My dad came over one weekend and gave me his old camera gear… “I don’t take photos much anymore, so I think you will have more use for this than I would” he said.
Digging into the camera bag I find a mint condition Nikon F3 and a selection of prime lenses… WOW!
I remember from when I was young, my father was very much into his photography; not knowing much about camera gear back then, all I recall was that his camera was big, black and heavy.
Holding the F3 in my hands brought back all these childhood memories; while it wasn’t quite as large as I remember (I’m sure my hands have grown considerably since then!), it certainly is black and heavy.
This thing has manual film advance, manual focus, and auto metering with an aperture priority mode. Looking through the viewfinder, there is a little window that shows the aperture setting as you rotate the aperture ring on the lens.
The prism box can be detached with just two sliding switches; great design!
Perhaps the memories help, but I just love the feel of this camera body in my hands; it has excellent build and is extremely solid…
They simply don’t make cameras like this anymore (but if they did, they would probably weigh a ton!)
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