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efreedom2001 said:
for learners who wanna go ful manual, that can be achieved on all nikon slr cameras... so any camera can be used to learn on...
just that with manual cameras, there is no choice but to do it the hard way and learn fast. and practice dialing in all the settings...
Lister said:Depend on how much you willing to spend on this hobby. Get the FM3a if you have the $$ cos it is a newer model. Cheers.
cos the problem now is like...FM3a has piority setting and i'm afraid that i might not learn anything from it...hahaa...it not abt the cost...it abt....how long can i use it...FM2 seem to me that they going to phase it out soon....might not be able to get it assor...anywhere liao....but FM3a seem like i might realie too much on the auto matic setting...that make me not learning anything....trouble...cos i wan to make my money worth...that y....hai....any good suggestion??sorry...seeem like...i'm very irriating..hahaa
having all the modes would be good. if you have money get the fm3a. you want classic, get the fm2...
or get any nikon slr camera... you will learn fine with any one of them... and you get autofocus on some models. you can manual focus on the af cameras and do all the manual stuff on them too... and perhaps one day after you know all there is about manual, you might want to go autofocus because its faster... who knows...
just thowing in all the considerations to you so that you will not need to spend extra money unnecessarily in the future... also check for lens compatibilty as the older manual cameras cannot use the latest vr and G lenses that nikkon produces...
btw the fm2 has already been discontinued and is replaced with the fm3a. and the fm3a only has ONE SEMI automatic mode... as compared with the F100 that has 2 semi auto modes and one full auto mode... and thats a 2000 dollar camera...
or get any nikon slr camera... you will learn fine with any one of them... and you get autofocus on some models. you can manual focus on the af cameras and do all the manual stuff on them too... and perhaps one day after you know all there is about manual, you might want to go autofocus because its faster... who knows...
just thowing in all the considerations to you so that you will not need to spend extra money unnecessarily in the future... also check for lens compatibilty as the older manual cameras cannot use the latest vr and G lenses that nikkon produces...
btw the fm2 has already been discontinued and is replaced with the fm3a. and the fm3a only has ONE SEMI automatic mode... as compared with the F100 that has 2 semi auto modes and one full auto mode... and thats a 2000 dollar camera...
Well generally I agree with what showtime's mentioned.
I've been having an FM2 for quite a couple years and I intend on keeping it as a collector's item especially since it's got a nice serial number
I like it so much that it's replaced my auto-SLRs.
I'm not sure if you're totally new to photography but I've seen some newbies buying new FM2's (when they were still in production) and get discouraged 'cause it's hard to use and they did not get the results they wanted, eg. exposure all wrong, totally out of focus. They got so demoralised they decided to sell their mint FM2s to the shops and lost heaps of $$$. But there are also those who hold on to their FM2 'cause it's cool telling people they have one :bsmilie:
So FM3A might be a better choice for you. At least in the initial stages, you leave it on aperture-priority mode and concentrate on composition and focusing! Once you gained more experience and confidence move on to full-manual mode! Or you may opt for other SLRs as well as they can be fully manual, if you want them. There's always a temptation to leave it all to the cam and thus not learning much. What I feel is, work on the composition and then slowly when you get a better feel of the camera and gained confidence, proceed to the technical bits.
Just my humble opinion
I've been having an FM2 for quite a couple years and I intend on keeping it as a collector's item especially since it's got a nice serial number
I like it so much that it's replaced my auto-SLRs.I'm not sure if you're totally new to photography but I've seen some newbies buying new FM2's (when they were still in production) and get discouraged 'cause it's hard to use and they did not get the results they wanted, eg. exposure all wrong, totally out of focus. They got so demoralised they decided to sell their mint FM2s to the shops and lost heaps of $$$. But there are also those who hold on to their FM2 'cause it's cool telling people they have one :bsmilie:
So FM3A might be a better choice for you. At least in the initial stages, you leave it on aperture-priority mode and concentrate on composition and focusing! Once you gained more experience and confidence move on to full-manual mode! Or you may opt for other SLRs as well as they can be fully manual, if you want them. There's always a temptation to leave it all to the cam and thus not learning much. What I feel is, work on the composition and then slowly when you get a better feel of the camera and gained confidence, proceed to the technical bits.
Just my humble opinion
efreedom2001
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roosevelt said:
I learnt my basic with a Yashica FX3, a fully manual camera. Cheap camera but you could use Carl Zeiss lenses on it. I used cheap 3rd party lenses then.
If you have the money, I'd say go for the FM3A. It has a shutter speed dial just like the FM2, except with an extra "A" for the aperture-priority AE. Plus it has a host of other features not found on the FM2, like TTL flash, exposure compensation, etc. If used on "A" mode, the shutter speeds are stepless but you'll not be able to know the exact speed, just a rough estimate via the needle in the viewfinder.
The FM3A has the classic feel of a manual camera and is built much tougher than cameras below the F90.
pascalc said:Well generally I agree with what showtime's mentioned.
I've been having an FM2 for quite a couple years and I intend on keeping it as a collector's item especially since it's got a nice serial number
I'm not sure if you're totally new to photography but I've seen some newbies buying new FM2's (when they were still in production) and get discouraged 'cause it's hard to use and they did not get the results they wanted, eg. exposure all wrong, totally out of focus. They got so demoralised they decided to sell their mint FM2s to the shops and lost heaps of $$$. But there are also those who hold on to their FM2 'cause it's cool telling people they have one :bsmilie:
So FM3A might be a better choice for you. At least in the initial stages, you leave it on aperture-priority mode and concentrate on composition and focusing! Once you gained more experience and confidence move on to full-manual mode! Or you may opt for other SLRs as well as they can be fully manual, if you want them. There's always a temptation to leave it all to the cam and thus not learning much. What I feel is, work on the composition and then slowly when you get a better feel of the camera and gained confidence, proceed to the technical bits.
Just my humble opinion
thanx for ur fruitful advice....consider....FM3a....hahhaathanx again...
Ansel
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roosevelt said:
Roosevelt,
The auto function on FM3a is not like the autotranmission of a car which cannot be switched off. With the FM3a you can choose auto or fully manual anytime. The beauty of it is that it is the ONLY Nikon camera that can fully operate without batteries, just like the FM2, BUT can also become fully automated when you have battery. Just about the only complaint I hear about the FM3a over FM2 is the fact that viewfinder info is not illuminated LED but just pointers and scale, just like the FE. This makes reading difficult in the dark. The other great thing is that it can do some really wonderful things when you use flash.
Ansel
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roosevelt said:
Check out bobmann's post here:
http://forums.clubsnap.org/showthread.php?t=60319
If you can fork out the dough, the 85mm/f1.4 is a beauty to hold and behold. :bsmilie:
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