Erik van Straten
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Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 50mm f/2, TriX.
London 1974
Erik.
London 1974
Erik.
Erik van Straten
Veteran
Nikkormat FTn, 50mm f/2, TriX.
Utrecht, 1973
Erik.
Utrecht, 1973
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Erik van Straten
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Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5, TriX, Munich.
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Erik van Straten
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Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 50mm f/2, TriX.
Erik.
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Erik van Straten
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Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 50mm f/2, TriX, Mantua.
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Erik.
Brad Bireley
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This is soooooooo good! Keep them coming.
codester80
A Touch of Light
Erik, I am speechless. I have seen a lot of work but nothing comes close to what I have seen in this thread. Every photo is stunning and each has something different about it. You are a master at using light, shapes, tones and timing.
I enthusiastically join the crowd in calling for a book of your work. I would eagerly purchase multiple copies in order to share with friends and family.
BRAVO!
I enthusiastically join the crowd in calling for a book of your work. I would eagerly purchase multiple copies in order to share with friends and family.
BRAVO!
Paulbe
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Absolutely excellent, Erik! Thanks for posting...
Paul
Paul
ravilamir
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Erik
Fantastic pictures! Thanks for sharing them!
The Nikkormat FTn was produced from 967 to 1975.
Nikon, like many other manufacturers, didn't stopped developing and adding or improving a model during its production cycle.
The FTn received several improvements during its time.
The mirror mechanism was improved and made more reliable. You've noticed the different screws. An optional focusing screen was added and other improvements were made inside.
When the F2 was launched in 71, the last production batch of the original F had the same winder lever and self-timer tip in plastic. It is known as the F Apollo.
The Nikkormat FTn had the same treatment, receiving a plastic tip on the winder and self-timer.
I have such a FTn and the last of the Nikkormats, the Nikon EL2.
Both are a pleasure to use.
My FTn had quite a few bangs on the prism, but it is fully functional.
BTW, you are right about Plossu's Nikkormat, it is a FT2 or FT3. But, for me it is the broader top of the prism that gives it away.
Fantastic pictures! Thanks for sharing them!
Highway, I am sorry to correct you, but in this picture Plossu's Nikkormat is not an FTn. The lettering and the plastic tipped selftimer lever are the dealbreakers. I think it is an FT2 wich was a restiled FTn to become the companion of the Nikon F2 in 1972.
The original FTn in black is something very special to me. The only Nikon that is even more special to me is the black S2.
Erik.
Someting like this, below, but with normal screws, no crossheads.
The Nikkormat FTn was produced from 967 to 1975.
Nikon, like many other manufacturers, didn't stopped developing and adding or improving a model during its production cycle.
The FTn received several improvements during its time.
The mirror mechanism was improved and made more reliable. You've noticed the different screws. An optional focusing screen was added and other improvements were made inside.
When the F2 was launched in 71, the last production batch of the original F had the same winder lever and self-timer tip in plastic. It is known as the F Apollo.
The Nikkormat FTn had the same treatment, receiving a plastic tip on the winder and self-timer.
I have such a FTn and the last of the Nikkormats, the Nikon EL2.
Both are a pleasure to use.
My FTn had quite a few bangs on the prism, but it is fully functional.
BTW, you are right about Plossu's Nikkormat, it is a FT2 or FT3. But, for me it is the broader top of the prism that gives it away.
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Erik van Straten
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Thank you all for the compliments.
Thank you Ricardo for your information about the Nikons and Nikkormats. As I've said before, I like the earlier variants of the Nikkormat FTn best. In their styling one still can see an echo of the rangefinders. The body covering for instance is exactly the same of that of the Nikon S2 from 1954. I also prefer the earlier focusing screen, only a circle of microprisms, no rangefinder. The black paint finish is immaculate. No hotshoe.
Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5, TriX.
Erik.
Thank you Ricardo for your information about the Nikons and Nikkormats. As I've said before, I like the earlier variants of the Nikkormat FTn best. In their styling one still can see an echo of the rangefinders. The body covering for instance is exactly the same of that of the Nikon S2 from 1954. I also prefer the earlier focusing screen, only a circle of microprisms, no rangefinder. The black paint finish is immaculate. No hotshoe.
Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor 105mm f/2.5, TriX.
Erik.
harvester
Established
great thread, great pix.
i just received one of those phone calls : 'you still use film don't you ... well i've got this friend and she's got this old camera ...'
turns out it's a nikkormat ft2 with a 50mm f1:2 and it's a gifthorse.
i'll pick it up tomorrow and have some fun. this thread is inspiring and the price of wide nikon lenses of the era is pretty inspiring compared to the leica gear i've been searching out.
& the bernard plossu connection too !
one of my grainy, contrasty heroes.
now i wonder if this one will be black or silver ... odds are on silver ...
AP
i just received one of those phone calls : 'you still use film don't you ... well i've got this friend and she's got this old camera ...'
turns out it's a nikkormat ft2 with a 50mm f1:2 and it's a gifthorse.
i'll pick it up tomorrow and have some fun. this thread is inspiring and the price of wide nikon lenses of the era is pretty inspiring compared to the leica gear i've been searching out.
& the bernard plossu connection too !
one of my grainy, contrasty heroes.
now i wonder if this one will be black or silver ... odds are on silver ...
AP
KEH
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7th St, WDC. I bought a Nikkormat FT3 for a song and had Kori at Abilene Camera Repair give it a complete refurb. This shot with the CV40/2 and Delta 100.
I like the look and feel of the Nikkormat a lot. But RF's are still my everyday choice.
Kirk
jbhthescots
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One Way(ne) Gunner
One Way(ne) Gunner
Nikkormat EL & Nikkor-SC Auto 50mm 1.4
B+W Yellow Filter
Kodak Tri-X (@250)
Perceptol
The backstory to this photo can be read on my blog by clicking here.
One Way(ne) Gunner
Nikkormat EL & Nikkor-SC Auto 50mm 1.4
B+W Yellow Filter
Kodak Tri-X (@250)
Perceptol
The backstory to this photo can be read on my blog by clicking here.
jbhthescots
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Here Comes Summer
Here Comes Summer
Nikkormat EL & Nikkor-SC Auto 50mm 1.4
B+W Circular Polarizer
Kodak Tri-X 400 (@250)
Xtol (1+1)
The backstory to this photo can be read on my blog by clicking here.
Here Comes Summer
Nikkormat EL & Nikkor-SC Auto 50mm 1.4
B+W Circular Polarizer
Kodak Tri-X 400 (@250)
Xtol (1+1)
The backstory to this photo can be read on my blog by clicking here.
Uncle Bill
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From four years ago, shot on my black Nikkormat FTn with a Nikkor 35 f2 O lens with Kodak Plus X 125:
Crossing Queen St. East by Bill Smith, on Flickr
The next two were done with the same camera and lens but with Legacy Pro/ Fuji Neopan 400.
Scan-110906-0009 by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Scan-110906-0014 by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Crossing Queen St. East by Bill Smith, on FlickrThe next two were done with the same camera and lens but with Legacy Pro/ Fuji Neopan 400.
Scan-110906-0009 by Bill Smith, on FlickrScan-110906-0014 by Bill Smith, on FlickrWulfthari
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I would like to thank Erik for opening this thread, his pictures from the 70s were beautiful and I'm surprised nobody published them yet.
He also allowed me to get a closer look to a camera, the Nikkormat, that I never took too seriously and that I always considered the poor man's F: not as small as sexy as the FM, not professional enough like a F or a F2, not as classic as a Spotmatic, not as successful as the Canon FTb.
Today I went to my local London Camera Exchange and with my great surprise I found a FT3 in good condition with a Nikkor 50 mm F2, plus a lens not easy to find, a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 Ais ED IF. Remembering the pictures of this thread I decided to give the FT3 a go and after bargaining with the clerk I got the entire set plus a roll of HP5 and a Nikon strap for £210.
I know I already have too many cameras but I decided I couldn't leave the Nikkormat there.
He also allowed me to get a closer look to a camera, the Nikkormat, that I never took too seriously and that I always considered the poor man's F: not as small as sexy as the FM, not professional enough like a F or a F2, not as classic as a Spotmatic, not as successful as the Canon FTb.
Today I went to my local London Camera Exchange and with my great surprise I found a FT3 in good condition with a Nikkor 50 mm F2, plus a lens not easy to find, a Nikkor 300mm f4.5 Ais ED IF. Remembering the pictures of this thread I decided to give the FT3 a go and after bargaining with the clerk I got the entire set plus a roll of HP5 and a Nikon strap for £210.
I know I already have too many cameras but I decided I couldn't leave the Nikkormat there.
Uncle Bill
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From my new to me circa 1967 Nikomt FTn with a Nikkor S 50 f1.4 lens with Ilford HP5 400 processed in HC110 B. The meter is even in great shape and calibrated to 1.5v, an added bonus.
The camera:
1967 Nikomat FTn by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Sailboats Bronte Outer Harbour by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Towing the Class Out by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Relocated Bronte Heritage by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Bronte Curves by Bill Smith, on Flickr
The camera:
1967 Nikomat FTn by Bill Smith, on FlickrSailboats Bronte Outer Harbour by Bill Smith, on FlickrTowing the Class Out by Bill Smith, on FlickrRelocated Bronte Heritage by Bill Smith, on FlickrBronte Curves by Bill Smith, on Flickr
Bruno Gracia
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Bravo Erik, bravo!!!!
I don't know but even the old ones are similar to your new TMAX pictures.
You have developed not only an exquisite taste for composition but great scanning and develop skills too.
I don't know but even the old ones are similar to your new TMAX pictures.
You have developed not only an exquisite taste for composition but great scanning and develop skills too.
Bruno Gracia
Well-known
Erik, in your experience, is there any differences between Leica and Nikkor lenses?
Bruno Gracia
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They are published om Flickr, but not elswhere.
Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor N Auto 24mm f/2.8, Orwo NP20.
Erik.
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