Nikkormat?

[Xmas]

they are ok in an ERC...

 

[frank]

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.

 

[alexfoto]

-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.

 

[Xmas]

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.

It does have an automatic off switch with zero battery drain but if you store it in a soft case and the 1st pressure on the switch is tripped intermittently then the batteries will go flat PDQ. You need to wedge it in a gbag compartment with no movement or use ERC.

 

[John_Nikon_F]

Set the FG to M90. No battery drain.

-J

 

[Eric Rose]

-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.

Is this Leica R glass?? I always thought the Leica M cameras were thinner than the Nikon cameras. How do you use your Leitz glass on a Nikon??

 

[David Lyga]

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

 

[Steve Smith]

How do you use your Leitz glass on a Nikon??

http://www.leitax.com/leica-lens-for-nikon-cameras.html


Steve.

 

[Tom1956]

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

Y'aint s'possed to take your camera swimming with ya. And take it off your neck before you step in the shower.

 

[frank]

Another Nikkormat failing: if you drive over one with a really big truck, it may damage the tire.

 

[Eric Rose]

http://www.leitax.com/leica-lens-for-nikon-cameras.htmlSteve.

As I suspected it only works for R lenses. To bad.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

Is this a 2x teleconverter? I found it in the lens bubble for the 55mm micro.

 

[frank]

Is this a 2x teleconverter? I found it in the lens bubble for the 55mm micro.

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If there are lens elements inside, it is a tele converter, which increases the focal length of the lens attached.
If there is not, then it is a lens extension tube, allowing closer focusing of whatever lens is attached.

 

[Tom1956]

If it came with the Micro Nikkor, it's undoubtedly an extension tube.

 

[ChristopherCoy]

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.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

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.

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).

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I have two Nikon FM's, both are first generation 2xxxxx serial numbers.

This Nikkormat feels even more solid than those.

The FT/FTN/FT2/FT3 Nikkormats are slightly larger and slightly heavier than an F with plain prism. (!)

 

[ChristopherCoy]

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?

 

[Tom1956]

But no meter coupling right? So I'd have to use a hand held meter if I'm using the tube?

If you want. But you can use the built-in meter in stop down mode by holding down the depth of field preview button while metering. In this case move the meter coupling prong all the way counter-clockwise, I believe.. It's been so long I can't quite remember.

 

[alexfoto]

http://www.leitax.com/leica-lens-for-nikon-cameras.html


Steve.

-This adapter is ridiculous expensive, i by instead this :
http://www.ebay.com/itm/130880803903?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
-Yes is R lens, but again i prefer over anything from Nikon, some lenses are designed to win tests, some lenses are designed to take beautiful images...

 

[E. von Hoegh]

But no meter coupling right? So I'd have to use a hand held meter if I'm using the tube?

If you use a separate meter, you will have to compensate for the lens extension. You can use the camera's meter in stopdown mode, see the manual at the link if you don't already have one.

http://www.butkus.org/chinon/nikon/nikkormat_ftn/nikkormat_ftn.htm It appears you have a Nikkormat FTN.

 

[wiltw]

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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[E. von Hoegh]

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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For fourty bucks plus nine dollars shipping(!) you can buy a lot of 675 hearing aid cells, decades worth in fact.

 

[Tom1956]

The discharge curves on the 357 versus the 675 zinc-air batteries are interesting, as the links bear out:
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=baUrU7nxjP8jW6nqnv7bgQ&bvm=bv.64542518,d.cWc

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...=chBEne6T6jZT4bQsLSMb2g&bvm=bv.64542518,d.cWc

https://www.google.com/#q=duracell+357+battery+discharge+curve&safe=off&spell=1

The top 2 links are for Eveready, and last link is the 357 Duracell. These curves are important, because this is where your meter accuracy lies from new to end of battery life. It's really a toss-up, but the zinc-air appears to give a very flat response after its initial high voltage.
As can be seen, the zinc air holds steady between 1.2 and 1,25 volts. The original mercury was 1.35. So this means that the zinc air will cause the meter to give a slight over-exposure by perhaps 1/3 to 1/2 stop. But as the curv shows, it would be consistent. The silver battery has a drop-off after half its life, which means at some point, exposure accuracy changes. I really thing EvH is onto something with his method of using the zinc-air. (even a blind squirrel gathers a few nuts)

 

[frank]

Only the Ftn needs the hearing aid batteries. Ft2 and ft3 use the available silver button cells.