Photos from your Nikkormat.

[ravilamir]

Nikkormat FT3 on its way to me.
Although I like a lot the FTn, my lenses are mostly AIS Nikon Series E without the prong. So, I had to have the FT3.

 

[ravilamir]

I couldn't pass on this early FTn:

Yes, it looks tired and dirty.
In reality, it only needed an external cleaning and a new battery.
All controls are buttery smooth and the meter is as good as new, nor even a single twitch. And the seals have been replace in recent years and are still good.
This camera only reinforces my belief that the infamous "meter twitch" only happens to those cameras that haven't seen regular use or haven't been cared for.

Erik
If you look at the top, you'll find something is missing: the thread around the shutter button for the "Leica bell" is missing.
It seems the FT and the early FTn didn't have them.

Very happy and I have a fresh bulk roll of Fomapan 200 waiting to be used.

 

[Bingley]

Erik, What a wonderful thread! Thank you for starting it and displaying your stunning photos from the 1970s. The London photos are nostalgic for me, as I was there from 1975 to 1980, and at the time was shooting with a Nikon F. I was using Agfachrome, though, not Tri-X, which would have been so much better. If you have more photos from this period, I hope you show them here. As others have said, your '70 s photos deserve to be in a book, if not hanging in a gallery.

 

[Erik van Straten]

If you have more photos from this period, I hope you show them here.

Steve, Nicolas and others: thank you!

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-P Auto 105mm f/2.5, TriX.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-H Auto 50mm f/2, TriX.

The tomb of Machiavelli.

Erik.

 

[Huss]

Those are timeless pics Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

A recently found shot from 1973, so 43 years old, from the beautiful town of Ronda in the south of Spain.

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-N 24mm f/2.8, ORWO 21 DIN.

Erik.

 

[Highway 61]

This is incredible Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Nicolas, the man looks a bit like an old bullfighter!

Erik.

 

[Peter Jennings]

You have the eye, Erik. I never skip a thread if I see there is a post by Erik van Straten. I'm always guaranteed a great image.

 

[bakemono]

A couple from a recent roll

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-H 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Flat Twin]

Eric,

Great to see that you are still making images with your Nikkormat. The 400-2TMY suggests that this is recent?

This is a wonderful thread.

Regards,

Simon

 

[Erik van Straten]

Eric,

Great to see that you are still making images with your Nikkormat. The 400-2TMY suggests that this is recent?

Thank you, Simon!

I made that picture this afternoon.

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-H 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-H 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor-H 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Ronald M]

Nice pictures. Many pros used them as backup for the F or F2.

I use my Ft occasionally, but prefer the F2 plain prism.

 

[Erik van Straten]

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor H Auto 50mm f/2, 400-2TMY.

Erik.

 

[Uncle Bill]

From Christmas Eve:

Nikkormat FTn, Nikkor H 28 f3.5 lens. Film: Japan Camera Hunter Street pan 400, HC110 B.

Semi Thawed 16 Mile Creek by Bill Smith, on Flickr

Mothballed Boats by Bill Smith, on Flickr

 

[xia_ke]

This thread needs a bump...

Nikkormat FT2 w/(IIRC) 35mm f/2