Nikon F

The 1959 Nikon F was the camera that made professional photojournalists abandon their rangefinders. Its interchangeable prisms, motor drives, and tank-like reliability made it the weapon of choice for Vietnam War photographers. Don McCullin, David Douglas Duncan, and Larry Burrows trusted their lives and careers to it. The F-mount it introduced lasted 65 years and over 400 lenses before Nikon finally retired it. No camera system has ever had a longer run.