This is my latest find; an early Nikon FM (Serial Number 2194502). The FM was the successor of the Nikkormat range of cameras, labelled by Nikon as the first compact reflex camera. The FM is a fully manual camera with built-in exposure meter – similar to the one that Nikon used in the DP12 prism of the [...]
My Nikon collecting obsession escalated recently as my hunt for a 1965 Nikkormat FS was put on high alert as my search went global! Despite the fact the Nippon Kogaku (Nikon) manufactured the all mechanical FS between 1965 and 1971 it never really sold in great numbers, which means finding one today is a pretty [...]
I can remember Nikon introducing the F401 back in 1987, as a follow up the highly acclaimed F501. Like many other photographers at the time, I wasn’t a big fan of the F401. Although Nikon added a built-in TTL speedlight to the F401, the first Nikon camera to have built-in flash, the F401 still lacked many [...]
On February 15th, 1999 Nikon announced to the world that they had been developing a new professional class, high quality, digital single reflex camera, to be known as the Nikon D1. Nikon formally launched the D1 later that year. By 2000 digital photography was starting to dominate the world of professional photojournalism, and was making [...]
Those who read my blog on a regular basis will know that I have a passion for collecting Nikon cameras, both film and digital. It all started out with me wanting to replace all the old film cameras I once owned back in the eighties and nineties (EM, FG, FE, F301, F801). Then the bug [...]
In April, 1959 Nikon introduced their first Single Lens Reflex (SLR) system camera; known simply as “the Nikon”. Nikon incorporated a host of improvements over the outgoing range-finders, such as interchangeable view finders, focusing screens and a motor driven film advance. The original F would have been fitted with a no frills, non-metered eye level finder; [...]
The Stourbridge Canal is a canal in the West Midlands of England. It links the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal at Stourton Junction, affording access to traffic from the River Severn with the Dudley Canal at the heart of the Black Country. On bright sunny days, when normal photography would be out of the question (due to contrast problem) I usually take out my Nikon D100. This is a [...]
Well! I did it, it may have taken me 25 years, but I’ve finally got myself a Nikon F3. Since I took up photography back in 1986 I had my sights set on owning an F3. Back then it was Nikon’s flagship model, state of the art – top of the range and way out [...]
Sunday 14th April, 2012, just like any other Sunday, started bright and early, I remembered – I needed to check my emails because I’d found, via eBay, someone local wishing to sell a Nikon F. I’d been looking to buy an F for a while, but hadn’t found one at the price I was willing [...]
At last, I finally got my hands on a boxed and mint MB-23 battery pack for my F4. Finding anything for the F4 in mint condition these days takes time, but if you wait long enough you’ll find it. The Nikon F4 was a 35mm autofocus (AF) single lens reflex (SLR) film camera, first introduced [...]
