Awesome

Thanks my man :)

Yeah I'd like to try a few more, for sure.

That sounds really amazing, thanks for sharing. The F3HP is on my list for sure.

That's Nikon quality for ya, thanks for sharing :)

That's so cool we have the same lens combo. Thanks for the comment.

Thanks for sharing. I hear good things about the FM2.

@@AzrielKnight Thank you. What attracted me most was the weight, though it seems well built. You have to use bulb after 1 sec shutter speed but does go to 1/4000. Very compact with Voigtlander Ultron 40 mm f2.

Glad you liked the video. I really love this camera and I think many of my future cameras will be compared to it.

Thanks for the comment Neil!

makes me want to take a poke on ebay for a "broken" one

Nice! Hopefully we'll be out on the hunt again soon.

Thanks! Doesn't the FM3A have a similar body?

Thanks for the comment Timothy. I do plan to check out the F series at some point.

Thanks for sharing Raul :)

Thanks for the tip. I guess I wont be escaping that :)

Thanks for the comment. I do love me a Pentax prime!

We all have gear we regret selling :)

Thanks for the comment Joe!

Solid choice.

Thanks for sharing Ryan. Nice find on the black FE

This is why I prefer the F2 or F3 - I hate the shutter advance thing. Edit: Im a left eyed shooter :)

You're the second person to mention an EM, now I want to try one :)

@@AzrielKnight The EM is actually surprisingly well built for what it is, but is rather lacking in features. It was only n production for three years before being replaced by the FG, which is one of my favourites. This in turn was replaced by the FG-20 which was built for Nikon by Corina, and was a step down from the original FG. These are the bottom tier, fully amateur Nikon bodies. The later F301 (N200 in America) introduced the integrated motor drive, and the almost identical looking F501 added autofocus. These two models are sometimes considered to be part of the same series but are quite different to the EM and FG, though they are still smaller and lighter than a conventional body with a separate motor drive added. The mid tier, serious amateur, range started with the Nikkormat (Nikomat in Japan) which had a built-in exposure meter and rage FS which lacked this feature. These fully mechanical cameras were followed by the FT which simplified maximum aperture indexing when mounting lenses, and the FM2 which added a hot shoe and used alkaline or silver oxide batteries in place of the mercury ones in the earlier models. The final mechanical Nikkormat was the FT3 which was the same as the FM2, but took ai lenses; it was only made for a few months until the FM was ready for production. There were also electronic Nikkormats, starting with the EL which introduced aperture priority auto exposure and the ELW which could take a winder. Finally there was the Nikon EL2 which was basically a Nikkormat though it didn’t use that name, this was basically the same as the ELW, but built for ai lenses until the FE was ready; it was also short lived. The next generation of the mid tier cameras started with the FM and the FE; like the Nikkormat FT3 and Nikon EL2 which they replaced could mount pre-ai lenses but had to use stop down metering with them; later models dropped this feature, though it returned with the digital Df rather surprisingly. The FE had user-replaceable focusing screens, which the original FM did not. These models were replaced by the FM2 and FE2 which had various fairly minor improvements, and then what is generally known as the FM2n though I’m not sure if the camera actually carried that model name, which allied a slightly faster flash sync speed. As with the FG-20, cheaper mid tier models with more plastic were inter introduced, the FM-10 and FE-10, I think these were also made by Cosina. The final model in this series was the FM3a which offered both mechanically timed manual and electronically timed aperture priority auto exposure modes at all speeds. This one is a very nice camera, but expensive. The FA was something of an oddity. It was something like the FE2 but introduced many new features including shutter priority and program modes and matrix metering however, it feels less well built than the FE series, and there are reported to be reliability issues with the electronics, though mine works fine. The LCD display in the viewfinder is rather dim, and difficult to use with my poor eyesight. The top tier professional models are the F, F2, F3, F4, F5 and F6. The F had separate finders, a plain unmetered prism and waist level finder which could be used with a clip-on meter, an action finder and a series of metered prisms, the Photomic which was not TTL, the Photomic T which was, the TN which added centre-weighted metering and The FTN which introduced the semi-automatic maximum aperture indexing system. The F2 has various fairly minor changes, the back hinges open for loading rather than sliding off, the shutter release button and strap lugs are slightly repositioned, the metered finders are totally changed, with the battery compartment now in the body rather than in the finder. A 6x High-magnification finder was available. Any accessories were incompatible with the earlier model. The F3 was totally different, with electronic shutter. An auto-focus version, the F3-AF was made but was not successful, only two lenses were made for it, and later autofocus ones are not compatible with the autofocus system on this camera. I don’t know about the F4, 5 and 6. About 20 years ago I started collecting Nikon cameras, most came from collectors’ fairs or EBay, and I didn’t pay much for any of them. The only professional body I own is the F. From the mid tier I have the Nikkormat FT, FTn, FT2, FT3 EL and Nikon EL2, FM, FE, FA and F90x. From the bottom tier I have the EM, the FG, the F-301 and the F-501. After these I tend to lose interest, and the model numbering system gets rather complicated. One controversial thing about the EM was the advertising for it. Being a simple camera with few controls they suggested that it was suitable for women! Don’t think that would go down too well today, and seems inappropriate even for its time.

Thanks very much! Sorry to hear about the FE, but glad the FA works for you.

the 105mm is a solid lens from what I hear.

it is an amazing lens, one of the best of all the Nikon AI system: with its F 2.5 allows you to work in low light. It is very sharp and plus it is very compact. Of all the lenses I owned in my entire life, this is the most favored one @@AzrielKnight

Nice, hope it works out for ya!

Thanks for sharing!

Oh, there are some, out in the wild... Like me. I tried to switch, and I tried hard, over a period of about 3 years. Composition was a nightmare, and I couldn't even figure out how to properly focus. I guess my left brain hemisphere won't adjust anymore, not in this lifetime :D Apart from that, there were no issues with shooting an F3 HP - I just angled my face rightwards and looked slightly to the left when peeping thru the viewfinder. Fun fact: With a waist level finder, I can use both eyes independently.

Lots of us out there

Here's another one! My left just has sharper focus than my right one for some reason. My nose is used to close encounters with the back of many a camera.

I should become one because my right eye is worse, but most Nikons favor a right eye, especially if you shoot both eyes open.

Left eyed shooter here - One nice thing is that I can keep both eyes open when looking through the finder, because most of the camera body covers my right eye.

Might just be the contacts, here hoping :)

@@AzrielKnight I hope so. I'm in Chicago now and won't get back to it for a while. Last time I held it was January and there was the fine white powder of exploded batteries all over it. #SadFace

Thanks for sharing :)

Nice, thanks for sharing

no reading before frame one on the FE2 you say? I'm going to remember that.

@@AzrielKnight Yes unfortunately, it caused some confusion for me initially because at first I thought the battery was dead, which is another feature they did away with on the FE2 (the battery check light). It's a similar situation with the F3... until you reach frame one it defaults to 1/80s. All of which at least gives you the option to shoot, the F100 automatically winds to frame one.

I do miss my FE, but I invested in modern glass.

That sucks. Mien has been reliable for the year and a half or so I've had it but I always expect a failure. So far, so good.

I used to own a 124g, regretted selling it.

@@AzrielKnight one of my top five favorite cameras for sure.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Hate to say it, but it was likely the battery :( At least you have another one.

Interesting! Thanks for the info!

I'll keep my eyes peeled, thanks!

shoot, thanks for the heads up. I was fixing it at one point but forgot. my template needs an overhaul.

@@AzrielKnight Thankfully the direct links work and I was able to pick up a Tri-X shirt! 😊

I think I shot with a broken OM a few years back. I would love to try it sometime but it's just a matter of coming across one that is cheap enough.

Thanks for the kind words Robert. I hope you get your dream camera :)

Thanks for the comment :) I hear good things about the FM2

Thanks for the comment! I have yet to do much blue hour photography.

Great tip, thank you :)

I haven't shot the Minolta so I'm not sure.

@@AzrielKnight ok, thanks

Thanks for the comment Jacob :)

Great analogy!