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I want to buy a film camera. I have NO IDEA what to buy. Help?
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<blockquote data-quote="Bob Blaylock" data-source="post: 621213" data-attributes="member: 16749"><p>If you're looking to buy new, then there is only one option, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F6" target="_blank">Nikon F6</a>. It is the only film camera that Nikon still makes. They also sell the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM10" target="_blank">“Nikon” FM-10</a>, but that isn't really a Nikon camera; it's made by a different company, is very basic, and, I am given to understand, not nearly up to the quality that you expect of a genuine Nikon.</p><p></p><p> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Nikon_film_SLR_cameras" target="_blank">This link</a> will give you a pretty good view of what film SLR's Nikon has made over the years.</p><p></p><p> If you have lenses that have aperture rings, but do not have the “shoe” at ƒ/5.6 to couple to the meters on older (before about 1978) non-AI cameras, then you'll want to get a camera that uses the newer AI coupling, but if you're looking for autofocus, then you're going to get that anyway, since no non-AI cameras ever had autofocus, or even imagined it.</p><p></p><p> If you have any “G” lenses (those without aperture rings), then you'll need a model even newer, new enough to fully support aperture control from the camera.</p><p></p><p></p><p> And yes, as far as I know, nearly all of the Nikon SLRs had built-in light meters, though some of the older ones are dependent, for accurate, consistent results, on mercury batteries that are no longer available. The few exceptions are found in the top-of-the-line F-series. The F, F2, F3, F4, and F5 had the meter, if equipped, built into the viewfinder, which was an interchangeable component. There were some special-purpose viewfinders available for some, if not all, of these models that did not have meters in them. If you swapped out the standard viewfinder for one of these special-purpose finders, then you didn't have a built-in light meter. Also, the base viewfinder for the F and F2 were non-metering, though I think these versions are rare. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F2#Viewfinders" target="_blank">There are no fewer than five different standard metering finders for the F2, differing significantly from one another only in the characteristics of the built-in light meter</a>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bob Blaylock, post: 621213, member: 16749"] If you're looking to buy new, then there is only one option, the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F6"]Nikon F6[/URL]. It is the only film camera that Nikon still makes. They also sell the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_FM10"]“Nikon” FM-10[/URL], but that isn't really a Nikon camera; it's made by a different company, is very basic, and, I am given to understand, not nearly up to the quality that you expect of a genuine Nikon. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Nikon_film_SLR_cameras]This link[/url] will give you a pretty good view of what film SLR's Nikon has made over the years. If you have lenses that have aperture rings, but do not have the “shoe” at ƒ/5.6 to couple to the meters on older (before about 1978) non-AI cameras, then you'll want to get a camera that uses the newer AI coupling, but if you're looking for autofocus, then you're going to get that anyway, since no non-AI cameras ever had autofocus, or even imagined it. If you have any “G” lenses (those without aperture rings), then you'll need a model even newer, new enough to fully support aperture control from the camera. And yes, as far as I know, nearly all of the Nikon SLRs had built-in light meters, though some of the older ones are dependent, for accurate, consistent results, on mercury batteries that are no longer available. The few exceptions are found in the top-of-the-line F-series. The F, F2, F3, F4, and F5 had the meter, if equipped, built into the viewfinder, which was an interchangeable component. There were some special-purpose viewfinders available for some, if not all, of these models that did not have meters in them. If you swapped out the standard viewfinder for one of these special-purpose finders, then you didn't have a built-in light meter. Also, the base viewfinder for the F and F2 were non-metering, though I think these versions are rare. [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_F2#Viewfinders"]There are no fewer than five different standard metering finders for the F2, differing significantly from one another only in the characteristics of the built-in light meter[/URL]. [/QUOTE]
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