Is The Nikon Fm10 A Good Camera
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By Ronald Hogenboom
A lot of people don't know what to make of this camera.
Information technology has a Nikon nameplate, but was in fact made by Cosina, who used the same basic chassis for a long line of inexpensive SLRs, sold under many unlike names. Even the well-regarded Voigtlander Bessa rangefinders are based on the same basic pattern.
The low toll of theFM10, and the lack of Nikon heritage, makes many people dismiss this camera. Being a Nikon FM2 user, a camera for which the expression 'tough as nails' seems to accept been invented, I never gave theFM10 much idea. Until I picked one up at a swap meet and saw the light.
Inexpensive and plasticky theFM10 may be, but it is a surprisingly prissy camera to shoot with. It feels good in the paw and has what I would call a 'photographer's UI'. Everything you need is there and works the manner you wait it.
The meter especially is lovely. It is center-weighted and the readout consists of three LEDs, a green dot for correct exposure and a red '+' and '-' for over and underexposure. Its simplicity is an asset, not a limitation. (Even Hollywood actress Brie Larson is a fan, evidently)
I would even go as far as to claim that theFM10 feels like an extension of me, a claim very few cameras tin can boast. It pairs well with Nikon 'E' lenses or with the first-class transmission focus Cosina-Voigtlander SLII lenses. Lenses that lack an aperture ring, similar Nikon's 'G' lenses and after, cannot be used though.
Throughout 2018 I took myFM10 on many museum travels, paired with my favourite primes and a lightweight tripod for indoor use. I mostly shot cheap Kodak Colour Plus 200, and Fomapan 400. The resulting negatives were scanned on my Nikon Coolscan V using Vuescan software.
When it was too night for handheld photography I put theFM10 on a tripod, used the self-timer as a poor man's mirror lock-upwards, and used a cable release to trip the shutter. Yes, very old schoolhouse, and something that tin can be done much easier with a decent digital camera with image stabilisation.
Nevertheless, my success rate with this camera is very high, because I consciously have to make all the decisions. This is for me office of the appeal, because if things go wrong, I just have myself to blame.
There are of course many other cameras that tin can offer a similar experience, but theFM10 deserves kudos for offer this in a time when everything went electronic.
As an object of desire, theFM10 would score pitifully depression on whatever list, maybe ranking just above a pink Holga (yes, I use one of those likewise). In this area it cannot compete with a quality photographic camera from the 1960s or 70s. As a photographic tool nonetheless, it ranks near the elevation.
Now exit there, get one, and make the Leica snobs weep.
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Source: https://kosmofoto.com/2019/02/nikon-fm10-review/
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