What was your first camera - Nikon or otherwise?

Old cameras are magical. They can bring back memories and capture memories as well.

Hallo und liebe Grüße aus Düsseldorf, ich fotografiere gerade auch wieder mit einer Nikon FM ich liebe diese Kamera 📸 im Fotojob seit 1975 . Eine gute Zeit für dich 🙏

4:34 I love this

Wonderful video with great informations. Now I feel nostalgic and melancholic. Thanks.

Nice video. Thank you.

i love this👍🏻 one of my first camera was canon av-1

I owned the Manual FM back in the day ..AWESOME camera it was . I also had the FM2 later on

First camera - Yashica FXD Quartz! Then I moved into Nikons and moved quickly from the FM to the FM2 (I still have one upstairs!) which I used for many years. I moved then on through the Nikon range finally using the F5 briefly. After this I bought into the Nikon Digital range starting with the D100 all the way through to the D850 but am now using the Z7ll What a great vid this is and brings back many fine memories indeed. Many thanks Post note: many of the cameras I used were provided to me by the British Army as I was one of the few privileged traded Army Photographers for some 20 years until 2002. We had all assorts of kit to use including 'blads and 5x4 plate cameras and even, in one location, a fully on-tramline 20"x15" plate film camera - only ever used it for Orthochromatic copy work! Otherwise it was all Nikon kit pretty much exclusively. Personally I have only bought into the Nikon systems except for that Yashica and a 645 Bronica.

I love this kind of unboxing very natural unscripted, just how you normally do when you open when you received one. It is really nice to see your reaction like meeting again a long lost friend. I have the black version fm and silver fm2 they are really nice to hold and use. Congrats on your purchase. Happy shooting!

Excellent video. Great storytelling and edit.

Cool video... packed with info... stellar post-production... keep it real and Health and a wealth of happiness!

look forward to the pictures :) i have the fm2

Great video. My own FM, a late high numbered 3, is currently out for a CLA and I'm anxiously waiting it's return.

Another fantastic video Raymond. Your passion and excitement is contagious!

I’ve just finished servicing one, always a pleasure to work on it. I had one and regret selling it. Replaced it with an FM2n with titanium shutter but still missing my 3 knurled FM.

I just bought my nikon fm yesterday. Excited to try it too

Hi Raymond, What a video ! Your pics, the storytelling and the review of the Nikon FM resonates so deeply with me...what a blast seeing these expedition pics and bike touring pics ! I very recently came into (or came again maybe, in the first half of my life there was no digital camera) film photography, and I'm leaving today for a bike touring trip visiting the place where we used to go with the whole family when I was a kid. I haven't been there for 30 years... On this special occasion I bring my FM2n and FE2 cameras. This video is such an inspiration to me ! Thanks again.

Congrats on snagging that beautiful Nikon FM. I have one which I bought brand new along with a Nikkor 50mm f1/8 AI lens back in 1980. My first 35mm film SLR. Mine is of the '300' series serial number sequence which means it does not have the shutter lock ring around the shutter release, and the film wind lever must be left out to half way to keep the light meter on. A wonderful camera I also have a Nikon F, Nikkormat FT2, and Nikon FG but the FM is my favorite. Solid, well made, simple to use everything you need to take great photos without a lot of gizmos and doodads.

Loved it. I also had a FM that was stolen. Replaced it with an FA if I recall.

Great video, was also like watching a photographer reunited with an old friend. Thanks 😊

Great review . I watched it for 3 times . Thanks. I bought my early nikon fm with engraved nikon mark on top of sn last week . Its 3 knurled version with sn 2 . The ability to take a photo when the lever is locked is fantastic for portraiture. Good luck. Mohammad.

Hi just bought one as it was the camera we used in the army in the 80s solid worked in all weather I like to add a FM2 to it as well love the LED light in the view finder so easy to see I love the simplicity of it 👍🏻

I collect cameras, I have about fifty of them, about half of them Nikons, mostly picked up cheaply over the years. About 12 years ago I put them all into store mainly due to failing eyesight which made it almost impossible for me to use them. in the last couple of years there has been some improvement in eyesight so I have got the cameras out again and tested them. Most still worked, a few were a bit sticky but worked after a bit of exercise and a few needed light seals replaced. Three need repairs, which I cannot afford, maybe next year when I get my state pension. Interestingly, all three of the problem ones are mechanical and one of these is a FM, the early type with the shutter lock ring. When I first got it out of store it worked but after a while the wind lever didn't work, either to wind the film or to cock the shutter, and the mirror is locked up. for a while if I flicked the lever a few times or moced the motor drive coupling with a coin I could hear something click into place, and then it would work again for a while so I don't think it's anything serious, probably just needs a clean and lubrication.

My first camera was FE2, I had and kept it in mint condition from 1985 for 33 years until I sold it with my two Nikkor lenses.

Was able to acquire an FM for a song recently. Needs a little CLA but still a beautiful camera

Great find! It's in mint condition too. I'm presently looking for one online. I'll admit, I wish I'd have found that one before you did 😂. Congratulations and cheers!

A lot of people actually use that 800T film under non-tungsten lighting to deliberately get weird color effects. It seems to be its most popular use, really. Might not be your style, though. CineStill is cool. They purchase Kodak movie film stock and modify it somehow so it can be developed in the standard C41 process, then they package it as 35mm or 120 rolls and resell it.

I gave my Nikon FM to my grandaughter and she loves it. I use an Nikon FE with a 50mm f2 lens and a Nikkormat ft2 with a 50mm f1.4 ai s-c. I also have the legendary Nikkor P 105mm f2.5 lens. Awesome. I have an E series 75mm to 150 lens and its great.

nice!

Ah this flashes me back to my 1st 35mm SLR the Canon TX . I was 12 and my parents told me and my sister we where they were planning a big two week summer vacation trip of a one week in New York city and the second week in Washington D.C. .I had about 1 1/2 years to save up for good "real camera". My Kodak X15 would not cut for me. I was very frugal with saving my allowance and started my TX, lens and flash fund with $200.00 usd. Saving my Allowance and supplemented with cash from pet and house sitting (watering the lawn and plants ) for vacationing neighbors I saved enough to get my first "real " camera . A Canon TX (simple match needle exposure) , Canon FD 50mm f1.8 lens (non Thorium ☢ ) a basic 9v battery Vivitar 253 Flash and a boat anchor vivitar 70-200mm zoom lens . I have to admit 80% + of my pictures I took with the TX were with the FD 50mm F1.8 . I actually still have the TX which I think the seals need to be replace , the FD 50mm is not in working condition (cheaper to replace on Ebay than repair ) and the insanely bright , but slow Vivitar 253 flash that still works . Ah the memories of fun summer vacations and great pictures with that old Canon TX. Loved that camera .

I am considering doing the same, although I have gotten spoiled by digital, I am having a hard time justifying the cost of film, but I might just do it. I had an FE2. Now the Z6ll

Always check the light seals and the mirror cushion on used cameras. A lot of these turn into goo after 20 years and need to be replaced.

Did you ever do a follow up video with pictures you've taken with the FM?

So where’s the photo shooting video?

I would recommend a better microphone. This video sounded muffled.

Hi help me find that baby at a good price - nikon fm2n which in good condition i will pay