Thanks!

I still have mine from 1986 and it’s fantastic for photography during storms, rain, desert or generally dusty, dirty conditions. Super sharp lens, quiet and built like a tank!

Man, sound of your clip is really terrible....

Burrows lived breathed and ultimately died for his craft - leaving us this eternal record of the horrors of the Vietnam conflict. This book is the greatest testament and his lasting legacy. Thank you for sharing.

Congratulations 👏

Pentax Espio Mini also has a remote trigger too, thanks for sharing this camera

The "autofocus/manual" button on my lens broke off. Is anyone familiar with it? thx.

Its a miniature dual lens, how awesome

A veritable cornucopia of luxury camera lenses! I am beyond jealousy! I have subscribed in hopes of living vicariously through you as you shoot your leica because I'll probably never be able to own one. BTW, please don't be upset if you scroll upon my video making fun of leica owners. It was all a joke for internet attention. I don't want to get cancelled by the film community before I get a reel following.

I have this in my collection, along with Eddie Adams, Tim Page, Robert Capa amongst other giants from that time period in history.

I think people tend to lump it in with the various early Nikon AF cameras which often had rather clunky controls but really this is more a classic Nikon manual SLR just with an added auto wind function. Its also much better built than a lot of the budget cameras which followed, has some plastic in it but feels very solid indeed. I'd guess because at the time Autofocus was new enough to sell the F-501 by itself so the F-301 got everything besides that.

Fun thing about this camera is you can control the ISO on it.

Great video. I have one on the way with an M3 but had no idea how it worked until now :)

If getting into this series of Nikons cold-turkey, the FA is a great choice. I started with the first FM and traded "up" has newer versions came out, ending with an FE2 I still have. In 1983-4, I probably would have moved to an FA, but for the very high price assessed for what you got over and FE2. IMO, its reported issues were always over-blown, but they do exist in come units. If starting out today, looking for a daily use Nikon something like the FA,I'd buy an F100. It has everything an FA offers plus some very useful additional functions. The F100 is probably more reliable, both for its age and its design.

The one that arrived today is already dented 😢

Thanks for this video. Love Jane Bown's work.

Very nice review thanks 👍

I bought a cheap Pen F with 38mm 1.8 a few months back and loved it so much I now own 4 of them! I was lucky enough to pick up an original Olympus adapter for Pentax m42 screw mount lenses and feel absolutely no desire to track down the rare and expensive Pen F 60mm 1.5 when I can just use a wonderfully inexpensive Takumar 50mm 1.4 with similar results. Amazing portrait lens on the Pen F!

Back is plastic as far as i'm aware :P

que pila necesita el control ? Gracias .

If you can't read the DX code, at what ISO do you shoot? Muchas Gracias

today，200💶

What to do I do if I cant really see that meter line through the camera? Im not sure if it is my eyes or if it has something to do with the camera.

Thank you - I keep forgetting about the lock mechanism.

I wasted an entire roll shot during my military goodbye dinner party using the M90 mode and the E-Series Flash and MDE Drive. Everything came-out dark. In contrast I had better results on a different party leaving the shutter on Auto with a third-party flash with an auto sensor. To this day I’m not comfortable using the E-series flash with this kit.

actually good leica lens is really expensive. But modern one. Even old summicron can cost 1k$ but sometimes You can find more like 500$ heh this one are mostly busted with dim, fog or even scratch. I saw the difference between old summar 50 f2 and new voightlander. There is a really big sharpness difference. Sometimes it is better to shoot with new 7artisan than busted sumilux.

I had the Olympus AF-1 mini way back in the day brand new, they're very similar to the mju series from Olympus, obviously less desirable but equally capable in my honest opinion.👍 I still have mine somewhere but have misplaced it...:(

I found a 7SII for 4€ at a garage sale a few years ago. Recently, I opened it up and really cleaned it up well. I added a pink filter on the viewfinder (grade 1 1/2), and now it's as good as new! Even if it's not the best viewfinder (a bit of distortion and you can see the optics a bit...), I can now use it normally and focus very easily! What's great about this camera is that it's mechanical and therefore works without batteries, and it has really superb optics. 40mm is perhaps the perfect lens! It has a handy automatic mode, but to get the right exposure I have to set 50 iso for a 100 iso film. Either it's got a bit old, or it's because the original battery must have been 1.3v... In any case, a superb camera! I buy bulk rolls of film from Fomapan so that I can continue to enjoy photography without restrictions, just like in the good old days!

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Are the PenF (digital) and the PenF (half frame) use the same lens mount?

The FA also works with the MD-11 motor drive.

Mine has a top lens cap idk how to get it off so i can look through the viewfinder

Have collected many Olympus lenses and cameras, old and new. But was not aware of her until this week. Truly inspiring and will certainly buy her books. Tempted to carry the Zuiko 85 mm on my OM4 and attempt portraits like her. Thank you for all the details about her and her photography.

Do the adapters allow you to focus to infinity?

Like this video, but do you have a video (perhaps part 2) that shows this model in operation. I just acquired the exact same model, but can't get it to work. All seems to be in order, batteries are all fresh. Thanks

Thank you for showing his work.

🇯🇵 rangefinders are so awesome🥰

Got one from my dad... incl. the sqweeky sound,but it works fine. Thanks for the self timer trick, didn't knew that!

The feature that is missing is Exposure lock. As Nikon thought the meter was perfect. In the next matrix metered camera the F4 this flaw was corrected

I just got my first Leica (M2) with the Leicameter MR, this video really helped me how to put it on my Leica, thank you! I have a question how do you change the ISO on the Leicameter MR? I tried to rotate from the above and it doesnt move anywhere (the ISO). If you have any clues that would be helpful :) Thanks!

I saw these for so little on eBay but was dissuaded by accounts of these being fragile, while otherwise being an amazing camera ive heard they just stop working sometimes

I can now answer my own prior question in my first comment, having successfully completed the fungus removal since then. I picked off the rubber gaskets with my fingernail gently, but I didn’t pull either rubber piece completely off, and I didn’t clean off the contact adhesive. I only needed to slide the rubber pieces away enough so that they would not interfere with the clasps as I removed the top cover. I left the rubber pieces dangling, still attached to the contact cement in a few places. Easier to do than to describe. After cleaning the eye piece and prism, I slid the U-shaped gaskets back over the edges of the top covers, pushing and sliding gently to reseat the gaskets. I attached the four screws and reattached the finder to the camera body. The gaskets stay nicely in place without requiring any new adhesive. Since I did not clean off the old adhesive at all, there was still some contact adhesion to hold the gaskets in place. I removed and replaced the finder several times from the camera body to test the gasket placement and the gaskets stayed neatly in place. The clamping force with the camera body also firmly secured the gaskets.

Greetings, does your R Button protection rotates ? I just notice that mine spins around the axel.

the focus ring on mine is very loosen. And the camera does not work even after I changed the battery

Thanks for the useful video. Is it even necessary to glue the rubber strips back on? Wouldn’t friction and the clamping pressure of the viewfinder against the body keep them in place?

Wow, what a great informative video. I didn’t know that about the prisms for the FTN I’ve got an F2 I like that little light me you’ve got.

The problem with the rubber base is that it’s easy to knock over. If it’s a smooth base then it’s more likely to just slide with a knock.

Also use a flash indoors the plastic lens on these cameras is poor enough with a fixed focus of 4 ft to infinity and with such a long exposure time for the 160 iso film it needs all the help it can get so a flash is recommended for all shots

The knob is for exposure a tip for SX-70 film is that is about 20 iso higher than the old stuff so to get it evened out turn the knob about 1 line into the black side for proper exposure and also please use SX-70 film in the camera or use an ND filter or have the camera converted for 600 film use I don’t want to see you wasting precious film. Great video though and I wish you the best on your future pictures

❤Had this beast of a camera, back in the days. Don't know why I went to Canon with my next camera!