The Nikon FG-20 is a

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(SLR) camera with interchangeable lenses. It was released in 1984 by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (now the

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) as the successor to the earlier EM and FG cameras. It is actually a downgrade from its most direct predecessor, the FG, lacking the FG's program auto exposure mode. It uses the same vertical-travel metal

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as the FG, with electronically timed speeds from 1 to 1/1000 second as well as bulb and a mechanically timed 1/90-second speed. The FG-20 could be considered a variant of the FG, as the differences between the two are the omission of program mode, exposure compensation dial, and TTL/OTF flash metering from the FG.

References

Nikon Imaging , Nikon FG-20

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