Nikon FM – manuell klassiker

Nikon FM är en klassisk, helt manuell 35 mm SLR-kamera (spegelreflex) som lanserades 1977. Den har ett robust metallchassi och är känd för sin hållbarhet och tillförlitlighet, särskilt bland professionella och seriösa amatörfotografer.

Skick: Kameran tycks vara fullt fungerande! Enda anmärkningen är att mattskivan är lite sliten – jag har lagt in en bild inifrån sökare för att visa hur det ser ut. När jag testat kameran ihop med den MD-11-winder jag har i separat annons så får jag den inte att fungera. Jag är osäker på om det är kamerans koppling eller motorn som inte fungerar.

Kameran är en av de tidigare Nikon FM som producerades, och har därför inget exponeringslås inbyggt i frammatningsarmen som många stör sig på för att den då sticker in i ögat – denna har istället låset i en ring runt avtryckaren.

Nedan har jag plockat citat från en recension av kameran:

”Let’s start with the design. At the risk of sounding like a fanboy, this thing is near to perfect. It’s neither too big nor too small, free of quirks and unnecessary flourishes. Every knob, dial, and lever is perfectly placed and thoughtfully sized. Not only does this make the FM incredibly easy to handle, it makes it easy on the eyes. Its minimalism begets one of the most uncomplicated, clean camera designs out there. And considering that the universally lauded FM3A employs a virtually identical design, it’s easy to call the FM timless.

Its good looks and thoughtful design are bolstered further by its impressive build quality. The advance lever snaps backward to turn on the light meter with a delightful positivity, the enormous shutter dial clicks with an affirmative snap for every speed, and the shutter release fires with a satisfyingly smooth and well-dampened action. And to top it all off, the advance lever sports one of the shortest throws of any camera, almost begging you to burn through third-six frames as fast as possible.

To cap it all off, the FM is one of the most universally compatible Nikon F-mount cameras available, even fitting downright ancient pre-AI lenses. [...]

Out in the field, the FM offers a satisfyingly pure shooting experience. There’s nothing complicated about shooting an FM; just meter, adjust your settings, focus, compose, and shoot. The camera makes no qualms about who it’s being shot by or where it’s being shot – it just works, and works wonderfully in every situation. Even though it’s an advanced-amateur camera, it shares the same indestructible and adaptable qualities that made the professional F-series so popular. [...]

All minor flaws considered, the FM is one of Nikon’s masterstrokes. It’s a perfectly designed, finely built, and compact mechanical camera that can handle any shooting situation in any environment. A camera with this sort of superlative talk would normally bring with it an insane price tag, but this isn’t the case. Nikon produced these cameras by the droves, which means that prices of perfect FMs on today’s market are quite low.

As somebody who regularly shoots a Leica M2 and a Nikon F3, the FM makes both of them seem needlessly overpriced, and I often wonder why I don’t just sell them both and buy more lenses for the FM. When a basic camera can be done this well and at this price, why complicate things?”

– https://casualphotophile.com/2018/05/11/nikon-fm-35mm-film-camera-review/

Kolla gärna in mina övriga annonser! Jag har bland annat andra Nikon-kameror och objektiv som passar