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Nikon F3 : Specifications and Opinions

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The Nikon F3 is a reflex camera that uses film (non-digital) manufactured from 1980 to 2001 (discontinued). It does not have a continuos shooting mode.

22 users have given it an average vote of 9.5 out of 10

Esposure
Shutter speeds	8" - 1/2000
Exp. compensation	+/- 2 stops at 1/3 steps
Exp. modes	M, A
Metering modes	Semi-Spot
Features
Stabilization	No
Continuos shooting	FPS
Pre-Burst	No
Live View	No
MLU/SS	Yes, Mirrok Lock Up
Video mode
WiFi	No
GPS	No
Camera body and built
Viewfinder	Optical, coverage 100%, x
Flash	No
Battery	Alcalina
Weather sealing	No
Weight	700 g
Dimensions	x x mm
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user249402

sent on March 06, 2024

Pros: Sturdy, quite compact and light, very precise light meter, in the camera body, automatic aperture priority, TTL flash reading of LCD indications, T-position independent of the power supply, wide range of viewfinders and maf screens.

Cons: Slow flash sync, but it is common to all cameras with a horizontal scrolling shutter, not very resistant paintwork, laughable and complicated display lighting, power and self-timer levers that are awkward to operate, and a dedicated flash shoe.

Opinion: Graduation gift, from dad, at the time I had a layette with Pentax mount, and I don't deny that I would have liked an LX better, with time I changed my mind. Mine is the model with non-HP pentaprism, excellent camera, with everything you need to photograph, nothing more, nothing less, compact, quite light, very robust and absolutely reliable. The light meter in the camera body allows the use of cockpit and loupe viewfinders, preserving the ttl reading and the automatic exposure and there is no need for corrections by changing the maf screens, as happens with the previous F and F2 and the subsequent F4, it can use all the lenses produced with Nikon F mount, except the G type. which limits its use outdoors. It's the camera I've shot the most and the one I use with the most pleasure.

Giorgio Carpi

sent on May 10, 2023

Pros: All... but in particular the beautiful ergonomics and total ease of use.

Cons: Today it has become difficult to use film.

Opinion: A myth. Born in times when it seemed a heresy a totally electronic professional camera, which with low batteries took place on a single time; Over the years he has been able to win the respect of the most demanding photographers. I bought an F3hp for testing when I was using FM2n and I was amazed. The body was a bit bulkier and heavier, but the ergonomics were perfect: the camera fell into the hand perfectly, the few controls perfectly positioned, the response of the shot and the advance of the film (on ball bearings, I think a unicum) a pleasure. If I think of autofocus , or, worse, today's digital, full of rings and controls to complicate life unnecessarily ... Very clear viewfinder and light meter that SEEMS simpleton, but in reality it is precise and does not make mistakes, if you get used to the particular answer and you know how to correct it becomes a perfect tool. It was difficult in the 2000s to resist the temptation to build a wide set of Nikkor lenses, resorting to excellent opportunities both on new and used cars. I admit that my experience of 35mm cameras is not huge: Olympus OM-1, Nikon FM2n, Nikon F3hp, Leica M6 and MP. As far as I'm concerned, the F3hp wins over all for ergonomics, pleasure and practicality of use and (probably) robustness. Olympus the most transportable system, Leica the one with the best overall lenses (although some Nikkor, see 105/2.5, 180/2.8 ED, 28/2, have their great character, and the 50/1.8 beats serenely with the Summicron M 50 about 10 times more expensive).

PuP

sent on June 01, 2017

Pros: Robustness, well-arranged controls, pentaprism and interchangeable MF slides, ease of use.

Cons: One mechanical emergency time, display system, diaphragm number lighting. It induces you to collect your splendid goals.

Opinion: Used continuously from 1993 to 2006, now kept fondly in the closet, but I count on going back to being black and white when I have time. Slides is enough. Aesthetically beautiful machine, sturdy, all metal like its eternal optics, I have the HP version with MD-4 engine that weighs it down a little bit. Paid in his second-hand time two and a half million with the engine. What to say, I used it more exposing with experience than using its spartan expometer, but it was nice to work like that, it was nice also to focus calmly, make reasoned photos, adjust times and diaphragms with the guineas. He accompanied me around Europe, often loaded in black and white at all sensitivities up to 3200 ASA pulled up to 12800... His flaws reside in the display meter, with those references - poor enough: other reflexes had a list of times in the crosshairs and you could see how many stops you were out in the manual exposure, but as I said I exposed with the rule of F16 in manual and few sometimes I was wrong. Another flaw is the ridiculous button to illuminate with a dim light the number of the diaphragm on the lens, which was then bounced in the crosshairs. Then, in case of a spent stack (which caused scandalization of users in the 80s, accustomed to mechanical reflexes, while now without electricity would no longer work) the shutter snaps with an auxiliary button only at 1/90th of a second. The FM2, for example, was completely mechanical, the stack was only used for the display meter. It was said that the LCD with the " - would run out with the years. Mine still goes. Of course, you had to remember to turn the engine on and off, which gave an ergonomic grip with another more advanced shutter button. There was no vertical shutter button. Curious that by detaching the pentaprism you could, holding the reflex upside down above the head, frame directly on the screen of fiuoco, on inverted sides, and anyway there were very particular pentaprisms similar to a modern display... Who knows how many photojournalists in the crowd will have used this pioneering method. You could buy focus slides of all kinds, with rings of microprisms and broken image that worked with bright optics, otherwise different slides "smooth" for canvases. Regarding the flash, due to the interchangeable pentaprism, to attach it on the reflex it takes a small coasic adapter to the rewind stick on the right. The engine allowed sequential shots at about 4 fps, conforming to the charge of the 8 stylus stacks, which lasted several rolls. The engine quickly rewinded the film, which could save tens of seconds. I've been writing from memory, I haven't used it for 11 years, I could do something wrong. Of course, when the Df came out, I had some temptation to go back to the essence... It means choice of times, diaphragms, manual focus, fixed ISOs and nothing else to set. If I think that every time I turn on the Z7 I find something out of place I cry.

Alessandro Di Meo

sent on June 01, 2017

Pros: Robustness, reliability, simplicity, precision ... and in its own way beauty.

Cons: Exposure calculation (but up to a point)

Opinion: With the Nikon F3 (I have the HP version) you could plant the nails in the wall. It's a tank, small but reliable in any climate. I use it today and never betrayed me, it is the essence of photography. He has what he needs and nothing more. With old manual focus lights, you can work in hyperfocal, especially with wide-angle, and you realize that it's faster than any autofocus. The timing ring is one of the most complete analogs because it allows you to set manually from a 2000 'to 8-second exposure. The only "neo" is the absence of the needle of the tester and therefore the measurement and calculation of exposure should be made in mind. The small lcd marks the set time and the symbols (-), (+ -) or (+). But it does not say how much it is over or under exposed, so starting from (+ -) you have to count the stops when it acts on the diaphragm or time. But this & egrAve; It is also a special benefit for those who start, because it increases the awareness of what is being done and it makes them think about choosing the show. If I invented a digital backdrop to mount on the old reflexes, I have no doubt I would use it on the Nikon F3!

Lally67

sent on February 14, 2016

Pros: Always working, lightweight

Cons: in the normal version, it not motorized, and has no autofocus

Opinion: Clearly the cons are essentially representative of the appliance itself. The whole world of the professionals used this machine. What can add to his legend: (doubt it is the ideal device to take with you in your backpack at any trip because it happened to me several times to be with cards full and empty batteries and see the legendary F3 saved in extremis I without taking the pleasure of still pictures). some slide is always good to also take the photo for more modern digital photographers

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