I guess the F100 is the second-best 35mm SLR camera in the world. Great analogue camera at this price range. Amazing performance and excellent features included. Can go to Nikon F6, which is a slightly better and upgraded camera but somewhat that is more expensive.

Amazing camera with Durable and lightweight body. 3D Matrix Metering as well as Center-Weighted Metering and Spot Metering. Also, provides excellent picture quality. Great battery life that is Multi-Power High Speed Battery. Bought it at discounted price with warranty card.

This camera is credited for some of the best moments captured. The performance with non-autofocus lenses is the most important feature. I've had this camera for a long time and it continues to captures high-quality images. It's well worth the money.

Button placement was well thought out, and auto-focus and metering point controls on the film door don't get in the way of normal operation. Anyone familiar with modern Nikon DSLRs will feel right at home after picking up an F100. Its ergonomics are excellent.

I picked up a used F100 last year, it is in excellent condition and has been a joy to use so far. The model I have has the weaker film winding fork which may break at some point I have read, but so far ok. All the exposures I have made have been good to excellent on film and slide. Using manual focus lenses is easy, exposure and focus conformation have been consistently accurate. I also use an MC-31 cord via USB connected to Softalk 2000 software, to read film data from the F100 memory, thus saving me from taking exposure notes when out and about. Overall this is a solid capable and enjoyable camera to use, a kind of poor man's F6. Get one if you fancy a change..it is a real Film Star.

this is ultimate dream photo machine for photgraphers excellent for nature and potrait with 80-200 lense relible with 28-105 and brilliant sensing of moving object with even normal lense.

First, this is quite an expensive camera when considered against the features you get. Both Canon and Minolta offer much less expensive models with vastly superior feature sets. Ostensibly, the greatest reason for any serious amateur to invest in any Nikon SLR body, all of which have serious shortcomings-particularly this pricey F100-is to gain access to the vast range of Nikkor lenses which have a superior reputation for fine optical performance. However, having experienced an array of Nikkors, I must conclude this reputation is based upon the performance and build quality of the earlier manual focus Nikkors, which indeed offer optical performance and construction on par with Zeiss of Germany, acknowledged leader in optical design and manufacture for the past century. This presents, for me, a special problem in that I prefer manual focus Nikkor lenses for their precision and performance, but favor newer Nikon bodies for primarily for their ability to spot meter, a feature sadly lacking from manual focus Nikons with otherwise fine specs, such as the FM/FE series. Most other F100 features are of only limited appeal as they have little applicable value to practical photography: how often have you set a shutter speed in excess of 1/2000 sec much less synched flash at those speeds? Or when was the last time the ability to fire 4.5 frames per second (with fresh batteries) yielded an image you could not otherwise have achieved? Granted, autofocus is great to have when you need it, such as when following fast action, but in the case of Nikon it's ironic that autofocus' occasional advantages must be mitigated against an overall loss of image quality since AF Nikkors simply are inferior in most substantive respects to those older Nikkors and, indeed on MTF specification (http://www.photodo.com/nav/prodindex.html), to the lenses of many competing brands. Adding to the conundrum that the high AF speed of AF Nikkors are achieved through the use of severely short focusing helicoids which, in turn, make accurate manual focusing painful at best. Perhaps the final blow to my confidence in the Nikon system was the matter of battery life which, while decent when using the F100 as a manual focus camera and avoiding powered fiddling with the controls, quickly turned abysmal during a session of follow focusing at my daughter's soccer game. At normal ambient temperatures (greater than 68 degrees F), the cameras batteries failed after only two 24 exposure rolls, with only seven rolls having been previously exposed with very minimal use of single-servo (single shot) autofocus mode. The next set of fresh batteries netted me a similar ten rolls of film, at which point I decided, on top of all the lens quality and camera features issues, that it made little sense for my style of shooting (portraiture, street shooting, still life and fine art) to continue using Nikon's system. For the past couple of months, I've been using a Contax Aria body along with a set of three Zeiss T* primes (28mm f/2, 50mm f/1.4, 135mm f/2.8), a Sigma 90mm f/2.8 macro, and a Yashica 80-200mm f/4 telezooom. Uniformly, this equipment is more satisfying and produces superior results to any other 35mm equipment I've ever used, which includes Canon and Minolta. In particular, the Yashica zoom gives notably better performance than any similar Nikon, Canon or Minolta offering. The Aria, while also lacking mirror lockup, is refreshingly compact while still comfortable to hold and use, and delivers a far higher number of rolls per set of batteries, even in less than ideal conditions. I'd advise anyone seriously considering purchasing the F100 to explore your options. There are many alternatives that deliver higher function and versatility (Canon and Minolta) or superior image quality (Contax) for less if not very much more money. Don't rely solely on marketing and reputation, as results are what really count. Shoot a few rolls with the equipment you plan to purchase from a variety of brands and go with the one that gives the pictures you like best.

I have three Nikon bodies - a 8008S, a N90s and now an F100, which is by far the best. It feels very solid (I would not hesitate to use it as a hammer) and fits perfectly in my hand. Most slides were exposed dead on and were very sharp - the body and lenses are perfectly aligned. Combined with a 80-400 Nikon VR is just right for body building, but hey in this day and age we need all the exercise we can get. It never let me down, it just ignores freezing cold and sweltering heat and the occasional banging. Whatever bugs there were in the first lots (i.e., in the rewind mechanism and the autofocus selector) have long been taken care off. I love the extended analog exposure scale, which goes from -2 to +2 or -3 to +3 depending on setting - I shoot mostly manual with spotmeter, unless I take action shots. Tyros who need various program modes should not be allowed to touch such a camera. The analog scale of my old N90s is just to restricted, I hate the N90s for this reason. The N90s (not the 8008s) is going to be the camera I'll take along on ski slopes, for the analog scale alone it deserves to die a messy death in a grim fall. Just like the old Ricoh which was assigned this duty until last winter. On the other hand the N90s being a Nikon might survive more black diamonds than me. It remains to be seen. Is the F5 better than the F100? Sure. But it is 50% more expensive

I traded in my F801 against a Nikon F100 35mm SLR camera just a few months after the newer camera came out. It has never let me down and I have got better results from it than any of my other cameras. It is a fine camera ... but

I have never found any use for the selectable focus area. I have it permanently locked on the centre sensor.

Despite the F100's improvements there is nothing that I do with it that I could not accomplish with my old F801 almost as easily. In fact I prefer my daughter's F80 to the F100 because the F80 is lighter, it uses a standard remote cable (expensive special purpose item on F100), the built in flash can be useful, and it has the neat on-demand gridlines whereas I have to change the screen to get gridlines. As the camera is electronically controlled the omission of mirror-lockup is unforgiveable - it strikes me as a cynical ploy to encourage purchase of the F5.

The F100 is a great camera, but for the same amount of cash you could have a new F80, AND a new FM3A, or for half the price of a new F100 you could have a near perfect used F801 and a lovely FM2. In value for money there is no contest.

No doubt! The first time I used the Nikon F100 35mm SLR camera camera was on a paid wedding event, no testing nor practice to know all the features & controls. It didn't let me down, the pictures turned out great no comment.......Customer is so happy.
I did use it with SB-80DX and a MB-15 - worth the money you buy for. Camera is definitely an answer...no comment..

I HAVE USED BOTH CANON AND NIKON CAMERAS .. I LIKE THE NIKON CAMERAS BETTER, BUT WISH THEY HAD MORE "VR" LENSES LIKE CANON.. THE F-100 IS A TOP NOTCH CAMERA AND IT HAS A METER SYSTEM THAT HAS NOT TAKEN A BAD PICTURE. I NOW USE THE F-100 AND A N-80 AS A BACK UP FOR ALL MY SHOOTING..

The Nikon F100 is a great camera. It is built very solid, has a great set of features and an outstanding user interface.
I also own a nikon F5 and like the F100 almost as much. When I travel or backpack I take the F100 because it's much lighter.
I would recommend the Nikon F100 to any photographer and especially to advanced hobbyists.
Nikon has constantly provided consumers and professionals with cameras that last for years and preserve their value like any other camera, the F100 is no different.

A camera with a fine design and well placed commands. However, it does not encompass significant advances beyond F801s and F90x. Metallic alloys employed seems too sensitive to humidity. As a consequence, the knob to unlock lenses may glide irregularly. Priced too high.

This is a great camera with all the features one expects from a professional camera in a relatively small size. Build to last for ever.

I have now used this camera now for a few months and can only say that it is a terrific bit of kit. I still can't believe I've managed to own one.

The controls are so well laid out it is a joy to use. One never has to take ones eye away from the finder to change settings such as exposure mode, shutter speed, aperture control etc. I find the camera quiet with a really smooth winder. Even without the add on drive you get 4.5 fps which is enough for me.

In effect it combines the build quality Nikon is famous for and brings it right up to date with the best of modern features without any extra un-necessary stuff (such as program modes you'll probably never use etc) The old Nikon F I had with all the electronic stuff I can ever envisage wanting (of course you can go back to manual when you want) In the latter respect I prefer the manual focus facility of Nikon lenses to some other brands as they afford a "more conventional" and less "sloppy" feel.

All in all a winner!

The F100 was a step up from N70 for me and I never looked back as I have with other pricey decisions in my life. With the 70, even after a few months I often needed to stop and think about mechenical adjustments, e.g. aptr pri. to manual, continuous to single focus, etc. On more than one occasion, by the time adjustments were made, the photo opportunity had passed. On the 100, all functions are easy to learn, function controls are well positioned, and I spend more time thinking about composition than mechanics.
It feels great in my hands and performance is consistent and reliable. The F100 runs like a well tuned, fine automobile. If you seek quality but don't wish to spend $2000 on an F5, the F100 is a prudent choice

A complex, professional camera. I bought my first Nikon FTn 31 years ago. While I can use the F-100 much like that superb manual camera, it wasn't created for someone who'll be satisfied with manual technology.

It requires study. And if you buy the SB-28 flash to make the most of flash/camera capabilities, you'll need to study the flash too, IMHO.

I am very, very pleased with the F-100. If I didn't need its ruggedness, I think the N-80 would be fine for me.

If the object is the image, other cameras will do. If you want to be able to use older, expensive manual Nikon lenses, know it'll get banged around no matter what, and feel like some of its metering and AF options are important, this is a great camera.

If you're a casual photographer doing family photos and vacations, I'd carry something lighter and less expensive.

The camera to own if you are a serious photographer. Fits perfectly in the hand, all commands very well positionned. Superb AF and metering. I have used many bodies and this is my favorite.