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Nikon FM
3.5 stars
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Average Ratings for Nikon FM

  • Photograph Quality4.8 stars
  • Features3.8 stars
  • Ease of Use4.8 stars
  • Value for Money5 stars
  • Reviewer Ratings4.8 stars
  • Overall Rating3.5 stars

 

4 Reviews For Nikon FM

  • pete1967 18th Mar 2009

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    Bought mine in 1979 and it has been with me from Arctic to desert and everything between being carried in far from perfect ways and still working like when it was new. You want to learn photography, by manual camera (FM10 is widely available and reasonably prices). FM its successor FM2 are both amazing pieces of kit (I believe FM10 is on par with them). Simply put: buy it, in my opinion you won't regret it!
    Original 2L76 battery only lasted about 25 years!
    Forget auto this and auto that, you want camera to do the work for you, stick with one in your mobile. You want to learn to take photos, buy FM. Once you learn to take photographs, you may start thinking of model with auto options but before you go and waste your money on one, you've most probably already realised that you'd be just wasting your money.

  • marcondez 22nd Jan 2009

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    In my point of view Nikon FM is the best mechanical SLR ever made.It's a lifetime camera.i ve been using mine since1990 and it s like a Swiss watch.
    It's. strong, reliable and very well built. There are a lot of quality Nikon lenses avaiable.Mechanical.
    It s heavy with the MD drive.

  • mclaughlin82 9th Aug 2003

    Reviewer rating: 5 stars


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    well, I haven't been using the Nikon FM camera for four months yet, but I'm more than happy with it. I found it extremely easy to use and become accustomed to and is now like second nature to me. with a copper silumin body, it's quite a heavy camera and built to last and it doesn't feel cheap like some plastic bodied cameras do. Because it uses the Ai system lenses, they're pretty much readily available and the depth of field preview button can be very handy.
    my FM is a little beaten up with l ...

  • shutterbug. Rank: Lance Corporal 21st Jul 2003

    Reviewer rating: 4.5 stars


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    The Nikon FM and its auto-exposure twin, the FE, replaced the Nikkormat series just as Nikon came out with its auto-indexing (AI) lenses. The importance of this is that the camera is one of the few in the Nikon system that was designed to accept EITHER NAI or AI lenses.
    If you refer to the Nikon Compendium (book) for data, be aware that there is a glaring error on viewfinder coverage for this camera and the FM-2. The real coverage is 93% (not the 43% listed in the book...that isn't even useabl ...