The Nikon F3 is the best 35mm ever!

[flavio81]

Got a new black FTn for $150 as appreciation for selling so many of them in San Francisco.

That was nowhere near as good as my Canon F1s or my old Leica 2Fs, but I did happily shoot a lot of Kodachrome and Kodak 2475 with it. I liked the way it sounded.

Well, the FTn(and related models) have most things one needs in an SLR camera. And they're quality made.

I did not like the shutter dial placement, and I didn't like the slow-acting meter, however two or three of my most favorite pictures were taken with a black FT2... So I remember the Nikkormats fondly.

 

[cliveh]

The Nikon F3 is the best 35mm ever!​

Not to a Leica rangefinder user.

 

[grat]

I wonder whatever happened to the OP whom we haven't seen since Feb 2012? Did he give up on APUG, give up analogue photography?

pentaxuser

As his name is somewhat unique, he appears to be running a photo retouching firm, with activity on social media within the last few months.

 

[benjiboy]

This thread is so old, I'm not sure that some of contributors are still alive.

 

[BrianShaw]

I don’t know about anyone else but I’m a bit surprised that I’m still alive. Truly it’s a miracle!

 

[Thesecondone]

Just looked at one in the store while dropping off some film . Ill wait to purchase it because im just getting into the groove of my F2 i bought in the summer. The f3 feels like a tank so if you get one it seems youll get your moneys worth.

 

[Moose22]

Just looked at one in the store while dropping off some film . Ill wait to purchase it because im just getting into the groove of my F2 i bought in the summer. The f3 feels like a tank so if you get one it seems youll get your moneys worth.

There are lots of good F3s out there, so no hurry. Enjoy that F2 for a while. I've got an F2 that doesn't get enough attention and it is a fantastic camera. THE professional camera through the 70s.

But you will get you money's worth out of a good F3 if you like them. If you don't, you can sell for close to what you paid.