Back view showing 4mm circle

Simple Finder Version 2

This is not what it looks like! Not a rangefinder bright line finder, but a simple viewer! It is an extremely rare piece indeed!

Supplied with the first Nikon "F" fisheye lens the 8mm f8, it is the second version of the simple finder. The first version, illustrated below, was supplied with a flat shoe which required using the gray plastic flash shoe adapter. The first version had the NK logo, the second has "Nikon" engraved on it.

This finder simply has a 4mm circle in the middle of the glass to allow the fisheye to be aimed. There is no effort made optically to show what the final image will be like. The third version of the finder was optical.

Simple Finder Version 1

Photo is from the "Official Nikon F and Nikkorex F Manual", Amphoto Editorial Board 1962. Amphoto

Optical Finder Version 3

Photo is from the "Nikon F Nikkormat Handbook of Photography" by Cooper and Abbott 1968. Amphoto