For only about $2,200 with fantastic NIKKOR-S 50mm f/1.4 lens, the Nikon S3 is one of the best rangefinder cameras still sold new today. It's better built even than today's LEICAs, with a …

The Nikon S3 is a professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, rangefinder camera introduced in 1958. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. …

Nikon S3 Year 2000 Millennium (Y2K) model (hereinafter referred to as S3 Replica model) is a near duplicate of the rangefinder camera Nikon S3 released in March 1958. It was produced in …

Oct 6, 2021 · Despite the shortcomings of its viewfinder, the S3’s design is well thought out, intuitive, and with high quality parts everywhere. Much of the original S3 made its way into the …

Oct 24, 2011 · Due to the darker tint of the finder, the S2 has an easier to see focus patch, so is probably easier to focus for most people. But the S3 is basically a Nikon F with a rangefinder …

Released in March of 1958, the Nikon S3 was the fourth in the S rangefinder series*. It was the junior version of the very sophisticated but very expensive Nikon SP. Unlike the SP with its …

After the release of the Nikon S3, the demand for cameras diversified, due to the rapid increase in the sale of low-priced cameras, and with the appearance of early SLR cameras our high-class …

In this issue, we'll focus on the jam-packed Nikon SP, as well as the S3, the S4 and other cameras that formed the group known as the "SP sisters". Like sisters, these cameras share a …

Nikon made a last series of S3 cameras for the 1963 Olympics, all in black. They came with a new improved version of the 50/1.4 which came to be known as the "Olympic 50/1.4". You can …

Dec 20, 2020 · The Nikon S3 is a simplified version of Nikon's flagship SP model. Both are professional quality 35mm rangefinder cameras as usable today as they were decades ago …