Because there's no way to turn it off. I got one for cheap once to keep in my car for impromptu picture taking. However, although I know one should keep it on Bulb to prevent the batteries draining, every time I reached for it, without fail I'd discover the batteries were dead. Nicely compact camera, though!
Your camera is defective. The meter shuts off automatically in 10 sec or so. I just pulled my FG out, hadn't touched it in months, and the battery is fine.
-I use now my Nikormat with leitz glass 35mm elmarit 2,8 and 90mm elmarit 2,8 with stop down metering, and give me this set the best filling ever i have in my 30 years photographic experience.
-I have also in the past the fm2n and f3, but i prefer the solidity and filing of the nikkormat.
How do you use your Leitz glass on a Nikon??
I'll rain on the Nikon parade. Did you even get a Nikkormat really wet? The SR-T and Spotmatic stand a greater chance of recovery. I know, it had happened a FEW times over the decades with me. The cloth shutters are far more prone towards reconciliation than is that metal shutter which rusts very quickly.
I know that that above comment is rather 'esoteric' and maybe not even 'appropriate' for this discussion, but, nevertheless, true and noteworthy. Also, the shutter speed dial on the Nikkormat tends to become troublesome with time, as 'play' enters into the equation. Nikkormats are good cameras but nothing to worship. They also can die. - David Lyga
Is this a 2x teleconverter? I found it in the lens bubble for the 55mm micro.
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It is an extension tube. Which I'll probably never use on a regular basis, but may be fun to play with from time to time.
From my brief research, I think the M2 was made and sold specifically for the 55mm micro.
I have two Nikon FM's, both are first generation 2xxxxx serial numbers.
This Nikkormat feels even more solid than those.
Without the tube, the 55/3.5 will focus from infinity to 1/2 lifesize. With the tube, it will focus from 1/2 lifesize to 1/1 lifesize, scales are marked on the lens' barrel for both (with and without the tube).
But no meter coupling right? So I'd have to use a hand held meter if I'm using the tube?
But no meter coupling right? So I'd have to use a hand held meter if I'm using the tube?
Go get a 357 silver battery and make a little paper doughnut collar. The modern 625 batteries have a very bad discharge curve, as they are alkaline and not the original 1.35V mercury. Now that modern batteries will all be 1.55V, the meter tends to cause underexposure.
Better to get a CRIS MR-9 adapter unit which permits cameras which require a 1.35v mercuric oxide cell to work properly with a silver oxide cell.
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