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The best thing about a film camera

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The best thing about a film camera, is not having to get it upgraded. The film is always just as sensitive. That's why I shoot with a Nikon FM and FM3a. The FM was my Dad's and needs some repair, but it will still snap a picture.
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seadad990316
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May 30, 2018
My 2 most used are a Nikon F with an E series 50mm 1.8 and a Kiev 3 with a Jupiter 8m 50mm 2.0.
For me it’s the overall look of film that I love. The tonal quality and saturation is never “right” when filters/presets are used in photoshop, aperture, Lightroom, etc.
SteveMandHK
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May 9, 2018
I also have a Nikon FM3a. I started shooting photos on a Nikon FM2. I think the FM3a is the nicest Nikon film camera I have ever used; just enough automation and a really pleasant , light clunk of the shutter. The finder is bright and its easy to focus even with a Nikkor 50mm at f1.4. I enjoy shooting it almost as much as my Leica M6. Even as we see manufacturers of film lik5e Fuji and Agfa discontinue certain films, there are still a good number of black and white and color films out there.
BF_Hammer
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Jan 7, 2018
Believe me, they never stopped improving the film in decades past. And the bodies were always being improved with new features. From full manual F-mount in the 1960's, then adding things like self-timer, auto-exposure, hot-shoe speedlight, auto-focus. self-advancing film, improved auto-focus, burst exposures, Program-auto mode, auto-detection of film iso... it went on like that for decades.
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