58mm 1.2 Rokkor X
I did alright at a car boot recently, Agfa Ambi Sillette, 90mm telinear, and the almost unobtainable telinear 130mm, mint, looks barely used, in the outfit case, and, almost unheard of, the wonderful extra finder, with parrelax correction was in it's little compartment, and all he wanted was £10 GBP for the lot, camera is also perfect, the guy told me that it would only be an ornament as film was not made anymore, the most amusing thing was his face when, after I paid him, I loaded a roll of film in the camera to try it outI wish the car boot sales here were like that![]()
I consider the Nikon F4 the best camera Nikon has ever made - including the latest D-models of today.
It may not be Nikon's most rugged, nor potentially longest lived, nor most repairable, but overall it has a balance of ruggedness, survivability, and features that I think is best. It is the last professional Nikon with all-external controls where each control has a single dedicated function. Regarding lenses, Ken Rockwell is correct in calling the F4 a "Rosetta Stone of compatibility."
It's truly a great camera and underpriced in today's market.
... Both the F4 and FE have some cool data backs but the F4 has probably one of the coolest. One feature on it makes it pretty awesome, focus priority. Set your focus and as soon as your subject crosses into it, the camera fires. You can't find that in modern cameras, maybe I'm wrong.
My first camera was Canon 20D, i love it! It has a special place in my heart.
Are you sure you have a Nikon EM?The body is fiber glass reinforced poly carbonate, not plastic. For an SLR you can get under $50 and under 2 pounds, with 50mm lens, it's pretty good.
Oh dear!My first camera was Canon 20D, i love it! It has a special place in my heart.
Are you chasing something in particular? ;-)Another FM2n. Serial number is in the 7464xxx range, so it's within 1200 bodies of my first FM2n that I owned between July 1991 and June 2004.
-J
Are you chasing something in particular? ;-)
Yes. Ideally, I'd find my original FM2n, Nikomat FTn/FT2, and F3P. But, since those items seem to be unavailable, I'm getting as close as I can to them. Current F3P is 307 bodies older than my original. ...
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