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Anything that keeps the labs open is fine by me! Casual/rookie film shooters should love these Kodak cameras. Gateway drug...

The sad fact is that both are disposable cameras without repair resources. My tactic 10+ years ago was buying 2 of a camera I liked in the best shape available. That's less of an option now, though. Still you're looking at 40+ year-old bodies here. Nikon electronics on the FE are tough. Comparable Minoltas like the X-700 suffered chronic fatal parts failures. In 2022, it's just not wise to put much money or trust in film bodies of that vintage. Much of what I see friends turning up with(FM, FE, FE2. Nikkormats)are very rough, shot-to-death examples not IMHO worth fixing if/when they conk out.

Half frame, no less: Film Friday: Reto announces $50 Kodak-branded Ektar H35 half-frame film camera

The ancient 58/1.4 that came with an equally ancient SRT 101. Got them cheap as a broke-ass grad student. Fave shots of my kid and in-laws resulted. Bokeh on that old hunk of glass was gorgeous.

See what the FPP crew thinks about it and other offbeat b&w materials: Home - The Film Photography Project

Just Google "Jumpy NIkon FE meter needle." Sometimes, though, those jumpy needles are symptomatic of irreparable age-related wear-and-tear. I pitched a Nikkormat EL not long ago with that problem. You're looking at a 40+ year-old camera.

Drive-by jerk post. Don't drink and comment.

Buy a spot meter... Why not just accept that the Contax thingie was a dead end 20 years ago? Probably cheaper to get a decent digital p&s with a spot setting and a histogram display option.

"...it will not mount on many later Nikon cameras." Not so. The aperture ring seems to be on the nose of mine, so no interference with those pesky Ai tabs. After all, it's a pre-set lens--wide open to focus, stopped-down to meter and shoot, right?

Yup, right up there with DIY root canal therapy...

I'd take a 3Wheeler any day. BTW, the chassis is mostly steel/aluminum with wood for the bodywork support.

"I don't really see the relevance of anything you just wrote." Figures...Cheers. And thanks for making my points!

Seriously? Kyocera/Yashica was painfully out of step with a fast changing market. The N-1 was their belated effort at a Contax AF system in 2000--15 years after Minolta rolled out its AF cameras and lenses. There was a digital N camera that never apparently found a market. There was also a grave incompatibility issue with MF/AF systems that stranded Contax MF loyalists. Kyocera ditched the Contax line in 2005. With some research, you'd see that end-of-days film cameras from major makers betrayed a misreading of the uptake speed for their digital offerings. Nikon's F6, arguably a fluke that fell flat and far short of the usual F series standard, came in 2004 when digital was already fast eclipsing film. Reality is that while film is now a stable residual market, film cameras aren't sold new online or storefront but rather scrounged second-hand off eBay and local social media I just don't have much time for the fabulism and magical thinking that often seep into discussions of film photography in 2022.

Seriously???

All those cables...

Slide/film scanners are dead-end technology. When was the last meaningful performance upgrade for scanners civilians could afford? DSLR scanning pretty much buried flatbeds and camera-in-a-box scanners whatever the price.

Look at Fuji. Trailing edge MILC bodies like the X-T1(16mp) and X-T2(24mp) are very affordable used. Fujinon lenses are excellent. Fixed lens models like the X-100T are worth a look.Fuji mount-to-whatever adapters are widely available.

Light on facts, as usual. Show us the specifics, examples, evidence rather than hearsay and made-up stories. Counterfeits of pricey, desirable goods are old news. No one buying a fake Hermes Birkin bag is unaware of the scam--or cares that it's a phoney. Real new Birkins aren't MIA ex-factory and sold out of a car boot.

If "catching up" never moves on to "surpass," what's the point? That's Nikon's problem. Fuji moved to mirrorless a decade ago and never stopped innovating.IMHO, Nikon was way late to the MILC party, so much so that new products now simply won't attract attention and buyers in large numbers. Because Fuji could afford to allow an outlier team of developers to dream-up the X100 series, the X-Pro and X-Txx cameras, they moved miles beyond the Canon/Nikon DSLR platforms long ago. Seems obvious that cameras and lenses aren't Nikon's future.

Seriously? It's just a matter of where Nikon sees future revenue as its cameras and lenses move into residual market territory. Fujifilm is basically a chemical company.

Some interesting numbers: Nikon Doesn't Want Cameras to Be its Core Business Anymore

The old 50/2 Ai is nice and may still be fairly cheap. Nikon made container-loads of them. The 100/2.8E is a sleeper, equal IMHO to the 105/2.5 but smaller, lighter and probably more affordable.

Yes. This huge listing is very helpful in sorting out the various generations/models of Nikkor lenses: Rolands Nikon Pages I'd check the condition of the light seal at the hinge end of the film door. Yours looks a little decayed. It's an easy DIY fix and really the only place these can leak light and damage your film. No need for a full seal kit, just short piece of thin adhesive-backed sheet foam most craft stores sell. Lots of DIY instructions online. A sweet little camera.

No follow-up on that January 2022 article...Generally, edge codes are the quickest way to trace the DNA of rebranded film materials. Take a look at your Fujifilm 200 negs.

Shot lots of much missed Fuji NPZ. ISO 800 Fuji was great in mixed/natural light, especially in 120. The 35mm version with fast lenses was a real pleasure.