Specifications

Type
SLR camera
Production
from 1965
Film
35 mm
Frame size
24 × 36 mm
Lens mount
Nikon F
Shutter
Vertical metal focal-plane shutter, mechanical
Shutter speeds
1 s – 1/1000 s, B
Flash sync
1/125 s
Metering
none
Focusing
focusing screen
Weight
715 g

Good to know

No battery needed: the camera works entirely without one. [4]

Shutter speeds are set on the ring around the lens mount. [3]

The FS has no built-in light meter and no mirror lock-up. [1]

Sources

  1. Nikon: Our Product History, 1960's–1910's
  2. Nikon Nikkormat FS: Bedienungsanleitung, insbesondere Seiten 4, 5 und 17
  3. Nikkormat: Nikkormat FT und FS
  4. Leitz Museum: 1965 Nikkormat FS

Compiled from manufacturer documents and the sources listed. Found a mistake? Let us know

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