Favorite Nikon Camera

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<p>"The manual Nikon F was great. Worked consistently right through 7 Gs"<br>

John, could you tell us what you were doing with this camera at 7Gs? Taking off for the moon? Space Mountain?</p>

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<p>My favorite is the one I don't own but bought for someone else: the FM2. The feel and weight seemed perfect. I have an F3HP that takes wonderful shots (it's probably the old 43-86 zoom I use), but I've never been crazy about the feel of the camera - - and the meter freezes in cold weather. Lastly, I have one of the late Nikkormats (an FT3); I purchased it in a gigantic thrift store that sells mostly clothes. It came with a pristine f2 Nikkor lens and its meter is pretty much dead, but it's a lovely thing and it was a steal: $59.</p>

<p>F6 (with SPUR DSX, TMY-400, Tri-X, Fuji Superia 1600 or Ektar inside)<br>

D7000</p>

<p>Since this question apparantly touches all the right nerves and vibes of the photo.net Nikon 'community', I'll chime in to strengthen the feeling of nostalgia and hope that surrounds the thread.</p>

<p>F3/T (=HP) is the 'survivor' in terms of being my favourite. It surpassed the F801 and the F4 and the Nikkormats that I own(ed).</p>

<p>And - as I have repeated several times now already in different fora - the D200 made for a 'soft landing' into the digital world of photography. With very intuitive quality and controls, it rather was my 'Digital F801'. But it is not going to be my favourite - I am waiting for the F3 successor in my hands. And that should be full-frame - one thing I learned: 24x36mm format is ideal for me.</p>

Nikon F, standard prism. My dad purchased it for me in Japan in the early 70's. Since then I've

accumulated a number of Nippon Kogaku lenses.<div></div>

<p>S3 series and FM3A</p>

<p>Film -- F4, with the MB-20. Digital, D700. The D700 feels like a digital F4 to me. Same sized body, same incredible combination of flexibility and capability.</p>

<p>Film, my old F2AS with MD - which disappeared in a burglary in 1986 - still miss it, Digital - D3.</p>

<p>F !</p>

<p>Late to the party, add another vote for the F4s.</p>

<p>Another vote for a Nikkormat. A fabulous camera that never got the respect that it deserved. I made my living with one during the '70s. <br /> Now I love my equally humble D70. I bought two of them new and and I'm still delighted with them. Megapixels are over-rated.</p>

<p>D300 and D4 when it comes out.</p>

<p>Seems everyone is scrambling to find a rare bird so I´ll add one : Nikomat ELW with winder. Used it a lot in the late 70´s and early eighties.<br>

Seriously though, chosen from film cameras I´ve used: probably the F- 801, though most used were an F4S and F-100. A FM2/T was nice too for low weight and compactness.<br>

Digitally the D700, wonderful still camera.</p>

<p>F, FM and FA. Digital, I would say d700, even if I don't own it. I know I'm going to disappoint someone out there, but digital has no personality: I rather prefer scanned film, even if it is far less practical. It is also more time-consuming, but we have many foolest ways to spend our time, so...</p><div></div>