[bobwysiwyg]

Bob, have your memory checked. The FE came to market in 1978. In the early '70s, Nikon's SLRs were F- series (F and F2 overlapped for a couple of years) and Nikkormats FT- and EL).

I started in 1970 with a Nikkormat FTN.

Right you are.. on all counts it was later than I recalled.