Durable and Solid
Accurate focusing with K2 screen
Lightweight
No frill manual camera guaranteed to make you a better photographer

Prism not changeable
No mirror lock up
No TTL Flash
Titanium version a tad expensive

I got the titanium version, the FM2/T. I fell in love with the camera the moment I opened the box. The titanium version has a very nice metallic grey exterior. So far the camera has been working great - totally manual and makes the photographer in you think about taking pictures. Everything has a solid feel to it, guaranteed to last longer than your marriage.

Customer Service

Haven't used it

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N70

Very sturdy and built to last
Totally manual
Meter found to be very accurate

My ISO dial isnt accurate and needs calibrating, but thats not really a weakness!!

A top manual everything camera that is desinged and built to last.

Customer Service

not required

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F301

Very good mechanic in every conditions

Hard to have a quick speed adjusting. (No auto speed)

This camera is good for studio, but have a weakness in auto speed. (no auto speed)

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Pentax KM

BUILT LIKE A TANK. Extended mechanical shutter speeds, high flash sync, almost as versatile as a leaf-shutter camera for fill flash, takes all nikon lenses (non-AI need modified) except mirror lock-up ones, simple metering

no TTL flash (would be nice considering the high flash-sync speed), no high eyepoint finder (I wear glasses).
If Nikon would add these two things, call it the FM3, they'd have the PERFECT manual camera, as long as the shutter was still mechanical.

It's THE workhorse 35mm SLR camera for almost any application

Customer Service

never needed it, have used many different FM2s and they are all tough.

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35mm SLR's by most manufacturers

It has that nostalgic opto-mechanical feel when you craft your photographic masterpiece.

It has no TTL and spot meter exposure mode.

This is the test-camera tool that separates the wannabes from the sublime.

Customer Service

None yet since I dropped it from the van!

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Minolta X700, Hasselblad 500CM, and an old Canon rangefinder

Possibly the best camera I have ever used. It incorporates all of the featuures that one needs for total control! Extremely high quality throughout.

NONE

This is the last in a long line of old-style Nikon slr's. In other words, a classic. Buy one before it becomes a part of Nikons past!!!

Customer Service

Never needed service for a Nikon.

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All major brands of upper-line slr's.

Relatively light, durable, works in humid surroundings, uses my AF lenses. Can be used for long exposures without draining batteries. Good for travel.

Viewfinder is a bit dim. No TTL flash.

Basic 70s-style mechanical camera with hi-tech shutter, high reliability. Forces you to think about what you're doing. Good travel camera, unless you use flash a lot.

Customer Service

N/A

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Contax 139Q

A modern classic. Enough said.

- might give you fantasies of being a world famous photographer, although you're supposed to be studying something else... like engineering

When you do get yours, buy it in black...

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Canon AV-1
Nikon FE10
Nikon FM10

Manual camera, solid, feel the quality

Not spotmeter, no TTL flash

Very good camera. A couple of years ago I started to use manual focus camera's again. A year ago I sold my Pentax equipment to buy a beautiful FM2n camera and never regretted it!

Customer Service

not needed so far, probably never will.

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Reliability of a Nikon camera. Compact. Wide choices of lenses and accessories. Strong and powerful as Shaquille O'Neal. Fully manual, thus, no batteries required. Build to last like the Pyramids of Egypt. Beautiful as a morning rose, with the MD 12 motor drive. Availability of polaroid back.

Heavy with the MD 12. Bothersome film rewind crank with vertical shooting. Chrome version has lower resale value than black. Attractive to thieves

Bought my first FM2 in mid 80's, and fell in love with it. I sold it a few years later for the money. But, I had guilt feelings and nightmares, so I went out and bought another one. The nightmares surprisingly ceased.

This camera is an excellent back-up to an F4 or F5, since it is fully manual. It will still work without batteries, except the LED indicator lamps in the viewfinder. A dead battery, or freezing and hot weather, it is "carpe diem" for the FM2. You won't miss a shot, hence work and fun continue, from dawn to sunset.

1/250th flash synch is better than the mighty F3's 1/90th. With 1/250th, it's an excellent fill flash option when shooting a ball game or late afternoon scenes.

With the birth of Autofocus Cameras, revolutionized by Minolta, Ai or Ai-S lenses are abundantly affordable for the FM2N.

Buy one, and experience the fun, excitement and adventure of being a photographer.

Customer Service

None so far

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