Nikon S3 - Show-off time!

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Well, I just got my great-grandfather's Nikon S3 RF back from repair. My parents shipped it out to me in ID from NC and it arrived safely, fortunately. I had my Mom go to New Innovative Products, LLC, the makers of Starlight Cases, in Pine Level, NC before she shipped it and have it custom fit into a nearly indestructible case. I seriously recommend that company - my digital stuff is all protected by them and they're the nicest people in the world to work with; not to mention their cases are amazingly durable (manufactured above military spec).

Turns out the gear is as follows:
Nikon S3 RF body (#6313***)
Nikkor-S.C 5cm 1:1.4 (#50050***)
W-Nikkor.C 3.5cm 1:3.5 (#910***)
Nikkor-Q.C 13.5cm 1:4 (#904***)
Sekonic Multi-Lumi L-248 (#210***) - My Mom bought this for my Dad around 1989, I believe, so it's as old as I am (if not slightly older!). But I feel it's an adequate meter to carry into the field in lieu of a digital back to spare weight on long treks.

I do have a question - I don't have it loaded with a roll of film, but the film lever is counting at 34 shots. I can fire it and advance up to 35, but it won't go to 36 nor will it let me move it back to 1. Will it advance back to one when I load film? Is there some little gear that is turned by the notches in the film that "refreshes" my film count lever to 1?

Here's a short URL to my Flickr set of photos of my Nikon S3 & lenses!
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHGPGmG

Cheers,
Jesse
 
All your lenses appear to be very early ("Tokyo" marking) from the early 1950s, so actually pretty rare & more valuable than later versions of the same lenses. Maybe your grandfather had 1 of the earlier models & then traded up to an S3?

The exposure counter is automatic & when you remove the back, it should reset to -2 so that you reach 1 after advancing 3 times. Once again, RTM. ;)

Jesse3Names said:
Well, I just got my great-grandfather's Nikon S3 RF back from repair. My parents shipped it out to me in ID from NC and it arrived safely, fortunately. I had my Mom go to New Innovative Products, LLC, the makers of Starlight Cases, in Pine Level, NC before she shipped it and have it custom fit into a nearly indestructible case. I seriously recommend that company - my digital stuff is all protected by them and they're the nicest people in the world to work with; not to mention their cases are amazingly durable (manufactured above military spec).

Turns out the gear is as follows:
Nikon S3 RF body (#6313***)
Nikkor-S.C 5cm 1:1.4 (#50050***)
W-Nikkor.C 3.5cm 1:3.5 (#910***)
Nikkor-Q.C 13.5cm 1:4 (#904***)
Sekonic Multi-Lumi L-248 (#210***) - My Mom bought this for my Dad around 1989, I believe, so it's as old as I am (if not slightly older!). But I feel it's an adequate meter to carry into the field in lieu of a digital back to spare weight on long treks.

I do have a question - I don't have it loaded with a roll of film, but the film lever is counting at 34 shots. I can fire it and advance up to 35, but it won't go to 36 nor will it let me move it back to 1. Will it advance back to one when I load film? Is there some little gear that is turned by the notches in the film that "refreshes" my film count lever to 1?

Here's a short URL to my Flickr set of photos of my Nikon S3 & lenses!
http://flic.kr/s/aHsjHGPGmG

Cheers,
Jesse
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furcafe said:
All your lenses appear to be very early ("Tokyo" marking) from the early 1950s, so actually pretty rare & more valuable than later versions of the same lenses. Maybe your grandfather had 1 of the earlier models & then traded up to an S3?

The exposure counter is automatic & when you remove the back, it should reset to -2 so that you reach 1 after advancing 3 times. Once again, RTM. ;)
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Hm, that's nice to know. I'll take extra-good care of them! ...The case should make that easy. I don't think he had an earlier camera, but I don't really know. I'll call my Dad tonight and see what he knows. Maybe my great-grandfather had an M, One, S, or S2. That would be kind of cool to know, but this S3 is in great shape regardless. I feel very fortunate to get this kit in this great of shape through family, not though my bank account.
 
I'm sure your great-grandfather would be glad to know you're taking good care of his camera. That's a nice kit you've got there. I treasure my IIIa and M3 as they have history no other cameras have since they've been in my family for quite a while too.
 
Very Nice camera and lenses the pictures look great, I saw the viewfinder pictures
and that looks like mine so your good there. enjoy using your system.

Range
 
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