Final Nikkormat with AI mount, robust mechanical Nikon SLR — cheapest AI body at budget pricing.
The Nikon Nikkormat FT3 is a late-model Nikkormat 35mm film SLR with Ai coupling — the last Nikkormat model, bridging the older Nikkormat line and the newer FM/FE series. Full Ai coupling for open-aperture metering. Nikon F mount.
35mm film. Ai coupling for open-aperture metering. Mechanical shutter. Manual exposure. Compact Nikkormat design. Nikon F mount.
The Nikkormat FT3 (1975-1977) introduced Ai metering coupling to the Nikkormat line — allowing open-aperture metering with Ai lenses. A transitional model between the older Nikkormat era and the Nikon FM/FE designs that followed.
On the used market the Nikon Nikkormat FT3 is a practical vintage manual SLR. Condition checks: shutter, Ai coupling, meter. Nikon F mount.