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The N75 (AKA F75) has amazing features, especially considering the price and weight.It's like having an FX camera without having to pay for an FX camera.Pros:-It works with all Nikon autofocus lenses. You can't get that kind of color with digital, at any price.-It weighs nothing. Aperture ring must be locked except in full-manual mode without metering. Some photo labs won't give me high resolution on these scans.-Won't let me use the lens's aperture ring. Many of the best photographers have done most of their work with a 35mm SLR and a 50mm lens.-The metering is excellent. VR works.
DX lenses work, but at their widest zooms you lose the corners. This means I only need one set of lenses for the N75 and the D60.-The N75 with the Nikkor 50mm 1.8 AF lens is an excellent, classic combination for very little money. .even though I also have a D60. This isn't true. Try it with Fuji Superia or shoot architecture or nature with Fuji Velvia and a tripod. Put that 50mm lens on it and it weighs half what an FX camera without lens weighs.-Film is cool.Cons:-Pre-AF lenses (AI/AIS) work but only in manual mode without metering.-Vignette when misusing DX lenses on film cameras.-You'll need the film.-When I shoot film I get it processed and scanned to CD with no prints. All an SLR does is hold the film and operate the lens - the shutter gets out of the way and the lens focuses light on the film.
Override settings only needed in unusual situations.-Same shooting "modes" as on a new DSLR. This includes AF, AFS, D, G. (This is true with most Nikons).One more thing. Not need to worry about exposure. A Nikon digital user who runs out of battery can switch to this and hardly notice a difference.-In many shooting situations, film still gives better results than digital. A lot of people seem to think that which film SLR you have makes a big difference in your image quality. The shutter and meter in this cheap camera are as good as the shutter and meter in many much more expensive cameras, and those are the only parts of the camera body that affect imag quality.
If the studs sheer the entire door needs to be changed. Battery cover is very poor design and can easily come apart. A metal plate is attached to the plastic door with small plastic studs. Parts are hard to find, and the repair instruction manual are hard to come by. Authorized Nikon repair shops charge more than the cost of a new camera.
An excellent camera. Uses Nikon's smallest AF chassis (shared with the decontented N55). I have owned several and always had excellent results. It takes up very little space in my camera bag when stored without a lens (body cap installed) and becomes a backup to my D80.
That's plenty fast enough for me. When you feel you need instant access to these advanced options then perhaps you can invest in more expensive cameras.6. Heck go and bracket your exposures. If you dont know what the heck it is, you'll thank Nikon for putting CW in Manual Mode only. With a little insight you can even override that using the easy-to-use exposure compensation.2. What is CW metering anyway. It is not much of an added weight or price.
I still love to make a fuss just to create one picture, wait for it to be developed and printed. Again, there are reviews that diss this method, preferring to have spotmeter freely available in all modes. Some reviews mention this as a disadvantage, prefering CW metering as an option available in any mode. Ability to meter with manual focus lenses. Let me ask you. Spot meter available only in AutoExposure lock button and must be customized. But I am not shooting for museum galleries or for national geographic magazine or any news agency. The F75/N75 delivers the goods.If you are already adept in photography, have a formidable collection of manual focus lenses and wanted a film AF SLR, go for the F100 and higher.As for me, I am very happy with my N75.
Hello. It takes getting used to. Because you will only use Manual mode anyway when you want to be creative about your exposure- overriding the meter, using off-camera flash, etc-which means you know your photography. Does the intended target of this camera care. My dslr is my main camera.
You cannot accidentally switch it. The sound of shutter release is subdued. I dont know about you. CenterWeighted (CW) metering in Manual Mode. I also recommend getting the MB-18 battery grip.
F100s, even F80s are still very expensive for me, not to mention F5s and F6s. But I still love to shoot film. I am really pleased to be able to imprint dates in pictures since for me they add points of interest when we later look at them in our favorite chair or pillow.7. And then you will blame Nikon for making such a crappy camera.3. For that time when you know a bit more than a beginner and want a taste of a little adventure in your photography. The camera has a dedicated optional MB-18 battery grip which has its own vertical shutter release and power on switch. You already know these stuff, right.
Reviews about it correctly state that this is a beginner's camera with option for more advanced photographers. Here is another much maligned facility. If you don't and chances are you are one of the intended target of this camera, you will also thank Nikon for putting spot meter this way. Once you gain some skills in photography, this camera will open up options that will test your knowledge.Here are the things I like about the N75:1. The convenience of using AA batteries over exhorbitantly priced, one-use lithiums is obvious. I like shopping for various film ISOs, load film, hear the whir of the film advance mechanism.
You must intentionally and deliberately customize it to use it which means you must know how to use it. Some folks say those tiny date imprints are unprofessional and distract from the subject. It makes sense. People have mixed reaction to this facility. I heartilly recommend the N75/F75 to all amateurs and beginners who are on a tight budget for an AF film SLR yet want the option of more advanced features when knowledge grows. In all other modes the camera uses the reliable Matrix meter. You will be pleased with the ease with which to take pictures when holding the camera vertically.5.
This is a fantastic combination. I therefore got myself an N75 with databack and MB-18 battery grip. Why would anyone bother to buy a film camera, in these days of raging digital slr fever. When you know nothing of photography principles but savvy enough to know that an SLR is superior to a point and shoot, this is for you. Go to spot meter, CW meter, multiple exposures. I have a digital slr and a couple of manual focus Nikon cameras. If it were freely available in all options and you dont know what it does, you may very well be in for the shock of your life to see severely overblown and under-exposed photos come from your negatives when you shot using spot meter under very common lighting situations. I am shooting pictures for much more special clients: my family and friends.
then again, what beginner has them.A little faster continuous mode would be really nice like 2-3 frames per second instead of 1.5 fps and a slightly stronger builtin flash would be good. Do you know what is spot meter. I am one of those nuts who love to unroll a developed negative and still be fascinated with the organic, almost magical nature of it all.Now I choose the Nikon F75/N75 because I wanted the convenience of automation while still shooting film. It comes with a model which have data back. At least from a serious hobby photographer like myself.
It has 12 custom functions. Do you know how to use it. Option to switch on grid lines (like that in the N80).3. I guess there will be no argument here. In fact, why bother with an auto-focus film SLR at all, when you can buy manual focus Nikon SLRs and go fully retro if you're really nostalgic for those "good-ole" noisy, fiddly, bulky SLR days.Let me tell you why. A brighter viewfinder screen.2. Motor whir which advances film is also quiet. What's more, if you accidentally opened the back midroll you would have saved your previous shots since they are already inside the film canister.4.
Personally I like it. When you use the battery pack and grip MB-18 like I do, it only takes 10 seconds flat to prewind a 36 exposure film. The other choices were N55, N60, N65 but going through their individual reviews, I know I wont be satisfied with them. Although this is a plastic camera, it is very well built and beautiful to look at. Do you know the zone system. Film prewind. I just love it.Now some of the things I consider areas for improvement- bearing in mind this is just a beginner-to-serious amateur camera:1. But the convenience and economy it provides is big.There is unique joy in shooting film that digital has not yet replaced and probably never will.
i have had this camera for over 3 years and it ahsnt failed me once. It is light and easy to use, and its "--" speed feature allows me to shoot star trails-thing which I love to do.
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