I've never been a Nikon fan but...

[rpavich]

I never realized about this! Now every time I see an FM3a I will only see that different font! thank you for ruining that camera for me!

Here is the comparison. Interesting.

 

[bimmey]

Had a F3 and a Fm2n back in the eighties. Always liked having one manual camera. That 24mm 2.8 is a sweet lens! I had the 24mm 2.8, 35mm 1.4, 50mm 1.4 and the 105mm 1.8 Sold it all to help fund a Leica kit. Not one of my smarter decisions.

Enjoy your new kit. There is plenty of great glass for that camera at good prices.

Steve

 

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GarageBoy said: ↑
I really wish Nikon didn't use the ugly font on the fm3a

No only the wrong font but its spelled wrong too, Real cameras are spelled L_E_I_C_A

 

[Sirius Glass]

GarageBoy said: ↑
I really wish Nikon didn't use the ugly font on the fm3a

No only the wrong font but its spelled wrong too, Real cameras are spelled L_E_I_C_A

Real cameras are spelled H*A*S*S*E*L*B*L*A*D.

 

[Theo Sulphate]

 

[Theo Sulphate]

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[Theo Sulphate]

 

[Chan Tran]

GarageBoy said: ↑
I really wish Nikon didn't use the ugly font on the fm3a

No only the wrong font but its spelled wrong too, Real cameras are spelled L_E_I_C_A

Nikon do make fake camera but the FM3a is a real camera although it did get the wrong font. You can get a faked Nikon F from Nikon (although I am not sure who made it) as a 100th anniversary item and it does have the right font.

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Starting to look like a motorcycle forum around here.

 

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Starting to look like a motorcycle forum around here.

Hardly Davidson, willie g sure wrecked that company, only amf did worse.

 

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Real cameras are spelled H*A*S*S*E*L*B*L*A*D.

that too

 

[MartinCrabtree]

Hardly Davidson, willie g sure wrecked that company, only amf did worse.

Were it not for American Machine and Foundry Harley-Davidson would be nothing but a memory. You ride? or just own a t-shirt?

The alternator,rubber mounted engines,balanced crankshafts,electronic ignition,disc brakes,5 speed transmission,modernized production methods/equipment,modern suspension.......there's more but we're on a photographic forum. Care to discuss it you can contact me. Me??????............38 year factory certified technician. 54 years riding.

 

[BrianVS]

The Nikon font used on the FM3a and other cameras of the later 1980s was used by Nikon in the 1950s. Look at a user manual, most any of their printed material.I just looked at my Nikon S2 manual- same font as the FM3a. The camera has a different font than that used for the manual.

 

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Were it not for American Machine and Foundry Harley-Davidson would be nothing but a memory. You ride? or just own a t-shirt?

The alternator,rubber mounted engines,balanced crankshafts,electronic ignition,disc brakes,5 speed transmission,modernized production methods/equipment,modern suspension.......there's more but we're on a photographic forum. Care to discuss it you can contact me. Me??????............38 year factory certified technician. 54 years riding.

22 motorcycles in the garage.I think says everything.

 

[cooltouch]

I started out shooting Canon because I'd borrowed my Mom's AE-1 a few times and that was what I was familiar with. My FD system had grown to quite a large outfit when I decided to switch over to Nikon. This was 1989. I gradually moved over to the dark side and had a bit of fun while switching over. Since then, I've owned and used many different Nikons. As a result of my experiences, and based largely on my familiarity with the original Canon F-1, I became particularly fond of the FE because of its match-needle metering, and later, the FE2. Only drawback to the FE2 and FM2 (and quite a few other Nikons) is one cannot use unconverted pre-AI lenses on these cameras. And since I own several pre-AI lenses that haven't been converted to AI, this lack of compatibility matters. So if I'm carrying a full complement of lenses and my FE2 (I don't own an FM2 currently), I also carry an FE or an F2 with a DP-1 or DP-2 head. I actually prefer the F2 over the FE for using the old lenses because I can do full-aperture metering with the F2, not so with the FE.

Getting back to the FM/FM2, it might not be as robust as an F2 or a Nikkormat, but it is certainly robust enough. Over the past four decades, the FM/FM2/FM2n has certainly proved itself to be an exceptionally reliable photographic tool. If one takes care of his photo equipment, like I do, I don't see why this camera shouldn't last another four decades.