Special Collections Department by Dr. Neville Poy in 2017.
Arrangement
Added to the Heritage Camera Collection in 2018.
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Open. Records are available for consultation without restriction.
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Accompanying material
Item includes an instruction manual, published by the Nikon Corporation and a Nikon F5 strap.