NIKON FM10 BACK IN THE UK THANKS TO KEYPHOTO

[TheToadMen]

The price in GBP is almost the same(£300 as opposed to $309) as B&H's price in $ which is a pity for potential U.K. buyers. Maybe it is justified but I can't help feeling we've been here before

pentaxuser

Maybe now is a good time to join the EU fully. That way you would pay Euro 300 instead of GBP 300

 

[perkeleellinen]

Schools and colleges often end up with a lump of money that needs to be spent otherwise next year's budget will be less. A bunch of these cameras might be purchased that way. Incidentally, I was over at Secondhand Darkroom Supplies this week and they told me they're busy and often get orders from schools and colleges starting up darkrooms.

 

[John Bragg]

Good news indeed. Any new film camera available is cause for celebration and it proves that there is a healthy demand for film. I hope that this is the first of many such reintroductions.

 

[Vaughn]

Still at B&H for $310US.

They are okay -- not the same tough build as the Nikon-made 35mm cameras.

While I was still with the photo area at the university we bought 16 Vivitars (and all 16 worked upon arrival -- not the luck we had with the FM10's): Vivitar V3800N 35mm SLR Camera with 28-70mm Lens http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/232176-REG/Vivitar_59890_V3800N_35mm_SLR_Camera.html

A little cheaper than the FM10 ($300) and just as good, if not better build. Uses a K-mount (pentax).

 

[Xmas]

Maybe now is a good time to join the EU fully. That way you would pay Euro 300 instead of GBP 300

TuskTusk

For long intervals it has been cheaper to take the ferry to Euro land and buy an auto and drive it back home, you got a free ferry, trip cheap auto etc.

Note Eire drive on 'wrong side'.

Similarly Dubliners travel to Belfast for shopping cause the price differentials so large even if the train trip is expensive! Many of the phone boxes now take Euros!

 

[Jim Jones]

Years ago I bought a new FM-10 for a friend, but used the ancient, but more reliable, F1 and Nikkormats myself. The FM-10 and its kit lens developed several problems. Nikon should have learned from their experience with the old Nikkorex, another disgrace to an otherwise reputable camera maker.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

Years ago I bought a new FM-10 for a friend, but used the ancient, but more reliable, F1 and Nikkormats myself. The FM-10 and its kit lens developed several problems. Nikon should have learned from their experience with the old Nikkorex, another disgrace to an otherwise reputable camera maker.

There's something you don't know: Nikon didn't make the FM-10 or the lens that comes with it. They are made by Cosina.
The only thing "Nikon" in there is the mount and the name.

 

[Jim Jones]

Nikon didn't make the Nikkorex F either; Mamiya apparently did. The same camera was also sold as a Rikoh. My first Nikkorex F did work for a while, the second one was DOA. However, Nikon did get it right with the somewhat odd Nikkormat. I found several of them to be as reliable as the several Nikon F cameras that I used over four decades.

 

[Ricardo Miranda]

However, Nikon did get it right with the somewhat odd Nikkormat. I found several of them to be as reliable as the several Nikon F cameras that I used over four decades.

Yeap, these were made by Nikon. They were made from the same process and pretty much materials as the F.
My first Nikons were a Nikkormat FTn and a "Nikomat FTn" (Japanese domestic version. Great cameras they were. Pity they used PX625 batteries.
To this day I still have a Nikon EL2 that works very well.

 

[hugopoon]

I can only imagine these being purchased in bulk by schools.

For just a bit more, a real Nikon SLR can be found. I remember the one time I picked up an FM10 in Japan (Yodobashi I believe), I was carrying my FM — I couldn't believe how cheap the FM10 felt. Now that I know it's not actually made by Nikon, it sort of makes sense…