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Nikon FM3A 35mm Film Camera
15 reviews
The FM3A offers aperture-priority autoexposure and through-the-lens flash exposure control. Film speed can be set via the DX codes on the...
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The FM3A offers aperture-priority autoexposure and through-the-lens flash exposure control. Film speed can be set via the DX codes on the film canisters. That's pretty much it for automation. Controls are a very traditional "two-dial" classic manual camera setup. You turn the lens aperture ring (Dial 1) to adjust aperture. You turn the shutter speed dial (Dial 2) on the top deck to adjust shutter speed. You turn the lens focus ring to focus (this doesn't rate a dial number in the autofocus world).
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The ”Dual Personality“ FM3A--- Nikon’s New Retro-Tech 35mm SLR
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Pros: Built Like a Tank, Hybrid Mechanical/Electronic shutter, TTL flash, and Aperture Priority AE
Cons: None at all
Bottom Line:
Nikon’s new FM3A combines the best features of the classic FM2n and the discontinued FE/FE2
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A Great PRIMARY Body... the Nikon FM3A is a photographer's camera.
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Pros: Tough as nails, ergonomic design, advanced features (for a manual SLR) but no nonsense features.
Cons: Noisy shutter / mirror slap.
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Highly recommended - a very reliable and well-designed camera that can really work for just about any photographer.
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Is It Already A CLASSIC?
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Pros: The creative beauty of working with the camera.
Cons: Requires more than the ability to point and shoot.
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To really learn Photography, this is THE tool.
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How did THAT get into my camera bag?
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Pros: compact, ttl flash, 1/250 flash synch, matchstick metering
Cons: 1" max shutter speed in manual mode, no viewfinder light, center weighted metering
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Fun and easy to use, unbreakable, and compatible with all your high tech Nikon gear. It's hard to beat.
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A delightful anachronism
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Pros: Hybrid electronic/mechanical shutter, TTL flash, exquisite metal mechanical construction
Cons: Expensive, meter readout difficult in low light
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One of the greatest mechanical cameras ever. All the speed and convenience of advanced TTL flash metering and exposure automation with full bateryless operation. Perfect!
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A matter of physical touch
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Pros: It is a combo of qualities so far spreaded along different camera bodies.
Cons: It is somewhat redundant if one already owns those different camera bodies.
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Buy it if you don't own a partially automatic camera, or if you don't own a fully mechanical camera, or if it will be your first advanced camera.
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Another example of Nikon precision and quality
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Pros: Build quality, functionality
Cons: None
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For manual focus fans this camera will provide tons of pleasure, even if you are just practice-shooting with no film.
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A great second body...
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Pros: Compact, reliable, easy to use, accurate.
Cons: Are there any???
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Straightforward, reliable, compact, traditional camera which is hard to go past. Not much more than a second-hand FE2 and so much more refined!
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A Great Camera
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Pros: Well built, fully mechanical with just enough automatic features.
Cons: None so far
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Get this camera if you can afford the price and want a camera with fully manual controls
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My dream camera
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Pros: Light Durable Simple Fun
Cons: Manual focus Max 1 sec shutter on manual
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If you like manual focus, manual wind, simple automatic exposure, and Nikon lenses this is your dream camera. It should be illegal to have this much fun with a camera.
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