Camera

Nikon

Nikon F

Introduced in 1959, the Nikon F was Japan's first professional 35mm SLR. Its rugged construction, interchangeable viewfinders, and the F-mount lens system made it the predominant camera in photojournalism and war photography through the 1970s.

Artists who use this(4)

Don McCullin

McCullin used the Nikon F for his Vietnam War and Northern Ireland work; documented in his autobiography "Unreasonable Behaviour" (1990).

Larry Burrows

Burrows used the Nikon F for his Vietnam coverage in Life magazine; his use of the camera is documented in the Life archive and in "Larry Burrows: Vietnam" (2002), the posthumous retrospective of his work.

Nick Ut

Ut photographed Kim Phuc with an Associated Press Nikon F camera on June 8, 1972; AP equipment records and retrospective accounts of the photograph confirm the camera used.

Eddie Adams

Adams used a Nikon F camera for his Vietnam War coverage; AP archive records and accounts of the 1968 execution photograph confirm the Nikon F as his primary camera during that assignment.