First Nikon

[Gary R. Smith]

I just spent $116 on a Nikon FE with a 36-72/3.5 zoom. Looking forward to running some color film through it once it arrives.

 

[Paul Taylor]

We must be on the same photographer gear universal wavelength Gary, I just ordered a Nikon F4S. My first Nikon film camera.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

I just ordered a Nikon F4S.

Congrats Paul! I was looking at F2's a while back but after watching a YT by Cody Mitchell, I looked up FE's and seems like for the price... Now I'm thinking that I need to dip my toe into developing color negatives.

 

[Pete Askew]

The FE is one of my favourite Nikons, but maybe I am biased as it was the first I bought, secondhand back in the early 80s. I still have it (and a second) and it has taken a lot of use and abuse overthe years and never missed a beat. It also has my favourite metering system of all of of any camera: matched needles. Brilliant.

I bought mine with a 105mm Nikkor and that remained (and maybe even still remains) my favourite lens, or at least focal length on a SLR.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

It also has my favourite metering system of all of of any camera: matched needles. Brilliant.

I really liked the matched needle system in my Canon FTb so I'll be curious to see how I like this system. The needles seem to be on the left whereas the Canon has them on the right.

Also of note: it uses a battery that is readily available.

Good to hear that you liked yours enough to get a second!

There were several available with the 50/1.4 but I'm swimming in 50's and other various "normal" fl lenses so I opted for the 36-72/3.5. Here is a very informative article about that lens: https://imaging.nikon.com/imaging/information/story/0091/

 

[Gary Ayala]

*sigh* All the above takes me back ...

 

[Gary R. Smith]

All the above takes me back

What are you shooting now Gary?

After developing and scanning my own b&w, I'm thinking that I'll go ahead and try my hand at developing 35mm color negatives too.

Stay tuned...

 

[Gary Ayala]

What are you shooting now Gary?

After developing and scanning my own b&w, I'm thinking that I'll go ahead and try my hand at developing 35mm color negatives too.

Stay tuned...

Fuji digital. (I still have a full B/W darkroom all boxed up in the garage. A new 100' roll of Tri-X in a bulk loader on a desk. ... But digital is sooo much easier.)

 

[Gary R. Smith]

But digital is sooo much easier.

Agree with you there!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

The FE arrived today and needed some lens repair right off the bat. Since Paul T. was talking about the Nikon he tried to buy, I commiserated on his thread with details of my day.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

The FE is one of my favourite Nikons

I'm also really getting comfortable with the Nikon's match needle metering Pete! For whatever reason, I seem to like it more than the Canon FTb (which was my first SLR) but that could be a) because it's new and b) because I've shot more with it in the last couple of weeks.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

Today I processed my second roll of 36 color negatives from the Nikon and realized that it has an EC dial built-in as part of the ASA/ISO dial. This was set at +1 meaning all of my original shots were shot as if the ISO was 800. Hopefully the ones I processed today have more life to them. I've reset the EC to 0.

 

[Gary Ayala]