1. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com/index.html
Date : 08:51 PM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

Hi Kyle: The FA is a very versatile, advanced camera. In addition to manual mode, it provides aperture priority, shutter priority and program automatic modes.... and TTL flash automation. If you want any of these, then you want the FA. If you only want the manual mode, the FM2 is quicker and more convenient to operate in the manual mode than the FA because of its more visible meter display.

The FM2 and FA use the same batteries. In extreme cold weather, the battery power will drop; the FA may quit working under these conditions, but the FM2 will not. Also, if you want the camera to remain serviceable for many years, your chances are better with the mechanical FM2 shutter than with the electronics of the FA. We're talking a long time here before it makes much difference, but the cameras are already over 20 years old.

Another difference is the metering pattern: AMP matrix in the FA vs center weighted in the FM2. Nikon's matrix metering systems are good and well thought out; however, their representation of them is misleading. Their paragraphs describing difficult, high contrast lighting situations invariably end with the phrase "correct overall exposure". In fact, in these high contrast situations there can never be a "correct overall exposure".... regardless of the number of elements in the metering pattern, there is only one shutter speed and one aperture selected for any given exposure; all the rest is just the decision making process for choosing them. The best that any metering system can do is to give you a correct exposure for the PART of the scene that you are interested in. The difference is that with center weighting or spot metering, YOU select the part you're interested in, and with AMP, the camera decides for you. AMP is best with the AE modes because you can't aim the camera for composition and for meter cell placement at the same time... in manual mode, the FA wisely defaults to the same center weighted pattern as the FM2 to allow you to choose for yourself.

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2. From : Nantz (comment@notname.com)
Url : http://
Date : 03:46 PM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

Light scratch on the lens surface will not make too much difference if you are shooting normal photography. If you intend to get a new lens, I would suggest try to identify what kind of lens you require. This malaysian site has an incredible volume of good lens guide on Nikkor (manual focus) at the bottom section at this page:http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/nikon/nikkoresources/index.htm you can try www.ebay.com or even (just found) their own trading place at http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/ftz/index.php3 by the way, the more I browse through in this site, the more amaze I am ! It has other brands like canon, olympus and even minolta !

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3. From : Ryan (iwantadirty130@yahoo.com)
Url : http://
Date : 01:45 PM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

Hello everyone, my boss recently gave me his old 1977 (i believe) nikon fm camera. Everything seems to be in working order except there is a scatch on the lense. I was wondering if this is somthing that could be fixed somhow or do i just need to buy a whole new lense. If the whole lense needs replacing where is a good place to find one. Any help would be appreciated.

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4. From : Kyle (bogart1231@aol.com)
Url : http://
Date : 12:24 PM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

Hi, I'm currently debating whether to get an FA or an FM2n. It seems like the FA can do everything that the FM2n can because it can be fully manual in the M mode, but that it also has additional capabilities. Am I missing something here? It seems like the only thing that the FM2n has on the FA is the fact that it doesn't require a battery. Has the FA's battery been known to malfunction in certain conditions? Are there things the FM2n can do that the FA can't? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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5. From : Nantz (comment@notname.com)
Url : http://
Date : 10:30 AM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

In addtion to Mike's exceelent explanation, I am not sure if it requires expposure compensation as with K2 for K (E2/E, B2/E) but according to an explanation from this site:
http://mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonfmseries/fm3a/htmls/index9a.htm
it requires no such measure.

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6. From : Mike (mike.tmt@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 09:55 AM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

James: it shouldn't depend on the lens so much as the focusing screen. If you replace the K2 screen with a K3 screen, the view is MUCH brighter. K2 is the original equipment that came with the FM2n. The K3 is the standard screen for the FM3a, but it will fit in the FM2 and the FE2 as well.

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7. From : James (james_dean05@tiscali.co.uk)
Url : http://
Date : 03:43 AM Tuesday 25 October, 2005

Hi Does anyone know of a way to make the viewfinder on my Nikon FM2n brighter? Does it depend on the lenses I'm using? Thanks

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8. From : Mike (mike.tmt@gmail.com)
Url : http://
Date : 02:16 AM Saturday 22 October, 2005

Yesterday I received a used MD-12. I tried it out on my FM3a, but it will only allow one exposure. After that, nothing. The camera works fine before and after installing the MD-12. When reinstalled, after being removed from the camera, the MD-12 again allows only one exposure.

Any ideas????

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9. From : rick oleson (rick_oleson@yahoo.com)
Url : http://rick_oleson.tripod.com
Date : 07:58 PM Thursday 13 October, 2005

Hi Toby: Yes, that will fit. The little rectangular boss that you can see at the top, just to the left of the red index dot on the mounting flange, is the "AI" coupler, which communicates the lens' aperture setting to the meter in your FM2. The use of a teleconverter slows down your lens by 2 stops: the 200/4.0 becomes a 400/8.0. However, you don't have to change your meter settings for this, the meter will still read accurately through the lens with or without the converter on it.

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10. From : Toby (on@request.com)
Url : http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7553895
Date : 07:25 PM Thursday 13 October, 2005

Hi Rick, I've received my 200mm lense in the post this morning. It looks fine.... I can't wait to give it a try on my FM2. I was also interested in buying a 2x teleconverter as per your advice. I spotted this one on eBay today, would this fit on my camera? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7553895066&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:UK:1

Thanks again for all your help. Toby

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