The Nikon F is a 35mm film SLR introduced in 1959 as Nippon Kogaku's first single-lens reflex system camera. This particular configuration — eyelevel finder, chrome finish, cloth focal-plane shutter, and serial numbers within the first 100 produced — represents the earliest production examples and is treated as a separate collector category from later F bodies.

Sales data for the first-100 chrome eyelevel cloth-shutter Nikon F is extremely thin, with only one verified UK auction hammer result of £7,500 from December 2010. With no further comparable saleroom evidence in the dataset, today's worth is hard to pin down precisely, and recent value will hinge heavily on documented provenance, originality and serial-number verification at auction.