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 18 - Size Matters Not.
Classic Camera Revival - Ansco, Agfa, GAF, and the Third Reich
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 17 - Some like it Wet (Plate)
Bonus Episode: Part 2 of a Conversation with E6 Guru David Nardi
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 16 - Let's All Shoot One Camera
Bonus Episode: Daguerreotype Master Mike Robinson
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 15 - Mechanical Maddness
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 14 - We See The Light!
Classic Camera Revival - Bonus Episode - Donna & the Cambo
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 13 - Marry Your Lenses, Date your Cameras
Classic Camera Revival Bonus Episode: SP-445
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 12 - Best Christmas Present Ever
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 11 - The Mystery Camera Challenge
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 10 - Route 66 (That is Square Format)
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 9 - We're going Big, and We're not going home
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 8 - Welcome to Mount Olympus
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 7 - Traveling Light
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 6 - DIY
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 5 - Communist Camera Revival
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 4 - The APS Show
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