{"product_id":"nikomat-ft-zoom-nikkor-35-135mm-l0279","title":"Nikomat FT + Zoom-Nikkor 35-135mm F3.5-4.5","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe camera that let Nikon sell the F-mount to everybody. The \u003cstrong\u003eNikomat FT\u003c\/strong\u003e arrived in 1965 — sold as the Nikkormat outside Japan — as a cheaper, simpler body that took exactly the same Nikkor lenses as the professional Nikon F. What Nikon did not do was cut corners on the parts that matter. It runs a mechanically timed \u003cstrong\u003eCopal Square S\u003c\/strong\u003e vertical metal shutter from 1 second to 1\/1000, needs no battery to fire, and weighs about 745g of brass and steel. The shutter speed sits on a ring around the lens mount rather than a top dial, which feels alien for about ten minutes and then makes complete sense, since your left hand is already there.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaired with the \u003cstrong\u003eZoom-Nikkor 35-135mm f\/3.5-4.5\u003c\/strong\u003e, a one-touch push-pull zoom with a macro setting at the 135mm end — an unusually useful single-lens range that covers wide-normal through short telephoto without a bag.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eType: 35mm SLR, fully mechanical, manual exposure\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMount: Nikon F, non-AI with meter coupling prong\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShutter: Copal Square S vertical-travel metal focal plane, 1sec to 1\/1000sec plus Bulb — fires without a battery\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetering: TTL centre-weighted CdS, match-needle in the finder and on the top plate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlash sync: 1\/125sec, PC socket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExtras: Mirror lock-up, depth-of-field preview, self-timer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePower: PX13 \/ PX625 1.35V cell for the meter only — mercury cells are banned, so an adapter or modern equivalent is needed\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLens: Zoom-Nikkor 35-135mm f\/3.5-4.5, one-touch push-pull zoom with macro focusing at 135mm, 62mm filter thread\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetering coupling: This lens retains its meter coupling prong, so it indexes and meters at full aperture on the FT\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: Approximately 745g body only\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReleased: 1965\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCosmetic: Body excellent, with some minor signs of age and use. Lens in good condition with some signs of age and cosmetic use; the front element has a couple of very tiny scratches with no effect on image quality.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFunctional: The self-timer does not work. Everything else on the body is fully functional. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eIncluded\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNikomat FT body\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eZoom-Nikkor 35-135mm f\/3.5-4.5 lens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCamera strap\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWorth knowing on metering: the FT is a pre-AI body that reads maximum aperture through the coupling prong on the lens, and this zoom keeps its prong — so the two are properly matched and you meter at full aperture with no stop-down workaround. Set the lens to f\/5.6, run the aperture ring to both ends to index, and shoot. The self-timer is dead, which on a camera of this type is a minor loss; everything that takes a picture works, and the shutter fires with or without a battery.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nikon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44495620079719,"sku":"L-0279","price":10000.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0633\/0793\/9943\/files\/DSC_5424.jpg?v=1787834531","url":"https:\/\/v2.filmcam.in\/products\/nikomat-ft-zoom-nikkor-35-135mm-l0279","provider":"filmcameras.In","version":"1.0","type":"link"}