But the Nikomats lack the F’s interchangeable viewfinders and focusing screens, and can’t take motor drives. The Nikomat/Nikkormat line obliged, and could take the entire range of Nikkor lenses that were designed for Nikon’s professional F-series cameras. It’s this 1967-1975 Nikon Nikomat FTn.Ĭonsumer SLR photographers, it turned out, wanted through-the-lens metering, fast shutters, and interchangeable lenses. Recently, a Japanese Nikomat was generously donated to the Jim Grey Home for Wayward Cameras. The Nikomat (in Japan, Nikkormat in the rest of the world) was born, starting with the 1965 Nikomat FT. Moreover, Nikon outsourced manufacture, and whispers of reliability problems hurt sales. So Nikon tried again with an all-new camera built in Nikon factories. Nikon simply guessed wrong at what features amateurs wanted. Nikon’s first go, 1960’s Nikkorex, never caught on. But Nikon feared diluting their brand, and so gave consumer cameras other names.
But Nikon figured amateurs would buy SLRs, too, if they were priced right. Until the late 1970s, Nikon-branded 35mm SLR cameras were designed, built, and priced for pro photographers.
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