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 134 - Recent Developments
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 133 - Summer Lovin’ On Film
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 132 - Ring ’Round the Commonwealth
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 131 - A Family Affair
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 130 - Voices of Women II
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 129 - The F Goes Electric
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 128 - In the Loupe: Lina Bessonova
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 127 - The 120mm Files
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 126 - Twenty-Four FPS
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 125 - Environmentally Speaking
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 124 - Pour Another Round (and another, another, another....)
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 123 - The Magician’s Apprentice
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 122 - Film Photography: An Introduction
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 121 - The Digital Age
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 120 - The Clone Wars
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 119 - Moving Pictures
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 118 - Workhorses Pt. 2
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 117 - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 116 - The Feels When...
Classic Camera Revival - Episode 115 - Mystery Camera Challenge IV
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