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 55 - Dancing on a Pinhead
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 54 - On the Scale
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 53 - The Spotmatic
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 52 - Large Format Strikes Back
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 51 - The Second F
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 50 - The Nifty Fifty
Classic Camera Revival - Interview.01 - E is for Emulsive
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 49 - The Shoestring
Classic Camera Revival - Season 5 - Introduction
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 48 - Disco Fever
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 47 - Millennium
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 46 - Do You See What I See
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 45 - Second Time Around
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 44 - Noisy and Annoying
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 43 - As Seen on TV
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 42 - Past Due
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 41 - Pick Your Poison
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 40 - Screw Mounts and Screw Ups
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 39 - Tales from the Digital Age
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 38 - Consumer Grade
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