Bluesman Graham
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Hi All.
As a Nikon user most of my professional life, (after starting with Pentax), I'm retiring from pro Sports shooting & want some sanity and go back to my 35mm roots! I wish to utilise my, mainly earlier AF lenses,( IE they have an aperture dial).
I already own a mint FM2 with MD12 drive but, wanted to expand my collection. I cannot believe the prices of used Nikon 35mm cameras ??
I'm looking at my old work horse cameras, F2AS, F3HS/P, FM, FE2, FA etc, and the prices for most are more than when I bought them new back then!
I don't see this huge rise in popularity in any major way for 35mm film camera use via most media outlets, (I know it's getting a bit vouge ), but, Nikon is exceptional in it's film camera price hike??
I can, & have bought a number of Pentax Super A, ME Super cameras etc to quell my fixation on that field and they sell for a price you'd expect for a 30 year + camera, however,
I cannot find a very good example of most of the major Nikon models for much less than what I paid for them back in the day NEW??
Am I missing a trick hear? is 35mm truly making a genuine come back?, or should I just wait a year or 2 &, wait for the bubble to burst?.
C&C always encouraged. Regards Graham.
As a Nikon user most of my professional life, (after starting with Pentax), I'm retiring from pro Sports shooting & want some sanity and go back to my 35mm roots! I wish to utilise my, mainly earlier AF lenses,( IE they have an aperture dial).
I already own a mint FM2 with MD12 drive but, wanted to expand my collection. I cannot believe the prices of used Nikon 35mm cameras ??
I'm looking at my old work horse cameras, F2AS, F3HS/P, FM, FE2, FA etc, and the prices for most are more than when I bought them new back then!
I don't see this huge rise in popularity in any major way for 35mm film camera use via most media outlets, (I know it's getting a bit vouge ), but, Nikon is exceptional in it's film camera price hike??
I can, & have bought a number of Pentax Super A, ME Super cameras etc to quell my fixation on that field and they sell for a price you'd expect for a 30 year + camera, however,
I cannot find a very good example of most of the major Nikon models for much less than what I paid for them back in the day NEW??
Am I missing a trick hear? is 35mm truly making a genuine come back?, or should I just wait a year or 2 &, wait for the bubble to burst?.
C&C always encouraged. Regards Graham.