Nikon

GAS

Black And White Photography, David, Photography

I’m not talking about the price of petrol or diesel. I got a bad GAS (Gear Acquisition Syndrome) attack the other day and couldn’t resist the call of this little, but heavy beauty. The WAF was low but I could work with it. Yes it’s another film camera kind of out of date like me. However I have so much film to use up I think this will help a little with that. What’s the WAF I hear you ask… Wife acceptance factor. See you next week when the bruises have gone.

Nikon F Circa 1969

Black And White Photography, Joseph, Photography

Image was taken with a Fujifilm X-E5 and XF 50mm f/2.0 lens

This is a vintage Nikon F camera equipped with a Photomic FTN viewfinder. Base model Nikon F cameras were usually equipped with an eye level pentaprism viewfinder without a light meter. The Photomic FTN viewfinder incorporated a light meter and a shutter speed readout. The approximate manufacture date of this particular camera is May – July 1969. The F was Nikons first SLR camera and it had a very long production run (1959 – 1973). It was well regarded for its extreme reliability and many Vietnam war photojournalists used them in the field. Hasselblad cameras along with modified Nikon F’s also accompanied NASA astronauts to the moon starting with Apollo 15 in 1971 and SkyLab missions in 1973. A total of 862,000 Nikon F cameras were manufactured during its long 14 year production.