Nikon FA black with Nikkor 50mm F2 lens and motor-drive MD-15. Engraved P.v.V

The Nikon FA was introduced in 1983 and its production stopped in 1987. It is an electronic professional manual focus camera featuring two program exposure modes, shutter priority mode, aperture priority mode, TTL flash mode and, of course, manual mode. Besides its elevate grade of automatism, this camera was the first in the world to use Matrix metering, which was at the time called by Nikon AMP (automatic metering pattern). In practice the silicon cells of the photometer measured the light dividing the frame in 5 separated zones, so scenes with high contrasts, like a person against a very bright background could be correctly exposed even in auto exposure modes. Despite the fact that nowadays practically all digital reflex feature this kind of metering system, calling it with different names according to the brand, it was invented by Nikon and sported for the first time with the FA.

This camera is engraved P.v.V  we where told that this was a personal camera of a member of the Dutch Royal family .

Type : 35mm SLR.

Format: 24x36mm

Mount: Nikon F bayonet.

Finder: Prism not interchangeable.

Focusing screen: interchangeable.

Light metering : 5 point metering/ spot metering

ISO range: 12 to 3200 ASA.

Metering modes: P / S/ A/M.

Battery : 3volt Lithium/ 2×1.5 volt

Dimensions : body: 142 x 92 x 65mm

Weight body: 625 gram