Nikon F3, "The Hero", Episode III of Nikon F Series

Here is the new Hero of the Nikon F series. The Nikon F3. If you haven’t seen the previous two episodes on the Nikon F Series, I suggest you see those first, then continue with this one. In the previous two episodes we saw the rise of the first Nikon F, the Legend, the feared conqueror, the destroyer of long established empires such as the Press Cameras, TLR’s, the foldables and most of the Ranger Finder cameras. More than any other, Nikon successfully challenged the reputation and the dominance of the German camera industry. Nikon F2 followed as the new King in 1971. It had to improve on everything that the original Legend did 12 years earlier. It clearly had the DNA of the original Nikon F and carried the burden of backward compatibility. And yet, it didn’t disappoint. It held its own against other Japanese competitors which were themselves highly motivated, innovative and relentless. Nikon had to do something really spectacular. It had to tick off and improve on everything that the competition was throwing at it. This could not be done with the shackles of full backward compatibility. New directions had to be explored. This needed new blood. Red Blood. A new super-star designer. So, Nikon reached out to one of the most famous and prolific industrial designers of all time, the Italian super hero of more than 200 cars, the Maestro Giorgetto Giugiaro, the founder of Italdesign. The result was the launch of Nikon F3 in 1980. It was finally time to say Goodby to the King, Nikon F2. Nikon F3 was such an important re-launch of Nikon professional cameras that Maestro Giugiaro went on to design numerous other Nikon cameras including all the professional cameras, F4, F5 and F6. Some of these such as F5 became the design foundation of later Nikon Digital SLR cameras until the very last one, the Nikon D800 series. Here is the menu for this episode: -The history of Nikon F3 Design and the superstar designer Giorgetto Giugiaro -The re-enactment of the design meetings with Nikon engineers -The dirty laundry and the weird stuff -The clean laundry and unique features Con Te Partiro (Time to say Good Bye) by Becky Foster (re-published by special permission) See the original version here: https://youtu.be/Wqrr67go6BY?si=zMaqVMdJV55ReEZK See the full versions of the videos on Giorgetto Giugiaro quoted in this video: The Genius of Design. Giorgetto Giugiaro: https://youtu.be/albpPTJ6u9c?si=sjJNmVS56P0uwvfx GIORGETTO GIUGIARO: The Greatest Car Designer Ever: https://youtu.be/ru_bpus-Urs?si=StKap20Pk75H7Luy We are keen on accuracy. So, if you have any questions, comments or corrections, it will be greatly appreciated. If you are interested in preserving the technological heritage of the last 100 years, please give us a thumbs up, subscribe and share. TechHeritage Mission Statement We have over 300 cameras from 1901 to 2015 at the TechHeritage Museum. We will produce videos like this one at the rate of at least one per 2 weeks until all cameras are preserved not only in the flesh but also online. TechHeritage is dedicated to the preservation of the Human Consumer Technology in the same manner as experts have been carefully preserving the heritage of ancient civilizations in museums. There appears to be some negligence in the preservation of the consumer technology of the last 100 years. There are so many devices that were made barely 40 years ago (which is a blip in the historical scale) which do not work today and it is almost impossible to find a way to make them work. Just looking at them is not enough. They must absolutely work. They must be perfect. How will the future generations marvel at those fully mechanical cameras of the past with 1000 parts, more complex than a watch? Our mission will be appreciated when AI takes over, keeping us stupid and indifferent. We will have no idea how anything works. If something stops working, we will be clue-less and barely better than the cave men. If you are interested in preserving the technological heritage of the last 100 years or so, please consider donating to the TechHeritage channel. No, not money. We do not need your money. By donation, we mean forgotten technology that is collecting dust in your old cupboard in the basement. It may be an old camera, an early mobile phone or even an early transistor radio. It probably won't work. But that is fine. Please mention in the comments. We will contact you and organize shipment. We will then produce a video on that item in your name and thank you. Please share the channel link and encourage others to subscribe. This can be your contribution to the preservation of the human consumer technology of the last 100 years. Contacts: This is not about self-promotion. The stars are the products. You can call me Tech or Mr Heritage. You can email to: [email protected]