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For Sale Nikon FG 35mm Manual Camera Perfect Working

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Filthy Dirty but seems to work splendidly. The FG was Nikon's first "Program" camera body.

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It has Manual, Aperture Priority, and Program. It also was the first titanium side travel shutter! The 50mm Series E is included. Has cleaning marks up front. Whooda thought anyone ever cleaned anything on this!

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Another feature never advertised, but one I loved is that for very low light photos in aperture Priority mode, it will calculate speeds far longer than what it advertises on the dial. Try it. I learned to trust it and got lots of neat night time Velvia shots with these back in the day. Meter works great. How 'bout $55 + shipping
 
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Not everyone like the FG but I think they are good. Manual, aperture priority and programme modes plus TTL flash ability all in a compact package similar in size to an Olympus OM.

My father gave me one of these in around 1980 and it still works perfectly and has never needed a repair.


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Thanks Steve.

I walked into Canoga Camera in Reseda Ca. in 1982 to buy a Canon AE-1 and the salesman talked me into a Nikon FG instead. I've been a Nikon guy ever since! Years later when I did have an AE-1 to play with, the Aperture Priority system that Nikon offered seemed a thousand times more intuitive than the foolish shutter priority of the Canon.

This dirty one isn't that camera.
 
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