So, how am I enjoying those darned Nikkormat FTN cameras these days? Quite a lot, thank you!😃 Immensely.
Compared to a Leica M body? It’s a different experience and quite enjoyable!
Compared to my FM2n and FE2? It is different enough to be a new experience but familiar enough and close enough for me to use either of these cameras seamlessly. A very capable and fun system experience! Love them all.
In short, I seem to use my film cameras as much as, if not more than any of my digital cameras. Different tasks, different gear. Thankfully these old film cameras were inexpensive when acquired. And I can easily shoot enough film, develop and process my images within my monthly budget. It is surprisingly low… think of eating a sandwich for lunch at less than half price! Or enjoying an espresso in the afternoon. 😇
As I keep a stock of expired film in the freezer and replenish film supplies now and then, the myth of high costs of film photography is proven to be just that… a myth.
As so many people on this and other forums show, film photography is a craft, and the experience is either embraced with unimaginable rewards, or it is eschewed as being too much trouble. That is a personal choice and that is ok.
For me, after using film since the 1960s, it has only been in the last 5-10 years that I have finally realized that each step along the way from purchasing gear, loading, shooting, scanning, editing, processing and editing again, has it’s own rewards.
I have become smitten with numerous film cameras lately. The Nikkormat FTN is one of them and I love it.
