Nikon S3M Half-Frame chrome + Motor S72 *
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Product number:
A00465
Starting Price €16,000
Estimate €32,000 – 36,000
Estimate €32,000 – 36,000
serial number : 6600156
Condition : A/B
Manufacture Year : 1960
Condition : A/B
Manufacture Year : 1960
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Nikon S3M Half-Frame chrome + Motor S72 *
The rarest, most unique and collectable of all Nikon cameras, 18x24mm half-frame exposures (film counter to 72), from the first batch (production started with number 6600001), only 195 cameras were made! The body is in excellent condition and working order, comes with black Nikkor-S.C 1.4/5cm no.386070 with very good optics, with very rare motor S72 no.95025, long, brown battery holder, compact flat battery holder (later replica), battery tester, pistol grip, cables and very rare, original S3M instructions. Included is
Mikio Kuno's original Japanese edition book ‘All About the Rangefinder Nikon’ in
which this exact camera can be seen on pages 62-63.
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