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- sillyconguru's review
Have a picture of Nikon FA 35mm SLR camera?, please send it to us.
Picture courtesy of Levent Yildirim.
| Photograph Quality | 10/10 |
|---|---|
| Features | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 |
| Value for Money | 8/10 |
| Overall rating | 9/10 |
By sillyconguru
on 16th Sep 2004
| Time Camera Owned | 1 - 6 Months |
|---|---|
| Photograph Quality | 10/10 |
| Features | 9/10 |
| Ease of Use | 8/10 |
| Value for money | 8/10 |
| Overall value | 9/10 |
 sillyconguru's recommendation | |
Multimode exposure, 5 zone matrix metering, TTL flash control, choice of 3 motorwinders.
No mirror lock-up.
The Nikon FA is the most advanced manual focus camera that Nikon ever produced. It has programmed, aperture priority, shutter priority & manual modes. It was the first Nikon to feature multi-zone evaluative metering (in addition to being centre-weighted).
The FA is based on the FE chassis, this means that accessories designed for the FE/FM/FE2/FM2 will be suitable (the FM3a also can use these accessories).
The shutter speed range is from 1 sec to 1/4000 sec, with a flash sync of 1/250 (thanks to the titanium shutter blades).
All in all, a very capable camera. Expensive for its time (about £550), and they still fetch "good money" today.
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