Nikon F301

The Nikon F301 (sold in North America as the N2000) was a manual focus, autoexposure, auto film loading and advancing 35 mm SLR camera sold by the Nikon Corporation beginning in 1985.

The F301 was identical to the Nikon F501 (sold in North America as the N2020) in almost every way, except it lacked autofocus.

The Nikon F301 is notable for being the first Nikon SLR sold that lacked a film advance lever. As a result the selector knob, also used to lock the shutter button, has a continuous option in addition to the single shot.

A standard hotshoe flash mount sits above the viewfinder, with which a flash may be attached to the camera. The Nikon F301 does not feature a built-in pop-up flash.

It was also the first Nikon to use Polycarbonates in the building of the camera, and was considered by many people as the dawn of a new era for Nikon.

This camera is powered by four AAA batteries, loaded from below, necessitating removal of the baseplate.

The F301 can be manually preset for film speeds from ISO 12 to ISO 3200, or this can be left to the camera through the DX feature.