nobbylon
Veteran
My eyesight isn't the best anymore but I have no problem with the viewfinder. I have a dioptre correction on the eyepiece and it's very sharp and clear.
dave lackey
Veteran
The truth:
I could live the rest of my life making wonderful photographs with only one camera. That camera could easily be the FM2n, or my FE2.
Having said that, the F6 is a marvelous machine. The M6 is also a marvelous machine. Why do I not just sell everything and keep only one? It is not yet time but the day will come for me to keep just one camera.
My bet is on the manual Nikon FM2n unless my eyes or something requires AF.
I could live the rest of my life making wonderful photographs with only one camera. That camera could easily be the FM2n, or my FE2.
Having said that, the F6 is a marvelous machine. The M6 is also a marvelous machine. Why do I not just sell everything and keep only one? It is not yet time but the day will come for me to keep just one camera.
My bet is on the manual Nikon FM2n unless my eyes or something requires AF.
dave lackey
Veteran
Wow, crazy world these days as I find myself shooting the FM2n more than ever. The M6 is giving me consistent keepers with the 50/1.5 Nokton, but I find the FM2n not far behind.
I think I am ready for a black FM2n to ride in the same bag as my current chrome body!
I think I am ready for a black FM2n to ride in the same bag as my current chrome body!
taemo
eat sleep shoot
sold my CV 20mm and 28mm AI-S, loving the FM2n + CV 28mm 2.8 combo, very small.
debating on getting the CV 58mm 1.4 II when I want longer reach.
Would make a really good 2 lens combo.
debating on getting the CV 58mm 1.4 II when I want longer reach.
Would make a really good 2 lens combo.
dave lackey
Veteran
That is a good idea!
Working on organizing all of my photographs and filing...then I came across one of the first images I ever made with a 35mm camera, the FM in 1978. No wonder I still am drawn to the same body, the image was gorgeous and as soon as I find the negative, I will scan it and post.
Here is a recent image I like:
and our granddog, Aubie:
Attachments
Huss
Veteran
The only problem I have with these cameras is I keep losing the eyepiece! With the camera carried against the body, they unscrew themselves and disappear. Funny thing is I have never lost a soft release but now have lost 3 of these things.
I buy them from a retailer in Japan who sells the genuine items for half the price of B&H.
I buy them from a retailer in Japan who sells the genuine items for half the price of B&H.
ChrisPlatt
Thread Killer
Next time put a drop of Loctite, Pliobond, or silicone sealant etc. on the threads.
Chris
dave lackey
Veteran
Hey, I just now saw this... I need three myself! Can you share the name of the supplier? :angel:
Thanks, Huss!
robert blu
quiet photographer
dreilly
Chillin' in Geneva
Hmmm, I just wrote a long, lyrical replay and then lost it.
I remember buying my FM2 at B&H in NYC in 1999. I was standing right next to Mayor Giuliani, who was chatting with a salesman, camera in hand. I bought a cheap Sigma zoom with it. We travelled together to Slovakia in the Peace Corps, and had a lot of adventures. That zoom sucked, but we made great images together. I loved the camera, very intuitive.
It's been a long journey since then, photographically and in life in general. I got into rangefinders for a while, and have made the film to digital and back again switch many times.
Right now I'm trying film again. DR5 is back up and running and I have some scala film to make black and white slides with. I just won a Bessa R3a with a misadjusted RF (easy fix) and am eyeing classic Canon and Nikon glass, and maybe a Zeiss ZM. But I keep looking at Nikon SLRs, too, an FM or FE or an F2 with the plain prism. Part nostalgia and part recognition of a great, inexpensive, hard to kill tool.
In these last few years, photography has been tough for me, so I can relate to the OP. Divorce, relocation, having my kid move away, new job, new girlfriend, so many things. I photographed my previous life in such intricate detail. Those images are in boxes and on a hard drive. I find it harder to photograph now. I look more, think more, try to use my brain as the emulsion. But I am finding myself again and am feeling ready to start making images again. And it feels like film.
Kinda like I am migrating away from social media. Or how I want my work to be more tangible than moving emails around. It's an interesting life.
Not sure where I will go from here. Rangefinders? Nikon SLRs? I know it doesn't matter, and this part of the journey is fun, too.
I remember buying my FM2 at B&H in NYC in 1999. I was standing right next to Mayor Giuliani, who was chatting with a salesman, camera in hand. I bought a cheap Sigma zoom with it. We travelled together to Slovakia in the Peace Corps, and had a lot of adventures. That zoom sucked, but we made great images together. I loved the camera, very intuitive.
It's been a long journey since then, photographically and in life in general. I got into rangefinders for a while, and have made the film to digital and back again switch many times.
Right now I'm trying film again. DR5 is back up and running and I have some scala film to make black and white slides with. I just won a Bessa R3a with a misadjusted RF (easy fix) and am eyeing classic Canon and Nikon glass, and maybe a Zeiss ZM. But I keep looking at Nikon SLRs, too, an FM or FE or an F2 with the plain prism. Part nostalgia and part recognition of a great, inexpensive, hard to kill tool.
In these last few years, photography has been tough for me, so I can relate to the OP. Divorce, relocation, having my kid move away, new job, new girlfriend, so many things. I photographed my previous life in such intricate detail. Those images are in boxes and on a hard drive. I find it harder to photograph now. I look more, think more, try to use my brain as the emulsion. But I am finding myself again and am feeling ready to start making images again. And it feels like film.
Kinda like I am migrating away from social media. Or how I want my work to be more tangible than moving emails around. It's an interesting life.
Not sure where I will go from here. Rangefinders? Nikon SLRs? I know it doesn't matter, and this part of the journey is fun, too.