Nikon 28Ti

Introduction

The Nikon 28Ti was released in 1994. The name refers to the 28mm f/2.8 Nikkor lens and the titanium camera body. The most remarkable feature is the analog display on top. Four needle-style dials indicate, focusing distance, aperture, frame number and exposure correction.

Origins

The 28Ti had been preceded by the 1993 35Ti. Both are 35mm autofocus cameras of innovative design. Nikon clearly aimed at producing a easy to transport, high quality camera, albeit with a single focal length.

Lens and shutter

The Nikon 28Ti has a 28mm Nikkor lens. Earlier Nikon compacts had had Nikon lenses. All seven elements (in five groups) of the Nikkor are coated using Nikon's Integrated Coating. This results in a lens with good contrast rendition. The shutter and aperture control are placed between the lenses. The shutter is a seven element blade shutter giving an almost circular aperture. The shutterspeeds cannot be selected manually, but chosen by one of the auto-exposure modes. This selected speed is visible in the viewfinder.

Viewfinder information

The viewfinder shows the autofocus dot in the center and three sets of parallax cerrection lines. In the infinity focus mode, the entire frame is used, the other framelines are formedium range (.4 to 1.2m), close (.4 to 10.5m) and panoramic. The bottom of the viewfinder shows the shutterspeed, exposure compensation and a flash indicator.

Links

• an in-depth description of the Nikon 28Ti.