Various Nikon SLR/compact/digital camera models

1. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 12:46 PM Saturday 24 February, 2007

Hello Amitava:

On a bright sunny day, set the camera to manual with the shutter speed set (as nearly as possible) to the same number as the ISO film speed setting. Point the camera at a grassy area in full bright sunlight and adjust the lens aperture until the meter display indicates a correct exposure. The lens aperture should be about f/16 if the meter is working properly.

2. From : Gurpreet Dhaliwal (gpdhaliwal@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 05:31 PM Friday 23 February, 2007

I have an excellent funtional Nikon SLR N6000 camera.
I wanted to know the resale value of my camera as of today.
Is it possible if anyone can suggest me some price.

3. From : Amitava Ghoshal (amitavaghoshal@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 01:21 PM Friday 23 February, 2007

Hi, I want to check the accuracy of my camera's exposure meter (NIKON F80). Could anyone tell me a simple way of how to check it.

Thanks

4. From : Amy Badger (amy.badger@phoenix.edu)
Url : http://
Date : 08:22 AM Wednesday 21 February, 2007

I had a Nikon fg 35 mm slr camera with at vivitar 35-200MM zoom lens. I would like to replace it. Do you know where I could find one and about how much it would be? My place was robbed and of course they took my fathers camera :(

5. From : D. Chapman (bigtwin80@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 05:46 PM Tuesday 20 February, 2007

Thank you for assembling this valuable and thorough web site! I have been passionate about Nikon cameras since 1966. I was a school photographer in high school and all I could afford at that time was a Canon FTQL. For a 16 year old, an SLR like this was exotic and I bought it with money I earned mowing lawns. My friends had Kodak Instamatic cameras. When I entered college, I unknowingly left the shutter cocked for about a year and the camera shutter mechanism froze up from the prolonged tension. That was the end of my first SLR camera. Oh well, it was all I could afford, not what I really wanted.

After serving the in Marines and graduating from college in the mid-seventies, I bought the camera I had always dreamed about, a Nikon F series. When I entered the camera store, I had my mind set on buying a Nikon F, the legendary camera that I saw in the movie “Blow Up.” It was also well know as the Vietnam war camera man’s first choice. In 1976 Nikon had long since stopped shipping the F so I purchased a shiny new black F2. That camera never let me down and I loved it. Except for the meter head, it was all mechanical. When I moved to California from Boston, I took it with me and took it on my motorcycle rides in the mountains and to the coast. Most of the early pictures I have of my wife to be and myself were captured by that camera. The pictures of the Hearst Castle, Yosemite and Torre Pines in San Diego are all fond memories captured on film.

We got married and moved back to the Boston area. I lost the F2 in a hotel fire at the Trapp Family Lodge in Vermont. My new bride and I were staying at this quaint ski lodge in the winter of 1980 when a chimney fire ignited it just after midnight and it burned it to the ground in sub-zero weather. Luckily we were able to get out by jumping out a ground floor window but my wedding ring and the F2 were burned up in the fire.

I had home owners insurance that covered the camera but the claim wouldn’t be settled right away so I bought a used Nikon FTn until I could recover the money. I used that for about 6-9 months and then purchased a Nikon F3 when I got the claim money. Again, the F2 had been discontinued so I couldn’t buy a new F2 replacement. I was disappointed that the F3 was more electronic but bought it anyway. The times, they were a changin’ – enter the electronic camera evolution of the ‘80s. I took many pictures of my kids and my dogs with the F3 and still have it. My kids are almost through college now and the dogs have long gone. Time has passed so quickly but I still have the excellent photos.

The digital camera revolution came near the turn of millennium and my wife bought our family an Olympus 4040 4.1MP digital camera for Christmas in 2002. It was a novelty for us and I took many shots that came out well. However, I still felt more comfortable with the precision and heft of the Nikon F3.

With the massive switch to digital by most people, I have been buying the film cameras on Ebay that I loved in the past but could not afford when they were in their prime. I bought two Nikon F2s from a kid whose father had passed on from cancer. He said his dad loved the cameras when he was alive. I assured him that they would have a good home and honestly felt like I was taking delivery on a living thing – a bit weird. I bought a black Nikorrmat F3, as well. I broke down and splurged on a used but near mint Hasselblad CM/500. That one was in “Blow Up” as well. I bought a Gossen Luna Pro meter to go with it, another extravagance I couldn’t afford many years ago. I may be re-living the past but I am in seventh heaven.

I have no doubt there are many folks out there that relate to what I am writing here. I love high end cameras – Nikons and Hasselblads. They made history. We saw them in the early Jame Bond movies and they traveled into space. Pulitzer Prize photos were taken with them. They were over-engineered but still highly useable twenty, thirty and forty years later. I have a deep respect and appreciation for their enduring quality. How can we ever let go of these beautiful instruments?

I recognize that technology brings with it advancements and better photo opportunities beyond than what these beautiful old cameras can deliver. I bought a Nikon D200 10.2 MP camera about a year ago. The quality of the images and ease of use amazes me.

However, I still enjoy getting up early when I can and catch the early light photo opportunities in historic Concord, MA. For a sunrise over a farm or an early morning shot of the North Bridge, the Hasselblad is with me.

Thanks, again, for your superb camera site.

- D. Chapman

6. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 12:13 PM Sunday 18 February, 2007

Hi THI:

Have you tried another new battery?

7. From : THI (tinni_tim@hotmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 11:26 AM Saturday 17 February, 2007

hey there, i have a NIKON FE2 and i have a problem with getting the film to wind up. as well as that, when i checked the mirror inside, it seems to have attached itself to the top and wont come back down (which is its usually position). Ive just placed in a new battery 6months ago. can anyone pls help me on this?

8. From : Len Kanowski (Len.Kanowski@mh.org.au)
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Date : 10:23 AM Saturday 17 February, 2007

How much in Australian dollars should I expect to pay in 2007 for a Nikon EM with standard 50mm lens? - both camera body and lens in excellent condition.

9. From : Carmel Muscat (karmenumuscat@msn.com)
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Date : 10:37 PM Tuesday 13 February, 2007

I have inherited from my death sister inlaw a Nikon Camera TW2 but unfortunately I didn't find any booklet about it how to use it and all its functions. Please how can acquire such a booklet or any documentation. While thanking you, I hope I will hear from you. All the best.

10. From : Jim (answer@801.com)
Url : http://
Date : 05:42 PM Tuesday 13 February, 2007

zackinaro: refer to the answer provided by Gen holst 10-12 posts below you potings (or next page) will lead you to the English instruction manual for the Nikon 801/8008

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