back to film

Nikon still produce the F6 thoug

is Not easy to find new.

Apparently they produce and sell

about 50 F6 a month. If you want

to buy used film cameras I

recommend nikon FM family (FM,

FM2, FM2N, and the exceptional

FM3A)

<p>I am so blessed with the memories of growing up with film as a kid. So it is not completely new to me.<br>

New is to hear and see what FILM actually means, comparing to DSLR. I enjoy the newer full frame series that I use for work. <br>

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for the responses. It was a joy to read !<br>

I am a manual kid. I love playing around with the camera . I do enjoy looking at GRAIN actually. Not too much, but visible. <br>

So I will have to find a good one by experimenting. And developing myself sounds amazing to me. <br>

Any links where I can read some insights in this forum ?</p>

<p>Well, I don't have links within PN, but here is one photographer who almost always uses film:</p>

<p>http://iftimestoodstill.net/</p>

<p>I love his photos and his blog is wonderful - when I discovered it over a year ago, I went back to the first post and viewed every single entry.</p>

<p>No-one has yet mentioned the Nikon F; it's siblings and offspring, yes, but not the Grand-daddy and King of the Hill!<br>

Loaded with the Photomic FTN finder and a 50/1.4 Nikkor you will have a camera that will last at least another 60 years and help you develop plenty of good muscle tone as you stride about. The 3 I have, I bought very cheaply and all had non working meter heads, but new batteries solved that in all of them. I am a bit biased I know, but when you hold an F you understand that your photography needs have come home and your dreams are finally realizable.<br>

The F2 is also a beautiful camera and worth considering. The F3 has a red line on it for some obscure reason and is from the House of Giugiaro and that would qualify for instant dismissal from a camera list.<br>

The FM2 and FM2n are also very good, and the Minolta SRT series are also interesting and worth checking out as well as the OM1 or OM2 from Olympus; this list is getting too long....choose a camera you like the look of and the chances are it will give many years of enjoyment, regardless of make!</p>

<p>The Nikon F is a beautiful thing with the plain prism finder, especially in black. The F3 is nice - the F4 is quite beautiful, much nicer than almost any other SLR camera, though you wouldn't compare it directly to minimalist designs. But the F is something very special. The F2 has a few nice extras which are worth having, unless you really must have the F.</p>

 

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<p>this list is getting too long</p>

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<p>Even if we were having this conversation in 1950, the list would still be too long! Such is the amount of equipment we have to choose from.</p>

<p>The FM2 is a great manual body from Nikon. It's as simple as it get with no auto exposure.<br>

I wouldn't go for the FM10 when a used FM2 can be had much cheaper.</p>

<p>Hi Les,<br>

Both the Nikon F and original Canon F1 had Titanium shutters and interchangeable heads. They also were built to succeed in a market that had only just been thought of- the professional one, and so were built to outperform and outlast anything from Leica and other German makers.<br>

Another wonderful idea about these early heavyweight beauties is that they were in all essentials, hand built by teams of dedicated and highly skilled craftsmen and women who cared deeply that that they were producing was the best it could be. I love that seriousness of endeavour.</p>

<p>Hi,<br>

The Big Minolta is a beauty as well..I think it might have been the XM on this side of the water. </p>

I love the F3 and FE2 (over the FM2 because the FE2 has the needles for meter readout). Both are really well made and

available now for very little money. But the camera that still has a special place in my shelf in the Minolta XD11. Not too

big, feels great in the hand and looks stunning. I mostly stopped shooting film when the shop where I had it processed

went out of business a few years ago, but that was a camera that strangers would stop me on the sidewalk and ask

about.

<p>I'm in for the appreciating the seriousness of endeavor too, as this point, at this point reminds me of the issues surrounding the making of the Nikon FM3a. There we're the old school Japanese engineers that were brought back from retirement to contribute to what would be the last great film camera of the era. The team knew they were to get it right and when the FM3a project was over and the camera was released, a sense of sadness and sentiment came over the ones involved knowing that the digital age was about to transition. One of the issues that required the old guys was the casting of the top and bottom brass plate covers. The new guys couldn't get it right. The challenge was to form it without the brass splitting. They got it right. In fact they got the whole camera right, particularly the shutter speed dial that needed to go from mechanical to fully Auto. This turned out to be their biggest success element for the FM3a project. After 32 years, I still own and use my F3. My FM3a came later obviously. I still argue with myself as to which camera I like best. This is priceless!</p>