Everyone knows and loves the various cameras: FM, FE, FM2, FM2n, and FE2. But there are a series of cameras that are part of the minor F's that make some significant technological splashes and some belly flops that are generally not as well known or are out of reach of the average photographers. These cameras were used to experiment with new technologies before they hit the big times with professional cameras. First is the Nikon FG, produced from 1982 to 1984; it was the first camera from Nikon to have full auto-exposure and semi-automatic and metered-manual modes. The Nikon FA, released in 1983, had a new matrix-metering system that used an internal CPU to determine the exposure based on multi-pattern detection. Produced from 2001 to 2006, the FM3a is the perfect hybrid of the FE2 and FM2n; it is a fully electro-mechanical camera with semi-automatic aperture priority metering and functions as a manual camera when no battery is present. And then there is the FM10, a camera in Nikon name and mount only, aimed as back-to-basic student cameras that were contract builds from Cosina and based on the Cosina CT1 Super but with several customizations not available on the stock model. These included the Nikon F-Mount, depth-of-field preview, meter activation button, and multi-exposure override. Released in 1995, they remained on the market until 2015.
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 174 -Still Zooming Along
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 173 - Night of the Living Film
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 172 - Travelling Light II
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 171 - In The Loupe: Tawnya Mahoney
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 170 - Do You Want to Buy A Nikon
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 169 - Baby It's Cold Outside II
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 168 - Date Your Cameras, Marry Your Lenses Pt. II
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 167 - Would you Like to Play a Game?
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 166 - Resolved:2023
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 165 - Frugal Film Project Roundtable
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 163 - The Other Nikons
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 162 - In the Loupe: Suzanne Pedersen
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 161 - Unlucky
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 159 - The Little F’s Pt. 1
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 158 - Any Given Situation
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 157 - The Last of the F’s
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 156 - Live from the TFS
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 155 - In the Loupe: Kelsey Smith
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 154 - In the Loupe: I Dream of Cameras
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