Nikon F US Navy

Hi, I recently purchased a Nikon F and upon looking at it closer I noticed it has a engraving that says "US Navy". I was told to join and post about it here. I'm hoping to get more information about it and see if there is any value since I was in the process of disassembling it before I noticed the engravings. I bought it because I just wanted a broken camera to fix but that was before I saw the markings and if there is alot of historical significant and it is fairly valuable then I'll probably just sell it to a collector that could take better care of it and treasure it compared to me. The most infomation I could find was this Nikon F 6575600 «U.S. NAVY»

Note: Everything doesn't want to move it's seems like everything is stuck and the lens comes apart into 2 pieces

Thank you for your help guys

Ya can find some more info & pix here




Also there is a book "Nikon F The Camera" by Uli Koch where are different types are described on a few pages.

It seems that some or all were modified by the "Ehrenreich Photo Optical Industries of Cal. Inc."

Is the camera black?
Your pictures are a bit too zoomed in.
Why does it look like someone try to erase the engravings, serial number too!

Kiu

NIKON KIU said:

Is the camera black?
Your pictures are a bit too zoomed in.
Why does it look like someone try to erase the engravings, serial number too!

Kiu

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Dear Nikon KIU,

Furthermore, why does the US NAVY engraving look like it was done with a Dremel tool?

Alpsman's auction camera looks like it was professionally done, the OP's not so much.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg PA 🙂

I saw that Tim. But with these images, it’s really hard to judge anything.
I can’t even read the serial number. It’s never good when someone tampers with a serial number.

Such a camera exists but then condition and being complete is very important.
Most of these cameras came motorized with a pistol grip release, does this one have a regular back? The back looks chrome?

Kiu

NIKON KIU said:

I saw that Tim. But with these images, it’s really hard to judge anything.
I can’t even read the serial number. It’s never good when someone tampers with a serial number.

Such a camera exists but then condition and being complete is very important.
Most of these cameras came motorized with a pistol grip release, does this one have a regular back? The back looks chrome?

Kiu

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Dear Kiu,

I guess we will learn more when the OP responds. I agree that the original photos are confusing.

Regards,

Tim Murphy

Harrisburg PA 🙂

Tim Murphy said:

Dear Kiu,

I guess we will learn more when the OP responds…

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I wonder about that too…

Kiu

more US Navy Nikon F info at Nikon F US Navy

There is one of these without the back on eBay.


Looks to have a replacement rewind lever, just like our picture above.
I don’t think it’s the real thing without the back…
Engraving is questionable too.

Kiu

I was in the Navy from 1970 to 1976. I was a senior in college had a job lined up and my life changed because of the draft lottery. Active duty from 1971-73. Did a tour of Vietnam, on a DE ship 288 days and off one night during R&R in Hong Kong. We didn’t have any Navy cameras on our ship. I bought a Nikkormat that I used and a nice bunch of Nikon lenses. When we first arrived on the gun line in Vietnam there was,at first, no mail brought in or picked up. I still have the Nikkormat and lenses and they all still work great.