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richardHaw

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Nikon FG!!!
« on: April 05, 2020, 09:43:15 »
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Re: Nikon FG!!!
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2020, 09:49:55 »
I did buy my daughter an EM and got an FG for my son. Not sure any of those cameras survived to this day.

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Re: Nikon FG!!!
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2020, 18:14:31 »
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That was my first camera, with the 50mm E lens. After I had a bit more money I splurged on the 24mm f/2.8, and bought a 135mm Q from an old newspaper which was shutting down. These are still in my cabinet.
To be very honest, I was never happy with 35mm film.
A year or two later I picked up a well used yashica TLR and used that extensively as well as 4x5 and a baby graflex which shot 2 1/4 x 3 1/4 with a roll film back.
It was not until the D200 brought adequate quality to digital that I jumped back into SLR format.
A few years back I bought an F3 for old times sake - the camera I always wanted but could not afford - and my son used it until he went away to college.
Odd how a simple object can bring back many memories...

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Re: Nikon FG!!!
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2020, 23:11:20 »
I really liked the F3 trigger and the sound with motor on. A very iconic sound. The iconic sound used in movies it seems....even if it was another kind of camera. HP viewfinder not bad either :-)