Facebook:Grays ofWestminster YouTube:Grays ofWestminster Twitter:@nikonatgrays
Instagram:@nikonatgrays LinkedIn:Grays ofWestminsterInJune1998,Nikonmadeaspecialmodel,verylimited innumber (2000forJapanan d1000fortherestoftheworld)
commemoratingNikon’s50thanniversaryofcameramanufacture.Thespeciall ymanufacturedstrapbea rsthedates
1948-1998.TheF5wasNikon’smostexpensivefilmcamera(when soldsideby sidewithth eF6p riortodiscontinuation,
theF5 ataround£2500wasthemoreexpensivebody).TheF5wasfittedwithanRGBmeter(3metersworkinginR ed,
GreenandBlueendsofthespectrum)andcouldtakestandard,action,wa istandmagni ficationfindersandavastrange
ofscre ens.TheNikonCorporationissuedacommentontheF5A nniversarymodelasfollows:
“50thAnniver saryModelofN ikonF5 .In1 998,twoyearsaftertheintroductionofF5,weatN ikonmarkedthe50thanniversa ryofour
cameraproductionfromth efirstreleaseof NikonIin1 948.Incommemorationoft his,wedecidedtoofferthe50thAnniver saryModel,which
wasdesignedbasedontheF5w ithchang esinth ecolouroft heupperbodycoverandbodycaptoasoberdarksilvercolour,andtherubberofthe
ovalsectionoft hegriptoadarkgrey,addingaqualityapp earancetot hecamera.Ont hefrontoft heviewfinderwasinscribedthesameNikon
logoasadoptedinfi rstNikonIrangefindercameraof1948,andthebackofb odywasmarkedwiththeformercompanylogoofNipponKogaku
K.K. (JapanOpti cal)andthesy mbolf or50thAnniversaryofN ikonCamer a.ThiswastheonlyvariationmodelofF5.”
MINT, Boxed:£1995.00