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In commemoration of winning the "Camera Grand Prix" prize, Nikon FA Gold was released in Japan.

This was based on the FA, and its silver color parts such as top and bottom covers are gold-plated and the lizard skin was used for leather cover.

It was a limited edition housed in the box of paulownia wood and priced at 500,000- Japanese Yen, even the coupling ring of the barrel of AI-S Nikkor 50 mm f/1.4 normal lens attached was gold-plated and Nikon logotype on its lens cap was also gold-plated ......such an elaborate work.

Nippon Kogaku had made so far gold-plated cameras in small quantity which were used for commemorative gifts to dealers, but the FA Gold was the first gold-plated model that was for sale.

From the editor

The camera featured pure 24K gold plating and was complemented by use of lizard leather. Twenty parts of the body were coated with pure gold plating include top cover (with screws), accessory shoe, baseplate (with screws), film rewind crank, mounting flange, shutter release, lens release button, battery chamber lid and cover for the motor drive electrical contacts, etc.

The camera body was accompanied by the 50mm F/1.4 Nikkor AI-S lens with a gold mounting ring and a special lens cap with gold colored "Nikon" lettering.

Only 2000 units of the Nikon FA Gold were produced.