Nikon F301

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Nikon F-301 body.
Nikon F-301 body.

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.

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.