Nice. I bought my F90 in 1992? I think. I picked up an N90s privately, but it had to go in for servicing. I kept Fujichrome Provia in the F90 and either TMax 400 or HP5 in my N90s and in my FM2n. The addies in 'American Photo' just glowed over this camera.

I have a Contax zeiss 28mm but its the c/y mount. Never really found a good way to adapt it.

It's the use of the word Bokeh that is the annoying thing, as it isn't used in the right way. Bokeh is the quality of out of focus areas, NOT the depth of field.or how much is I'm or out of focus. Most people get it wrong. Bokeh seems to of become a word bandied around by hipsters and new to film shooters.

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The Contax 3 with meter this can be a Keiv Clone dors pretty much the same or The Zeiss Ikon version of the Bessa R / Leica

So . I haven't followed you in a while. You do great work and good info. What made you leave Arizona and move to South Carolina. That area seems to be popular for Californians. My friend moved to Greenville. Keep up the good work.

May I request you to advise on the Fujifilm XT-30II

sounds like tis a good bet to tape a bubble level to the camera to keep shots level

Nikon FM2n every day. Absolutely zero need for the FM3a. Also, are you a tourist or a photographer? Make some images, quit taking them.

The temperature of water is not crucial when mixing liquid chemistry. It is more of an issue with powders, that may not dissolve correctly, if the water is too cold. Those accordion bottles are impossible to clean. There will be quite lot of residue in the bottle you store your color developer. And you are paying a premium price for those bottles. Buy your bottles from any store selling equipment for laboratories instead. Bottles cost almost nothing bought this way, and they are designed for chemistry. Same goes with measuring glasses, funnels, thermometers, etc. In photo stores you are paying a premium price for these. Also, the "stabilizer" in modern versions of C-41 is actually a final rinse. It is like Photo-Flo, but it contains also an antifungal and antibacterial agent to prevent mold and bacteria growing in emulsion during storage. It should not be washed off by Photo-Flo, which lacks this component. This stuff is meant for black and white only, where silver will prevent growth in the emulsion. Stabilizer, such as it was used before, for stabilizing the dyes, is no more used in C-41, but the old name remains.

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Eversince I watched this video, I bought this lens with no regret at all. I am using it on both my D850 and occasionally on my Sony A7r5 body. The image quality is awsome, the color rendering and out of focus are very pleasing to me and I really enjoy the close focusing capability and quality as well.

This week I shoot something a little different... you mean how can i make it expensive as possible? really zeiss lenses

It seems exposures.

Leica schmeica over priced over rated fetichists muses nikon fm is the film king

Man these are burned AF, def should brought an ND filter. These are ugly.

I was expecting to see more people here after watching Civil War

Sorry b+w is five times easier than any color process, particularly when using Cinestill DF96 which is one bottle, one step, no mixing, no working solution bottles, no discard bottles, no distilled water, no heating, when you're done developing you pour it back in the exact same bottle! I mean all you need is a tank, The bottle of DF96, and a funnel. It's true the normal three chemical black and white film is a little more involved but certainly no worse than any color process. The main advantage of black and white is you pretty much never need to warm the chemicals you can always do it at room temperature. I mean the Cinestill color kit is very good and pretty simple but still. You cannot beat one bottle one step room temperature! So yeah if someone has never developed film before I would 100% tell them to use black and white film and DF96, just to get experience with the whole process and equipment.

Love that mirror self portrait! Been thinking about one of these for my FM2

That first shot is great exactly the way it came out.

Super nice Video with the Nikon F4. Not crazy about that film, but you guys did a super job! Thanks

Amazing camera ..I've got two of this...congrat for your great stream ! You kow your tools!!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Best tutorial on YT, even after 5yrs later…thanx

Shutter shake is very high for FM2

Looking for a film camera from the year I was born, 1983 but everyone on YT is saying this was 1982. When you go on Nikon’s website it says this was 1983 and the FM2 was 1982

So… as the title says… is this camera worth buying in 2021?

Thanks for the review of the Voigtländer. I also used quite a bit of 50 mm lenses and around from Leica and others and do not think Leitz/Leica is enough out of this world to call the Voigtländer being only 80% of the Leica-lens, even a current Summilux Asph. It's not a definite scale, I know, but 80% to me sounds quite harsh, as if it was just another normal-lens. In my book, many of such lenses deserve that rating. From what you are showing I'd rather rate it 90-95% of a current Leica-lens and better than some of the old crop from Wetzlar.

Mac, I know this comment is being posted 5 years later but thought I would post it anyway. An excellent in-depth "how to" video for any beginner. Just one comment and one suggestion. First, the comment, glad you use Photo Flo on your color negatives. You're the only KZfaqr I've seen using it on color film. Second, the suggestion, when loading film using a changing bag, use a leader retrieval tool to pull out the film leader, cut the film leader off and start the film on the plastic spool BEFORE placing in the changing bag. That first few inches of film was already exposed to light when loading it into the camera and does not have any images on it so it's safe to do that procedure in daylight. This procedure eliminates the hardest part of loading film in a changing bag.

UP主所在的国家，FM2要多少钱？ 一手还是二手？

I've this, bought brand new in 2016, use with my Nikon D810. It's as sharp as Nikon 70-200mm E ED FL. Monirul Islam Dhaka, Bangladesh. 06 May 2024

You’re disappointed at the beginning because the m5 doesn’t compare to a Nikon f. Why would you go from a more accurate system (Nikon f and f2) and go to a more expensive less accurate machine? You don’t even have a 100% viewfinder. I’d shoot Nikon and the Leicas for a good 1-2 years and print in your darkroom. See which pictures are more accurate as you framed them in camera, and which has better focus on the print

I owned this lens for several years and completely agree with your findings. I remember a review with samples showing it was Nikons sharpest lens at f2 and sharper than the famed Noctilux 1.0 at all identical stop-values. But more often than not the CA and and the veiling flare took away much from that sharpness. Add to that a busy bokeh at f2 and swirly-effects at wider stops and you get quite a difficult beast to work with. But when everything worked out, man, what a lens! Stopped down to f5.6 it was razor-sharp into the finest detail even on the D800E.

how is that Zeiss lens so huge?? It's a 35mm. That thing looks like an 85 or longer. That's pretty annoying since I wouldn't mind getting some zeiss stuff for my Nikon. No reason a 35 millimeter lens should be that long. The Voigtlander F-mount is very small in comparison. (they have a 20mm and a 40mm that are both basically pancake lenses. Not sure why the zeiss one is so big)

It's not only worth buying... I'll argue it's the best manual SLR ever made (The FM3a probably is... but it's also a vanity camera released in the early 2000's and is 800 dollars and is exactly the FE2 but with all mechanical shutter). The Olympus OM2n and the Nikon FE2 are probably the best manual SLR's ever produced. There's going to be some subjective opinions... but those are the best of the best. Aperture priority. Exposure comp. The Nikon has 1/4000th shutter speed. The Olympus is incredibly small with small and super sharp lenses. I'd take the Nikon FE2 as my all time favorite... with the Olympus as my 2nd. (And anyone saying the FM2 is the greatest... NO, the FE2 is all that, but with aperture priority and exposure comp. And anyone saying the F3 is the best... NO... it's the FE2 with a slower max shutter speed. The FE2 reigns supreme.)

Photos are good, i am not sure about the film but has its charm for sure, and i like the way you explained when you were taking photos. Please tell us your thought process when you are taking photos, is very helpful.

И тут я занялся фотографией!!! - цитата из фильма -Трудный ребенок (1991)....

Wouldn't it be easier to cut the film before removing from the cartridge and get it on the reel and then put it in the bag? You should have enough film leader to do this without exposing any film.

Reminds me a little of the long ago gone Kodak Color Infrared (E-6) film that would give green plants as blood red. You did better than I did with this film - I shot on a cloudy day but yours in bright sun gives better color saturation. Thanks.

I just got mine and tried it on both my D780 and FE2 and I was shocked and so wowed. My God this lens is truly amazing.

in its day it was certainly not underrated but the best and most high-tech there was if you didn't want to lug an F4 :D inflation-adjusted price was something like 2500$ today-money for the body. I still have mine.

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If your F3 burns batteries when just switched on, it needs fixing. But when putting it away and something pushes on the shutter-button in your bag it will also drain power, maybe it was that? Same with Leica M6 btw which you have to set on B to prevent this.

I tend to agree with everything said. Great camera. The F3 and the FM3a also good options. If money was no object i'd go with the FM3a... but it's like freaking 6 times the price of the FE2 and they're basically the same camera. I think there's too many "purists" or "leica fanboys" who think the FM3a is the greatest mechanical SLR ever made... which may be is true... but the FE2 is THE SAME CAMERA except you can't shoot in all shutter speeds without the battery. Not sure if that one aspect makes it a thousand dollar camera. Anyway, nice vid.

Leica M5 is a jewel!!

The batteries (Energizer 357/303) in my FE2 lasted me 10 months of shooting. just to give other a point of reference

Great review. Anyone know how to turn off the autofocus confirmation beep?

Very good video. Thank you RS. Canada

The Voigtlander 58mm 1.4 is every bit as good as any Leica. If you think it’s the lens..

I have an FM2 with grid focus rather than split image and have no luck in focusing it. Please advise. Many thanks Perry