dave lackey
Veteran
Nikon FE2 😛
My first camera, IIRC, was some kind of 110 point and shoot but I was way too busy in architectural school to get into photography. I managed to get out of that academic rat race, get married and started raising a family. So, a Nikon P&S followed and then a Minolta SLR when I was in grad school. Somewhere in between, I can't remember now, I had a Nikon FM and that camera just bonded with me much like the M3 does now.
But, the allure of AF and fast kids I couldn't keep up with using a MF camera led me to get into that gear cul-de-sac. It worked okay, got thousands of images and published articles and photos in a national car magazine for a couple of years....but I always remembered the compact FM bodies.
I have always and still want an FM2N...and of course an FM3A but when I was the recipient of a chrome FE2 from Paul, it was mystical...the camera brought back so many memories, including muscle memory, that the experience was just like putting on an old pair of jeans. Comfortable, familiar, casual or semi-formal, stylish, hard working, comfortable...did I say that twice?🙂
So, I bought a black body from Ralph and now have a dedicated Nikon bag, complete with yellow piping and a logo filled with two FE2 bodies...the silver for color and the black for black and white films.
Two pairs of jeans if you will...one for each occasion.
It is amazing that these cameras still have such an allure for me and GAS, NAS or whatever you want to call it is still alive because I keep going back looking at FM2N and FM3A cameras and daydreaming.
But, then, I grab the Nikon bag and head out with the two FE2 bodies, content in my old blue jeans....:angel: One day, maybe I will consider myself having mastered these cameras, but I prefer to think of a partnership where we just bond together and enjoy life.
My first camera, IIRC, was some kind of 110 point and shoot but I was way too busy in architectural school to get into photography. I managed to get out of that academic rat race, get married and started raising a family. So, a Nikon P&S followed and then a Minolta SLR when I was in grad school. Somewhere in between, I can't remember now, I had a Nikon FM and that camera just bonded with me much like the M3 does now.
But, the allure of AF and fast kids I couldn't keep up with using a MF camera led me to get into that gear cul-de-sac. It worked okay, got thousands of images and published articles and photos in a national car magazine for a couple of years....but I always remembered the compact FM bodies.
I have always and still want an FM2N...and of course an FM3A but when I was the recipient of a chrome FE2 from Paul, it was mystical...the camera brought back so many memories, including muscle memory, that the experience was just like putting on an old pair of jeans. Comfortable, familiar, casual or semi-formal, stylish, hard working, comfortable...did I say that twice?🙂
So, I bought a black body from Ralph and now have a dedicated Nikon bag, complete with yellow piping and a logo filled with two FE2 bodies...the silver for color and the black for black and white films.
Two pairs of jeans if you will...one for each occasion.
It is amazing that these cameras still have such an allure for me and GAS, NAS or whatever you want to call it is still alive because I keep going back looking at FM2N and FM3A cameras and daydreaming.
But, then, I grab the Nikon bag and head out with the two FE2 bodies, content in my old blue jeans....:angel: One day, maybe I will consider myself having mastered these cameras, but I prefer to think of a partnership where we just bond together and enjoy life.
