For Sale Sold, 300L

[Turboomni]

Yes that is it. It was my fathers. It has a few lenses ,handles, flash ,he had the whole shebang. I remember it made quite the kachunk when he took a picture.
Is it it or was it a good camera?

 

[tbm3fan]

Yes that is it. It was my fathers. It has a few lenses ,handles, flash ,he had the whole shebang. I remember it made quite the kachunk when he took a picture.
Is it it or was it a good camera?

It was a decent camera back then for one who wanted to get into medium format. The negative size, of 2 1/4 square, was standard for professionals shooting weddings. Hasselblad 500 comes to mind first. Pros also used the Mamiya M645, the Pentax 67 and Contax 645. Next down the line was the Kowa 66 and the Bronica S2A. Pro cameras tend to heavy use and consequently wear and tear. The Kowa and Bronica were more upper level consumer who wanted more than a 35mm SLR, in negative size, or possibly a Rollieflex TLR, in handling. Plus with the most pronounced mirror slap it wasn't good for those who want to photograph quietly. When it comes to selling condition is paramount.

I shoot medium format using a variety of TLR cameras and 1940-1950 folders. Some 2 1/4 format and others 6 x 9 cm. format. Was never tempted by the above cameras due to outrageous prices. Sellers still think they have a gold mine but in reality the buying market has dried up. Pros use digital for shoots now which are way more efficient than dealing with film and developing. All those unloaded film cameras have created a big glut now and if a pro wants film they would buy one of the few newly made film cameras instead. Film is the biggest headache as it is 120 and you can't get it developed locally. I send color out to a place in Kansas while I can develop B&W myself.

 

[Snotty]

I am into cameras in a big way.

Freaking Chevy Lover!!! Get off this site!!!

Oh... wait... cameras! I thought you said Camaros!!! My bad - sorry!

Ha!

I have not thought about the camera angles. Heck, it's only been about 6 months that I learned there's no one in Chico anymore who develops. Where have I been?

So, I have a Nikon FG, telephoto lens included. Would there be an interest out there?

 

[tbm3fan]

Some say the FG is worth about the cost of a roll of film and developing. It is a very good amateur camera. Nice bright screen with a small easy to handle body which can be a double edged sword. Gives you a good trouble free shooting in auto exposure. However, being a Nikon it is held up to it's other brothers and there is where it falls short. Way behind the original Nikon F or the even better Nikon F2 but those are manual exposure. Right after then, in the late 70's, would be the Nikon FE family and Nikon FM. Automatic exposure control option ike the FG but much better built. I wasn't a fan of Nikon as they seemed to be omnipresent all the time. My dozens of SLRs happen to be from Minolta, Yashica, Pentax (many dropped off in my office), Miranda and Ricoh. Then my mother passed her F to me and I ran across a fantastic deal on the acclaimed F2 after which I got an FE and FM all to compliment the four Nikkormats I already had. I believe I got the FE body for around $50-60 in working condition so a FG should be less.

 

[Fratzog]

All this discussion of cameras is timely in my case. Approaching retirement I'm looking at getting back into the hobby. In the 80's I played around with a Minolta XD11 but after the rear gasket started leaking light life got in the way and I dropped out of the hobby. My daughter now has all my gear. I miss the creative process that SLRs with manual, shutter and aperture adjustment allow. Currently looking at getting a used Sony NEX or similar mirrorless body as a start. It's a good hobby to dovetail with the old car hobby.

 

[tbm3fan]

Re-sealing a camera is a piece of cake. Have done cloae to 100 SLRs. The Minolta XD11, my first brand in 1971 with a SRT-101, is a great camera. Have both the XD11 and XD5. Love to use them.

 

[Snotty]

Some say the FG is worth about the cost of a roll of film and developing. It is a very good amateur camera. Nice bright screen with a small easy to handle body which can be a double edged sword. Gives you a good trouble free shooting in auto exposure. However, being a Nikon it is held up to it's other brothers and there is where it falls short. Way behind the original Nikon F or the even better Nikon F2 but those are manual exposure. Right after then, in the late 70's, would be the Nikon FE family and Nikon FM. Automatic exposure control option ike the FG but much better built. I wasn't a fan of Nikon as they seemed to be omnipresent all the time. My dozens of SLRs happen to be from Minolta, Yashica, Pentax (many dropped off in my office), Miranda and Ricoh. Then my mother passed her F to me and I ran across a fantastic deal on the acclaimed F2 after which I got an FE and FM all to compliment the four Nikkormats I already had. I believe I got the FE body for around $50-60 in working condition so a FG should be less.

All right, now I'm going to have to go dig it up and look at it, because what you described is not my camera. No screen, no auto-focus. 35mm view through the lens camera. Got it from my Dad upon his death 23 years ago. The thing took great pictures!

 

[tbm3fan]

All right, now I'm going to have to go dig it up and look at it, because what you described is not my camera. No screen, no auto-focus. 35mm view through the lens camera. Got it from my Dad upon his death 23 years ago. The thing took great pictures!

Not auto focus, auto exposure or "A" on the speed selection dial. A screen is what you see below which is not the screen seen on the back of a digital camera.

 

[Snotty]

Very well. Just looked, it is an FG.

 

[detmatt]

Wake me up if this thread happens to get back on track.

 

[GJS]

Wake me up if this thread happens to get back on track.

I too was gonna chime in with camera stuff but then figured someone was gonna be snoozing on the subject.

 

[twostick]

My Dad has a Yashica Pentamatic that I used when I was a kid. It had 1000th of a second shutter speed which I guess was a pretty big deal for a 1960's SLR.

I have a Minolta 7000 that has issues.
I'm looking for a Sony DSLR so that I can at least make use of the AF lenses I have for it.

Kevin.