Nikon FE2

[antonynorthcutt]

Anyone used one ?

How was/is your experience ?

[smcilree]

Used one for years. It was in fact my last film camera. Used mainly with Nikon 500mm Reflex lens and got some great wildlife shots.

[OsmosisStudios]

I use an FE, which is similar. It doesnt get used often, but I do very much enjoy it.

[Tito87]

Originally Posted by antonynorthcutt

Anyone used one ?

How was/is your experience ?

It was great! It's a great camera. You don't have to worry about setting white balance. Plus you change the aperture right on the lens.

[Emma111]

The Nikon FE2 is an advanced semi-professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from 1983 to 1987 (available new from dealer stock until circa 1989). The FE2 used a Nikon-designed vertical travel focal plane shutter with a speed range of 8 to 1/4000th second, plus Bulb and flash X-sync of 1/250th second. It has dimensions of 90 millimetres (3.5 in) height, 142.5 mm (5.61 in) width, 57.5 mm (2.26 in) depth and 550 grams (19 oz) weight, and was available in two colors: black with chrome trim and all black. The introductory US list price for the chrome body only (no lens) was $446. Note that SLRs usually sold for 30 to 40 percent below list price.

The FE2 is a member of the classic Nikon compact F-series 35 mm SLRs and was built upon a compact but rugged copper aluminum alloy chassis similar (but not identical) to the ones used by the earlier Nikon FM (introduced in 1977), FE (1978), and FM2 (1982) cameras. The FM2/FE2 twins were improved successors to the successful Nikon FM/FE cameras with enhanced features, but minor external controls and cosmetic differences. The Nikon FA of 1983 also used this basic body design and the limited production Nikon FM3A of 2001 continued to use it until 2006.

One of the most memorable image from the Tiananmen Square protests of China in 1989, "Tank Man", by Jeff Widener, was shot with a Nikon FE2.

[OsmosisStudios]

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[nicolas]

I'm planning to buy the Nikon FE, you guys got any important info about this camera? Thanks

[OsmosisStudios]

Originally Posted by nicolas

I'm planning to buy the Nikon FE, you guys got any important info about this camera? Thanks

Is the price below $125 US? Do you have manual-aperture Nikon lenses? If the answer is yes, just do it.

[nicolas]

Well, I was planning to buy it, but I'm kind of going towards the FD mount old Canon cameras, specially Canon AE-1. Here's why, I own a Nikon D3000, but thinking about it, it doesn't auto-focus in any lens that isn't AF-S, and any AF-S lens wouldn't work in a Nikon FE because they don't have the aperture ring. Also, those cameras have an excellent quality and are much cheaper than Nikon film cameras, as Canon's FD has been discontinued.

So, what other Canon film FD mount camera do you guys recommend me then? I own Canon T50 with a 50mm 1.8 lens, but I don't like it very much as it is practically a Point&Shoot camera, if I change the aperture, the shutter is set permanently to 1/60, so the only way to shoot with it is with it's "P" mode. I wish I had a manual film camera, with an in-camera light-meter of course! Like the Canon AE-1, I recently used one and I LOVED how bright the viewfinder was and it was really fun to play with it's light-meter while changing the settings to take a picture