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I don't need another camera, I don't need another camera...


I prefer my F mount Zeiss/Cosina lenses to my Nikkor glass... Surprised how much I like the 50 1.4 Planar..
 

Wow, I touched a nerve here clearly. I "dared to insult them" by having the audacity to already own these lenses before I bought a Nikon camera. I know, how terrible of me!
 
George Mann said:
Too many to count. But I can tell you that some of the best ones have been made by less known makers, as well as Minolta and Yashica.
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I believe you, i believe you.
 
trick said:
Wow, I touched a nerve here clearly. I "dared to insult them" by having the audacity to already own these lenses before I bought a Nikon camera. I know, how terrible of me!
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I bought mine after I got into Nikon, because I was looking for something better ..

 
120 and especially Rolleiflex, is where the magic is.
 
Quick follow-up: The FT-3 arrived on Wednesday but I just got a chance to check it out today. The camera body and lens are in superb condition and the meter seems to be working correctly. A little different ergonomically than the FM but adapting to the differences shouldn't be too difficult.

I'll hopefully have a chance to shoot a test roll over the next week and see how things work out.
 
Pick up some Ektachrome, shoot it at F8, and meter in the middle value zone.

Look at the film thru a good loupe using the sun as a light source.
 

Congrats - it's such a great feeling when things arrive in such great condition! Mine is arriving tomorrow according to FedEx. Very excited!
 
Yo
u don't need itYour FM is just as good.
 
Quick addendum to this:

I finally shot a roll of Tri-X with the FT-3 and had it developed and more than half of the shots are way overexposed. The shop I bought it from checked the shutter speeds and said they were accurate up to 1/500 but 1/1000 was a bit slow. I tested the 50/2 lens that came with it on my FM and it seems to stop down correctly when the shutter is fired. Perhaps there is an intermittent issue somewhere. But rather than waste more film and time debugging this, I've decided to return the camera.

The good news is I really liked the feel of the FT-3 (it's a tank!) and will seek out another. I still don't need it but I can't help myself
 
Oh, cone on. You only live once And the last shirt doesn't have any pockets anyway. Where is all the money is for Just go for it!
 

I never unravelled the mystery of why I wanted a silver and black bodied camera. Learn something everyday!

 

There may have not been anything wrong with the shutter. But the meter.
 
logan2z said:
Just bought another one. Recently serviced, wish me luck!
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Before you load film into it, make sure the meter readings from the camera match an external meter (hand held light meter, meter ap on your smart phone, another camera you know has a good meter).
Check it out over a varied set of lighting conditions. If it doesn't match up, then the camera's meter is defective.
If all looks good, then load film and shoot. If the exposures are not good, then something is wrong with the shutter timing, or the aperture stopping down.
But with Nikkormats normally there are no mechanical issues, but meter issues.
 
I compared the meter with the one in my FM and my handheld Seikonic and it seemed accurate. I'm used to metering with my handheld Seikonic so I didn't really rely on the internal meter much anyway.

The aperture in the lens seemed to stop down fine when it was on my FM. I asked the shop to test the body with another Nikon Ai lens and they said it stopped down correctly when they tried it. Not sure where the problem was, but I didn't feel like wasting more time/money to find out.

I'll run through the same set of tests when the new camera arrives.
 
Or, look for a Minolta Autocord. Dan Daniel on PhotoTrio "restores" these beauties to their full glory....
 
GRHazelton said:
Or, look for a Minolta Autocord. Dan Daniel on PhotoTrio "restores" these beauties to their full glory....
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I may add a TLR at some point in the future.

To address Вormental_old's comment, I wasn't into photography during the heyday of film so I'm taking this opportunity to play with a bunch of different film cameras. I may not keep both the FM and FT-3, but given how inexpensive they are to buy I'm not sure I see much point in selling one. I like mechanical things and, even if some cameras are redundant, it's nice to own a bit of film camera history.

Oh, and rather than selling a Leica I'm hoping to pick up an M3 at some point too
 
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