Nikon S2 black paint, early type black dial

The black S2 was Nikon's first professionally designated camera. Black bodies were special order, meant to be sold only to credentialed pro photographers. While a very few black Nikon One's, M's and S's were made by special order with the factory, they were never offered on a Nikon price sheet -- as was the black Nikon S2. There are at least FOUR versions of the Black S2: Chrome Dial version with focusing scale in FEET or METERS, and the Black Dial Version with focusing scale in FEET or METERS. This Black S2 is the earlier "Chrome Dial" S2. The focusing scale is all chrome as shown here. The shutter speed dial is painted all black, without a chrome rim that the "Black Dial" versions have. Although a very limited number of very late chrome Dial S2's may have left the factory with one of the later black & chrome 50 Nikkors, practically all of the Chrome Dial S2's were produced when Nikon's standard 50 lenses were ALL chrome. This presented an esthetic problem for the black bodies. To remedy it. Nikon made a limited number of ALL black 50/1.4's just for their special order black S2 Chrome Dial bodies. Predictably, many of the original ALL black 50/1.4's were separated from their original cameras over the years. The lens pictured on this body is a later black/chrome lens, not the original ALL black 50/1.4 lens it left the factory with. With Nikkor-H 2/50mm ser.no. 752756 , cap