The Nikkormat series cameras achieved a significant following. The "N" may stand for "new." At any rate, it seems the manufacturers viewed this camera as not a new model but an update. Nowhere on the body does the camera directly identify itself as an "FTN." The serial number begins with an "FT," probably continuous with the serial numbers of the FT, and there is a larger capital "N" nearby, adjacent to the external meter indicator. Introduced in 1967, the FTN is built on substantially the same chassis as the FT, but had center-weighted metering instead of whole-frame average metering, a shutter-speed display in the viewfinder, a few other minor changes, and, critically, a simplified process for mounting the lens. The Nikomat/Nikkormat FTN Nippon KÅgaku was a successful and lauded iteration of the Nikomat/Nikkormat FT series.
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