My experience with Nikon F
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- Опубликовано: 23 фев 2024
- This video is about my experience with Nikon F. I found one on ebay with the Photomic FTN viewfinder and then after a while added a simple eye level prism viewfinder. No doubt that it is one of the most iconic SLRs ever made, and I'm gonna keep it for a long time.
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I got my BP Nikon F with plain prism recently, love it!
Awesome! I wanted to get a black one at first, but seems silver ones are easier to find and cheaper
What means 'BP'?
@@Mme.Swisstella Black paint, opposite of silver chrome.
@@john_murch how many money I must pay to have nikon f with meter head and nikon lens best price please?
@@Mme.Swisstella Check e-bay sold prices.
I also had the same camera and prisms. I love using them.
It's an amazing camera, specially with all the legacy behind it
Great video!
Thank you 🙏
My 1st real camera was a SRT101 in '71. A great camera. But any budding photo journalist lusted for the F. Mowing lawns won't cut it. (Pun). In 2005 I bought one. Silver, mint, 1.2 lens. In heaven. I used it alot, & with darkroom gone, it cost alot. Mainly b/w. Digital doesn't compare in imho.
It's amazing how this camera is loved during the past 60 years!
I have a Nikon F with Photomic Ftn meter head with a Nikon Nippon Kogaku 50mm f/1.4 lens, camera body circa late 1971/early 1972; the lens somewhat older than that because it's labeled 'Nippon Kogaku'. Both excellent condition. The meter works fine I had to get a couple of voltage adjusting battery adaptors to use modern equivalent silver oxide batteries. I call my Nikon F the 'Ford vs. Ferrari' camera because the same camera appears early in the film 'Ford vs. Ferrari'. Love using mine it's an iconic piece of photographic history and I get a lot of 'what kind of camera is that?' questions.
Awesome setup! enjoy!
Nice to meet you, I'm Japanese.
I own two Nikon F cameras, which are also my father's belongings.
I have both eye-level finder and FTN viewfinder, but I think it's better to use a stand-alone exposure meter with the eye-level finder.
Nice to meet you too! Wishing you lots of good photos with your Nikon cameras, and thanks for watching
Don’t get rid of it, in a lapse of judgement years back I let someone use it for a photo journaling session and never saw it again. I have been heartbroken over this camera. I still miss it.
I will never let it go!
Pentax LX + Hasselblad 503CX : )
Yess!
I recently got my hands on one of these with a working model one photomic head
Awesome, enjoy!
Well, I just got lucky. I happened to find one at a flea market here very cheap. However, it’s in great shape and it was way below market price, had to grab it up!
Very nice! enjoy it
Lucky ass
Holy grail portrait lens, the F mount 105/ 2.8. To this day. You want bokeh?
I should try it
The Holy grail lens is the f2.5, I believe.
My first SLR (after I smashed by Diana to bits - lol) in 1969 with the 50mm f2.
I couldn't afford the Ftn finder back then, so I got a Lunasix hand held instead.
Why didn't I get the much cheaper Pentax Spotmatic or even the Ricoh TLS401?
Well I didn't like stop down metering, the screw lens mount and the smaller coverage of the darker viewfinders.
Also Nikon's shutter is of much better quality.
Still use my F and the Lunasix, although I have got an Ftn now. Measures very well.
And lately I have purchased two, now very affordable, Spotmatics and a Ricoh out of curiosity which have confirmed the choice I made as a beginning photographer.
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Nikon's F2 resolved two niggles with the F :
1 the film back is now hinged
2 the shutter button is now in a more ergonomic place.
I used that for many years ..
until switched to Nikon's FA
Good times!
Congrats on your purchase.
A legendary Leica killer.
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Now let's go out and take some nice shots!
Thanks for sharing your experience! I'm really happy with this Nikon F and I plan to use it a lot more!
I have an FA now as well. Love the camera!
@@GonzoTheRosarian Nice!
@@GonzoTheRosarian Awesome 👍👍
How many money i must pay for nikon f with meter and 50mm lens that is in so perfect condition please?
Nice video, please tell me you are living in RH Ontario❤
Thanks! yes I live in Ontario
I dont think any of todays' cameras will be still working in 60 years ... 🦘
So true!