Nikon SLR Cameras

What did the nikon 1 cost in 1948? Not the value now, but what it actually cost back then?

Jen
Jen

What did the nikon 1 cost in 1948? Not the value now, but what it actually cost back then?

fhotoace
fhotoace

Are you asking what a theoretical camera that cost $800 now would have cost in 1948?

Such a camera would have cost about $82.95

Link:

http://www.dollartimes.com/calculators/inflation.htm

Guest
Guest

Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_SP

correction:
http://imaging.nikon.com/...x.htm#id02
The domestic retail price for the camera with the NIKKOR 5cm f/2 was fixed at 57, 690- Japanese Yen, and released in March, 1948.

Andrew
Andrew

Sorry, AWB, there was. The lens was made for Canon and modified to fit (long story), it used Minolta's 24x32mm negative dimensions and despite its Leica shutter looked a lot like a Contax. It was the forerunner of the M and S rangefinders.

There were very few made and the unusual negative size made them incompatible with Kodak slide mounts (the later Nikon M used 24x34mm), so it was never exported.

TBH, I can't even find a price in Yen

AWBoater
AWBoater

There was no Nikon 1 in 1948.

Edit---

OK, you got me on that one.