Nikon (Nippon Kogaku) camera company
This is a Nikon F single lens reflex camera which was made by Nippon Kogaku in Japan from 1959 through 1973. It was Nippon Kogaku’s first attempt in the SLR market and was aimed at the professional photographer. The Nikon F both raised the bar for what a professional camera…
Nikon is the brand of camera I am most fond of, and the one I regularly shoot in my everyday life. So, it might seem peculiar to hear that Nikon cameras are my least favorite to write reviews for. There are a couple of reasons for this, one is that…
What is it? This is a Fujifilm FinePix S1 Pro digital camera which uses the body of a Nikon N60 film camera and a Fuji digital camera system grafted onto the back. This was an early digital camera aimed at the high-end consumer market and although primitive by today’s standards,…
What is it? This is a Nikon One Touch AF3 auto focus 35mm point and shoot camera made by Nikon starting in 1987. The AF3 was the third version of the original L35 from 1983 which was Nikon’s first compact auto focus camera. The AF3 has a simpler 4 element lens…
What is it? This is a Nikon N80 35mm SLR camera released by Nikon on January 27, 2000. The N80 is known as the F80 outside of North America, but otherwise the two cameras are identical. There was also a version with a built in data-back known as the N80QD. The…
This is a Nikon FA 35mm SLR camera which was one of the most technologically advanced cameras of it’s day. Upon it’s release in 1983, Nikon advertised it as the “Technocamera” due to it’s many innovative electronic features. Several of the FA’s features are still considered relevant today like it’s CPU controlled matrix metering…
What is it? This is a Nikon EM 35mm SLR camera, which is the Rodney Dangerfield of Nikon SLRs. It came out at a time when the amateur market was exploding and various companies were designing cameras catering to them. Nikon was known for high end pro-level cameras, and when this…
