Nikon FM Reunion
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- Опубликовано: 1 авг 2024
- #nikonfm #filmcamera
In this video, the photographer is reunited with a vintage Nikon FM, the first new 35mm camera he bought in 1981.
Gear and apps used to make this video:
Nikon Z6 camera x 2 (B&H) bhpho.to/308AzVW
Nikkor Z 50mm 1.8S lens (B&H) bhpho.to/3GWtfxv
Nikkor Z 85mm 1.8S lens (B&H) bhpho.to/3GZ0z77
Nikon D800
Nikkor 24-70 f/2.8G ED
TASCAM DR-60DmkII DSLR Audio Recorder (B&H) bhpho.to/31Jfli7
Røde NTG2 Multi-Powered Condenser Shotgun Microphone (B&H) bhpho.to/3H5wxhO
Aputure Amaran H528W (Similar, updated light @ B&H) bhpho.to/3F0SsFk
Godox SL60 (w/folding beauty dish) bhpho.to/3bQ6U6b
Audacity
Final Cut Pro X
MacBook Pro 2020
Intro: 0:00
Unboxing: 0:27
Unveiling: 2:00
Remembering Nikkormat: 3:01
Dawn of the FM: 3:25
Photos from my first FM: 4:23
FM exam: 5:00
E Series lens 50mm f/1.8: 11:08
Inside the camera: 11:32
Batteries: 11:49
Exposure meter: 13:51
ASA/ISO dial reappraisal: 14:21
Wrap up: 14:41
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What was your first camera - Nikon or otherwise?
1958 Zenit c reflex 35mm with a 50mm f3.5 Industar lens bought by me when I was 13.
I had a borrowed Kodak Box Brownie before that.
@@neilpiper9889 Cool! After practicing on my dad's glass plate camera, I got a bakelite Brownie for my 7th birthday. I have a gallery of photos made with that on my website. Also a number of shots from my Zenit C, given to me by a friend who was divesting his worldly possessions (tag on my site also).
Petri FT - bought whilst serving at RAF Muharraq (Bahrain) in 1969
My first camera was minolta xd7 . I use it now ant it's fantastic .
Minolta SR-T 100 bought with paper route money
Old cameras are magical. They can bring back memories and capture memories as well.
Wonderful video with great informations. Now I feel nostalgic and melancholic. Thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it!
4:34 I love this
i love this👍🏻 one of my first camera was canon av-1
I owned the Manual FM back in the day ..AWESOME camera it was . I also had the FM2 later on
Both incredibly well-designed and built, eh. As I say, I regret selling my last FM2 about 15 years ago. I did hold on to a F90X. Now I have this beauty, in perfect nick, and I'm holding on to it.
I love this kind of unboxing very natural unscripted, just how you normally do when you open when you received one. It is really nice to see your reaction like meeting again a long lost friend. I have the black version fm and silver fm2 they are really nice to hold and use. Congrats on your purchase. Happy shooting!
Thanks so much, Juan. You are absolutely right; it was like meeting a long lost friend. I'm hoping to have more adventures together soon.
Excellent video. Great storytelling and edit.
Thanks, David. Appreciate your comment. Glad it worked.
Nice video. Thank you.
My pleasure.
Hallo und liebe Grüße aus Düsseldorf, ich fotografiere gerade auch wieder mit einer Nikon FM ich liebe diese Kamera 📸 im Fotojob seit 1975 . Eine gute Zeit für dich 🙏
Vielen Dank, dass Sie vorbeigekommen sind und Hallo gesagt haben. Ich denke, man kann mit Fug und Recht sagen, dass die Nikon FM einer der großen Klassiker ist.
Es lebe der FM und wir auch.
Cool video... packed with info... stellar post-production... keep it real and Health and a wealth of happiness!
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
First camera - Yashica FXD Quartz! Then I moved into Nikons and moved quickly from the FM to the FM2 (I still have one upstairs!) which I used for many years. I moved then on through the Nikon range finally using the F5 briefly. After this I bought into the Nikon Digital range starting with the D100 all the way through to the D850 but am now using the Z7ll
What a great vid this is and brings back many fine memories indeed.
Many thanks
Post note: many of the cameras I used were provided to me by the British Army as I was one of the few privileged traded Army Photographers for some 20 years until 2002. We had all assorts of kit to use including 'blads and 5x4 plate cameras and even, in one location, a fully on-tramline 20"x15" plate film camera - only ever used it for Orthochromatic copy work! Otherwise it was all Nikon kit pretty much exclusively.
Personally I have only bought into the Nikon systems except for that Yashica and a 645 Bronica.
As I mentioned in my last Fireside Chat video, I never owned a flagship. Though I envied my colleagues who bought the Fs, I resisted and stayed with the FM series, putting my money into glass (though I got to use the best of the best in the commercial studios I worked at).
My first digital DSLR was the Fuji FinePix S2 Pro, based around the Nikon N80, I think, but with that amazing 6.1 megapixel SuperCCD that extrapolated to 12mp.
It was the most expensive camera I'd ever bought, at $4,000 with the tethering software.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto I almost bought that S2 Pro too but went for the Nikon D100 as I had some Nikon glass by that point. Similar paths indeed. Anyway, it is gone 10pm here now so off to walk the dog and to bed.
@@selianboy8508 Yes, I had my Nikkors and kept the FMs and an F90X (which I still have, sticky rubber and all). The S2 was a Nikon, essentially -- F-mount.
look forward to the pictures :) i have the fm2
Another fantastic video Raymond. Your passion and excitement is contagious!
Thanks again!
Hi Raymond,
What a video ! Your pics, the storytelling and the review of the Nikon FM resonates so deeply with me...what a blast seeing these expedition pics and bike touring pics !
I very recently came into (or came again maybe, in the first half of my life there was no digital camera) film photography, and I'm leaving today for a bike touring trip visiting the place where we used to go with the whole family when I was a kid.
I haven't been there for 30 years... On this special occasion I bring my FM2n and FE2 cameras.
This video is such an inspiration to me ! Thanks again.
Glad you enjoyed the video. And it sounds like you're enjoying your own versions of the FM and FE. My original recorded many, many adventures, as I say in the video, and paid for itself 100 times over in my professional career.
Great video, was also like watching a photographer reunited with an old friend. Thanks 😊
Thanks! Certainly like running into an old friend. Check out my “Hollywood Legend” video for an idea why the FM means so much to me.
Great review . I watched it for 3 times . Thanks.
I bought my early nikon fm with engraved nikon mark on top of sn last week . Its 3 knurled version with sn 2 . The ability to take a photo when the lever is locked is fantastic for portraiture.
Good luck.
Mohammad.
Great to hear!
Great video. My own FM, a late high numbered 3, is currently out for a CLA and I'm anxiously waiting it's return.
Thanks! Hope you get your FM back soon. Great cameras, eh?
I just bought my nikon fm yesterday. Excited to try it too
Enjoy!
nice!
Congrats on snagging that beautiful Nikon FM. I have one which I bought brand new along with a Nikkor 50mm f1/8 AI lens back in 1980. My first 35mm film SLR. Mine is of the '300' series serial number sequence which means it does not have the shutter lock ring around the shutter release, and the film wind lever must be left out to half way to keep the light meter on. A wonderful camera I also have a Nikon F, Nikkormat FT2, and Nikon FG but the FM is my favorite. Solid, well made, simple to use everything you need to take great photos without a lot of gizmos and doodads.
That's an awesome collection!
@@RaymondParkerPhoto Thanks I have an affinity for older, mechanical film cameras. I also have a Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic and Olympus OM10. The Nikkormat, Pentax and Olympus I found for 'cheap' at antique shops, Craigslist, etc. the F and FG from a reputable U.S. used photo equipment dealer and lucked out they all work great.
Great story, great camera, I also rebought my first camera, an FM2n
Excellent! All the FMs were stellar cameras. Having fun with this one. Hope to return soon with more results.
I’ve just finished servicing one, always a pleasure to work on it. I had one and regret selling it. Replaced it with an FM2n with titanium shutter but still missing my 3 knurled FM.
They really stand alone. A true classic.
Loved it. I also had a FM that was stolen. Replaced it with an FA if I recall.
The FA was awesome, though I never owned one -- I went for the FM2 instead. The FA featured the first iteration of matrix metering, if memory serves.
Hi just bought one as it was the camera we used in the army in the 80s solid worked in all weather I like to add a FM2 to it as well love the LED light in the view finder so easy to see I love the simplicity of it 👍🏻
Yes, one of the simplest, most straightforward cameras ever made -- no electronics, save for the light meter. And, as I said, built like a tank.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto and like your good self we love it for that simply a beautiful built camera I have to admit I am a Nikon fan I have a FM F3hp F4s and F90x for film and a D3 and D700 one of my favourite lens is my 105mm f2.5 ais my Steve McCurry lens as I call it it’s a beautiful lens
@@JonnyEnglish-gu1cs Yup, I still have an F90X too. Short video on that on this channel as well.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto excellent I have a look great thanks keep snapping 👍🏻
My first camera was FE2, I had and kept it in mint condition from 1985 for 33 years until I sold it with my two Nikkor lenses.
The sound of the titanium shutter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's distinctive!
Great find! It's in mint condition too. I'm presently looking for one online. I'll admit, I wish I'd have found that one before you did 😂. Congratulations and cheers!
Haha! Worth fighting over! 😃 I'm glad I idly Googled "NikonFM" that night. I wasn't actively looking for one but when I saw it, I couldn't resist. It wasn't cheap but, given the condition, worth every penny.
I found one listed as a "Nikon MD-12 Camera". Seller had no idea, thing is in immaculate condition! Since the FM has no markings aside from the serial number, maybe give that a go, too. Even came with the motor drive.
Was able to acquire an FM for a song recently. Needs a little CLA but still a beautiful camera
Great! Glad to hear.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto awesome channel btw. Subbed!
I collect cameras, I have about fifty of them, about half of them Nikons, mostly picked up cheaply over the years. About 12 years ago I put them all into store mainly due to failing eyesight which made it almost impossible for me to use them. in the last couple of years there has been some improvement in eyesight so I have got the cameras out again and tested them. Most still worked, a few were a bit sticky but worked after a bit of exercise and a few needed light seals replaced. Three need repairs, which I cannot afford, maybe next year when I get my state pension. Interestingly, all three of the problem ones are mechanical and one of these is a FM, the early type with the shutter lock ring. When I first got it out of store it worked but after a while the wind lever didn't work, either to wind the film or to cock the shutter, and the mirror is locked up. for a while if I flicked the lever a few times or moced the motor drive coupling with a coin I could hear something click into place, and then it would work again for a while so I don't think it's anything serious, probably just needs a clean and lubrication.
This FM had been overhauled -- just new seals, I think. As you can see, it hasn't seen much use.
Wow! that's quite a collection! I've had a habit of selling off cameras as I buy new ones. I regret not holding on to some of them, including my Hasselblad and earlier FMs. I had one of the black models.
I can relate to the eyesight problem (Yay for autofocus!) I'm scheduled for cataract surgeries this summer.
Yup, clean and lube that FM.
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I had the FM serviced at Teddington Photographic in London, cost me £50. Working fine now. Will be taking it to the Isle of Wight next Sunday.
A lot of people actually use that 800T film under non-tungsten lighting to deliberately get weird color effects. It seems to be its most popular use, really. Might not be your style, though.
CineStill is cool. They purchase Kodak movie film stock and modify it somehow so it can be developed in the standard C41 process, then they package it as 35mm or 120 rolls and resell it.
Yup, not my style. Call me a traditionalist, but I spent my whole (film) career avoiding the kind of "artifacts" that a lot of people new to film apparently embrace as "artistic effects." Then there's the faux film effect filters added to digital. See, I would have been fired if I produced work with those defects, so that's a disincentive.
The realms of my experimentation, particularly in black and white, were to know the effect of different developers on grain structure, etc. in order to command a particular "palette."
When I worked in the larger commercial studios, they had their own labs, so we tested each batch (by number) of colour film so that we knew which gel to use behind the lens to attain colour fidelity. That's important when you're shooting fashion. Today, we use custom white balance. Much easier!
I am considering doing the same, although I have gotten spoiled by digital, I am having a hard time justifying the cost of film, but I might just do it. I had an FE2. Now the Z6ll
I can't say I use it often but when I need a change and a more contemplative approach, I reach for one of my film cameras.
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I gave my Nikon FM to my grandaughter and she loves it.
I use an Nikon FE with a 50mm f2 lens and a Nikkormat ft2 with a 50mm f1.4 ai s-c.
I also have the legendary Nikkor P 105mm f2.5 lens. Awesome.
I have an E series 75mm to 150 lens and its great.
I broke my 105 a year or so ago. :(
Did you ever do a follow up video with pictures you've taken with the FM?
Linked at the end of this video and in Description.
Ah this flashes me back to my 1st 35mm SLR the Canon TX . I was 12 and my parents told me and my sister we where they were planning a big two week summer vacation trip of a one week in New York city and the second week in Washington D.C. .I had about 1 1/2 years to save up for good "real camera". My Kodak X15 would not cut for me. I was very frugal with saving my allowance and started my TX, lens and flash fund with $200.00 usd. Saving my Allowance and supplemented with cash from pet and house sitting (watering the lawn and plants ) for vacationing neighbors I saved enough to get my first "real " camera . A Canon TX (simple match needle exposure) , Canon FD 50mm f1.8 lens (non Thorium ☢ ) a basic 9v battery Vivitar 253 Flash and a boat anchor vivitar 70-200mm zoom lens . I have to admit 80% + of my pictures I took with the TX were with the FD 50mm F1.8 . I actually still have the TX which I think the seals need to be replace , the FD 50mm is not in working condition (cheaper to replace on Ebay than repair ) and the insanely bright , but slow Vivitar 253 flash that still works . Ah the memories of fun summer vacations and great pictures with that old Canon TX. Loved that camera .
There's something about our experiences with first cameras that transcend everything else, isn't there? Evidently, this FM had its seals replaced before it was put up for sale. As you can see, everything else is mint.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto Yes the FM is in beautiful condition. I actually have that great Nikon E mount 50mm F1.8 that I adapted to my Fuji X-T20 and its a great lens. I watch your selling your X pro 2 video, I curious did you have any quality of build with your Xpro 2 body . I had the notorious Fuji sticky shutter button issues nightmare and my extremely negative experiences with Fujifilm's N.J. warranty "service " center ran by retired mafia types. The experience has totally soured me on Fujifilm cameras. I am seriously think selling my fuji gear of switching to Canon eos R system or looking into Nikon Z mirror less system. The major issue I have is the Nikon Z mount native lenses getting really horrible to meh ratings on a lot of photography channels and web sites. I am curious do you uses your native Z mount lenses professionally and your general experiences with the Z mount glass. Thank you I just found your channel and subscribed today when your selling Xpro 2 video came up as recommended.
@Cmdr Ed Straker of S H A D O Well, the Fuji video has created an absolute %*&! storm on social media. And people say Nikon users are tribal 😃. The Z cameras are very capable tools and, yes,, I use them professionally.
The warrantee dept. took a month to return the faulty 10-24. Other than that, I note the missing eyepiece, which is a common problem.
I wouldn't pay too much attention to people slagging the Z-mount lenses. They are superb. Judge for yourself though -- my recent videos are all made with Z6s, Z-mount and F-mount lenses. I also have a video looking at 3 native Z-mount S Line lenses for video.
Always check the light seals and the mirror cushion on used cameras. A lot of these turn into goo after 20 years and need to be replaced.
Nikon FMs are great because they can allow mirror lockup (with timer), double exposures, have metal curtains and can use both the old and new ais mounts.
All seals had been replaced in this camera. Great buy.
@@johnrflinn Covered in video.
@@RaymondParkerPhoto Great seller.
So where’s the photo shooting video?
Just as soon as I've recovered from major surgery I'll be sure to get right on it ....
@@RaymondParkerPhoto yup, sounds good
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I would recommend a better microphone. This video sounded muffled.
Mic is Rhøde NTG2, a decent mic, recorded into Tascam DR60D MKII. Audio edited in Audacity. Doesn't sound muffled through my MacBook, headphones, or TV sound system..
@@RaymondParkerPhoto If you compare this to other videos, even some of your own, it seems to sound almost lofi? Does anyone else hear what I am talking about? I do not mean to come across as rude.
Hi help me find that baby at a good price - nikon fm2n which in good condition i will pay