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Subject: Nikon F3 Navy Hello, Mr Lefoo, It’s been a while since I last visited your great site and I see now that you have a few pictures of a US Navy F3, with the nameplate saying “Modified for periscope use”. I have one of these cameras with the same nameplate on the camera itself. (A number of these, maybe 30 or 50, came up for sale on ebay last year, so I guess the US Navy was clearing out its stores). Well, if you’d like to know the differences between one of these and a standard F3-HP, to add the information to the web-site, here they are:
- The multiple exposure lever is removed and its hole on the edge of the top-plate is filled-in with black resin.
- The backlight is modified to be on whenever the meter is on. The red button is therefore redundant.
- The name plate, as shown on the MD4 is added to the front of the body, vertically, next to the mirror-lock-up button. The leatherette is cut out to insert the name-plate; it is not just stuck on to the surface.
- The focussing-screen is changed to the one with cross-hairs. Kind regards, Arnold.
Credit: Image(s) courtesy of 'Shutterblade team' (e-mail)who specialises trading of new, used collectable cameras. The Company also operates a popular Ebay Store. All image(s) appeared herein are Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved. Please respect the visual property of the contributing photographer.
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