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Roberto Di Patrizi

sent on 23 Agosto 2024

Pros: Beautiful dazzling

Cons: Considering his age, I don't see any faults.

Opinion: I found a sample, complete with 28mm f/2.8, in perfect condition! I would dare to say "like new". Silver color, New version. It has no scratches or signs of wear. The black leather is intact and well glued to the body. It still has both the rubber eyepiece and the cap on the flash mount, practically untouched. Everything works, like a Swiss watch. Congratulations to those who have owned it before me. He must have used white gloves. I couldn't miss it, even though it wasn't exactly cheap! But it's worth all the money I spent because, beyond its indisputable mechanical merits and its excellent build quality, it's objectively beautiful to look at! Unabashedly beautiful! A collector's item. I gave it to my wife for her birthday and I made her happy like a child. And I'm happier than her! Now that the "new" FM2 is part of the family, my wife is grinding rolls of film like there's no tomorrow (um... I don't know if I did the right thing, to give it to him... :-)

Franco F.

sent on 08 Agosto 2022

Pros: all

Cons: almost nothing

Opinion: I am the lucky owner of a Nikon FM2n in my possession since 1985 I think.... it's been a long time but she has remained faithful to my side giving me beautiful images. What about this camera ? It was not born as a professional camera, but it was in the wake of many professionals, for the simple reason that it is unstoppable. It is equipped with a robust mechanics, has no frills, but has everything you need. Excellent for those approaching photography...... it is an excellent training ship. Equally great as a forklift camera. Shoot in any weather (apart from pouring rain). I'm still excited about it, so much so that I gave one to my wife. Forgot...... She has a mechanical shutter that for the times when she was born was a real prodigy.... and maybe it still is. A pity not to own one.

Pietro Bazzana

sent on 20 Marzo 2022

Pros: All

Cons: Nothing

Opinion: This machine is the meeting point between solidity and quality, practically indestructible body, easy to use, from a mechanical point of view a jewel, it is all entirely mechanical, it is light and compact, I am lucky enough to still be able to use it given the perfect care and conservation that has been dedicated to it

Kroki

sent on 30 Dicembre 2021

Pros: Small light mechanical... bought new in 1988....with md12 engine... nikkor 24 f2/8... nikkor 35 f1/4... nikkor 50 f 1/4... nikkor 105 f2/5... nikkor 180 f 2:8... will stay x always in my house ... I will never sell it

Cons: 1/4000 practically useless... never used even the 2/000... but I only used kodachrome 25 or ekta 100 or velvia 50

Opinion: Never sell ... before I had minolta srt 101... Canon f1... hasselblad 500... sold the latter x reasons for money... with the proceeds I took a nikon kit ... small light machine but excellent on all occasions ... with the engine it became perfect... never lost a photo... with 24/50/180 I photographed everything without problems

Massimo Romani

sent on 10 Giugno 2021

Pros: Simply perfect

Cons: nothing

Opinion: I am not talking about FM2 but FM, the first but practically identical to FM2 apart from the shutter speed. I gave it in 1979 to my wife accompanied by the Nikkor 50mm f1.8, the 28mm f2.8 and the 135mm f2.8. A few years later I also gave her the cheap zoom E70-150mm f3.5. Extraordinary indestructible machine working even without battery. We still have it and now it is in the hands of our daughter, graphics and art designer in a major design company that sometimes still uses it for advertising images. What about.... a pillar of photography with a capital F when everything was in the photographer's hands and there were no Photoshop and Lightroom parachutes

Raphael967

sent on 10 Giugno 2021

Pros: all

Cons: nothing

Opinion: I've used it on several occasions and fallen in love with it. I took weddings as a support photographer, we talk about the 90s when weddings were taken in Hasselblad 6x6 for color and black and white in 35mm. Even at my wedding my photographer friends took the BN in FM2n and some pictures of my wife I took it myself. I've never had one of my own and every time I open eBay I try to find one to buy but then I don't because I don't have Nikon optics. as Basil says, they are machines that never stop. my father bought a Minolta SRT101 back in 1075 and is still in my bag fully functional, all iron and brass, snaps at -30 and +50 (if you can hold it). the FM2 has a big extra gear, shoots up to 1/4000" which was a lot of stuff at the time. Minolta, Canon, Leica, Olympus and Contax reached a maximum of 1/1000"!!! listen to Basil, NEVER SELL IT!

Basilio Leone

sent on 10 Giugno 2021

Pros: Mechanical camera, reliable, robust, essential, never ages, and a tree always green! Like all mechanical cameras of the time! I also had the Oly om1... who has had the pleasure of shooting with these cameras knows what they are talking about! I stupidly sold fm2 for digital switchover!

Cons: It tends to overexpose... but once it happens it becomes irreplaceable!!!

Opinion: This nikon and forever... bought new with its fiftieth, paid in 1988 1 million and 200 thousand lire... what about this camera? It's not outdated, it always works, you take the photos, time, diaphragm, mf and shots... I always regret selling it... without automatisms... he had focused on the shot and you took home beautiful photos... I photographed everything with fm2, sports, events etc... the B&W I took it with Kodak 400 iso exposed to 800 I have prints of my children and grandchildren from when they were wonderful children!! I mean, it's an old glory! My modest advice to those who still own this camera! YOU'D NEVER SELL IT!!! Good light at all!

Trackmaster

sent on 07 Aprile 2020

Pros: Solid and reliable in every situation

Cons: they don't produce it anymore

Opinion: Body of excellent workmanship, heavy at the right point and very robust. It works almost always (as long as you still know how to photograph without an exhibition.... 16 :-)). Great for those who still use film and also for those who want to learn. It's a body I'd carry everywhere because it's very reliable in any condition. Too bad they don't do them like that anymore. Very reliable display and interchangeable focus slides, better than that..... It also has the pre-lift of the mirror in the timed shot (things that some modern full frames do not have).

Marco6691

sent on 08 Gennaio 2017

Pros: Solid, perfect for learning, 1/250 flash sync, 1/4000, operates without a battery. Mine is a FM2n

Cons: A bit 'noisy shooting, lack of window to read the type of film loaded, lack of reading spot meter.

Opinion: I continue to use it to do some roller especially in b / n, it is always a pleasure to take in hand, the hand focheggiatura is facilitated by the excellent sights, completely mechanical, no battery meter works separately. A nice car to have in the collection, for full hollow I feel I can say that it has also kept the price.

Luca1168

sent on 15 Febbraio 2014

Pros: "Right" dimensions, construction materials

Cons: Maybe the only drawback, the shutter noise.

Opinion: To start with the film, but also to continue, is perfect. Almost completely mechanical, the only electronic part in the machine body is the one that manages the light meter, powered by the battery that if exhausted does not preclude the possibility of shooting anyway. Good ergonomics with AIS or D lenses mounted, not by ingombrio or boredom in transport. It's very robust. Recommended.