henryp Loc: New York, NY

My dad owned two Nikkormats, which were my introduction to the world of Nikon. Since then I've owned the Nikon F Photomic FTn, F3HP, and FM2n. I also have some experience with the FE2 and FM3a. IMO the main downside to the Nikkormats were the relatively dim low contrast viewfinders. Until you have a Nikkormat and an FM2n side-by-side the differences may seem slight but having handled both IMO the differences are pronounced and sufficient that I consider the Nikkormat line unsatisfactory. YMMV

Harry0 Loc: Gardena, Cal

I had picked up Nikon a EM for a lady affiliate,
and I still have the camera. Still EZ to use and takes great shots,
Maybe @ $10% of those "F" things on ebay.

a6k Loc: Detroit & Sanibel

I still have my FM2 with both focus screens. PM me if you want it. I loved it but I have not used in in so many years I have lost track. I'd never go back to film. It's a sentimental "objet" like my Minox 35 folding pocket camera.

Seabastes

I still have my Nikon F from 1963 when I bought it. It doesn't work, but is for sentimental value only. My first Nikkormat was bought from Hong Kong in 1968 for 97 dollars as a grey market body to use on my staff newspaper job in Seattle as a second camera body. Out of the 16 Nikon bodies I owed and mostly wore out or drowned doing water oriented assignments was the Nikon 8008 which was made to sell the TTL flash units which synced at 250 of a second if I recall correctly. When I went completely digital in 2003, I sold my three 8008 bodies to a guy just starting out with film as a favor for $20. My only regret is that I didn't by a rangefinder Nikon in the last 1950's when I was was in the Navy in Japan. What a set of collecables a pair of those would be now. I bought a rangefinder Canon VT Deluxe with a 50 MM F1.2 lens instead of the Nikon because it was on sale for $30 less Than the Nikon rangefinder at the Navy store at $130.

I don't miss the 750 rolls of slide film I shot most years on stock and assignment before I went digital.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

I have a 1971 Nikon F/FTN Photomic that still works and gets used a lot. I received it as a Christmas present. I'm thinking of purchasing a replacement meter just in case this one goes south.
--Bob

burkphoto Loc: High Point, NC

I have the same camera. The meter was damaged by a drop to concrete in 1984. I had it repaired, but it is only accurate in the horizontal position. Fortunately, I had two Nikon F3 bodies at work I could use whenever I wanted to. I bought one of them when we shut down our AV production lab.

richardsaccount

Thanks for the clarification.

BebuLamar

Nikon rangefinders could never compete with the Leica and thus they are now rare and valuable.