Day 104: Technology Wrapped In Art (Nikon F4s)

March 26, 2010 by Mister Viddy

If you loved the 80′s then how could you not love this beauty, the Nikon F4. Pictured above as an F4s. Elegant. This was one of the most beautifully designed cameras ever made. The Nikon F4s was the second professional F body to offer autofocusing and the Nikon F4 was the first pro F-model that started to adopt a vertical traveled shutter curtain, resulting in delivering top shutter speed of 1/8000 sec with a 1/250sec top sync speed – fastest among all Pro F-models.

Released in 1988, it came with a host of features including the following:

- Nikon’s top-of-the-line AF SLR with interchangeable viewfinder and built-in motor drive

- Three metering system (Matrix, Center-Weighted and Spot) available

- Max. shutter speed 1/8,000 s and 1/250 flash sync

- High performance AF system incorporated

Designed for the professional shooter, it is as rugged as it is gorgeous and even 20 years later you can find them working as perfectly as the day they first rolled out.