Review 5 of 75
Price Paid:
$280.00
from RitzCamera Summary: My older brothers are responsible for igniting the “photographic gene” in me. It started over 15 years ago with a fully manual Russian Cmena. You had to set everything on it. Aperture, shutter, ISO, and even the focus was set by estimation of the distance. Then I upgraded to Zenit 12xp. I was taking some beautiful pictures with that camera. I sold it couple of years later in lieu of my move overseas to USA. Here I used mostly point-and-shoot cameras, until about December of 2000 when I had a bright idea of going digital. I bought Sony DSC-F505v, and it was a fine camera, but... I missed the excitement of being the one responsible for the picture, instead of some computer chip.
I looked hard and long, first I wanted to get N80, but due to the lack of funds, I bought FM10. And let me tell you, this camera is everything I might, or will need until I get back on track with my picture taking.
At first I wasn’t sure, because of some of the reviews in this forum, but then if you look on the “similar items used”, it is easy to see why people get to “trash” this camera. Sometimes it appears that people are waging “brand“ wars, instead of giving a fully objective reviews. Of course that’s not everybody, there are some people that give honest opinions about FM10, and to those I am grateful.
Let me just tell you this much, if you want to just point your camera and press the shutter release button, move on, spend some more money and be happy.
If you want to have a several hundred dollars “pendant” on your neck for everybody to admire, while you walking around the theme park, please move on.
But... if you want to take back the control of your pictures, and enjoy this so rewarding hobby, go ahead, buy Nikon FM10. I guarantee you will enjoy it. Strengths: Price.
Full manual control.
Number of available accessories, and lenses. Weaknesses: None, I am happy with it! Similar Products Used: Zenit 12xp, Sony DSC-F505v,
Nikon Point-and-shoot. Customer Service: Not really a reason to by the product by the rating of the customer service.
In my humble opinion.
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