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This Diagram of the Nikon F3 Shows its Intricacies

Chris Gampat
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11/19/2014
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Last Updated on 11/19/2014 by Chris Gampat

JPH Nikon F3 Diagram

Image by Bellamy Hunt. Used with permission.

Bellamy Hunt, the Japan Camera Hunter, recently published a diagram showing all the parts of the iconic Nikon F3 SLR from way back in the day. The diagram shows just how many parts and pieces went into its design and also show just how intensive it was to design and construct. You can see everything from the shutter unit, how the shutter wheel worked, the pentaprism, tne advance on the film, etc.

Mr. Hunt used the opportunity to tell the story of how he became the Japan Camera Hunter. He notes that it started with the Nikon F3 and falling in love with it. It inspired him so much that he wanted to find these awesome cameras and then re-sell them on the market–which is the bread and butter of his current business. Bellamy does a solid job, and has found things like rare Leica cameras with Nazi insignia.

Head on over to his site to see more of the Nikon F3 Diagram.


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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.