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From Nikonians:

THE PROFESSIONAL'S SECOND CHOICE

This was the latest and greatest of all the Nikkormat models, aimed at those serious amateurs and professionals not wanting to spend the money on a second F2.

It's 1977. Nikon's flagship is still the F2A, not long ago the new generation of AI-Nikkor lenses made the previous claw-type obsolete but still useable. If you were looking for a second Nikon body, you had a choice between two cameras - an expensive F2, or the Nikkormat. That was it! The FM, FE, FG, EM and company were still on the drawing board, and why change a winning design? They sold like hot pancakes, and there are plenty of good ones around today.

What do you get with this back-to-basics SLR? Assuming you're a fan of heavy metal shooting irons - and I guess if you weren't, you wouldn't be here - the Nikkormat FT3 offers a pleasant mixture of professional features in a rock-solid and beautifully finished body, with just a few, forgivable quirks!

You get a simple matched needle meter that, oddly, works upside down... more light sends the needle down, not up! The shutter speed is visible in your clear and uncluttered viewfinder, and a split-image K screen does a handy job of helping you focus on sharp lines. Nikon, for reasons better known to themselves, retained their strange shutter speed ring around the lens throat from the previous Nikkormats - a mixed blessing. Unlike the Olympus OM models of the era, the Nikkormat's shutter ring is an awkward affair with only a single lever to operate it. With the ring over the 1/15th position, you won't be able to remove the lens because the lever blocks the lens release button. Changing the ASA setting is a bit of a fiddle, involving pulling up on the speed ring lever and sliding a scale around. Check for broken fingernails when you're done...

On the plus side, the Nikkormat FT3 gives you that built-for-ever feeling when you use it. Unlike its pricier stablemate, the F2, the shutter travels vertically, giving you a flash synch speed of a full 1/125th - a boon for outdoor fill situations. As you squeeze the shot off slowly, you actually feel two little clicks before the shutter releases. In spite of the satisfying clunk, there's very little vibration. If you're working on a tripod, you'll appreciate the extra meter readout on the top panel. For close up work, and other technical applications, the mirror can be locked up to eliminate vibration.

The quality of finish - mine is a chrome model - is exemplary. The Nikkormat goes back to the days - long gone - before robots took over camera production, and counts in my book as a hand built camera. About twenty skilled technicians assembled each Nikkormat a stage at a time, and the quality control people actually held the finished cameras in their hands and fired off test shots as well as fitting lenses and manually checking focus, shutter speeds and so on. Nothing left the Nikon factory unless it was truly worthy of the name. This fanatical attention to detail, and the superb construction quality explains why so many Nikkormats are still in regular use today. The bayonet is stainless steel, and you'll find a tiny button at the top which will let you disengage the AI-metering key, letting you use your older Nikon lenses in stopped-down mode.

As a learner's camera, this final version of the FT-series Nikkormat is unbeatable. The meter is center-weighted, about 60-40 towards the middle, and very accurate and easy to work with. Moving the wind lever to its stand-off position turns the meter on. With practice, you can operate the Nikkormat by feel alone, two fingers on your left hand driving the shutter speed, aperture and focusing rings leaving your right hand free to wind film and shoot. The depth of field preview - an immensely valuable feature disappearing rapidly on modern cameras - is right next to the shutter button in a position that's painless to operate without inducing carpal tunnel syndrome.

In spite of its odd ergonomics, the Nikkormat FT3 is a very enjoyable camera to use. Virtually unbreakable even under heavy use, it'll last you forever unless you actually throw it around or use it to drive tent pegs in. A bonus - the meter takes a 1.5volt button battery, available everywhere, unlike the previous models that needed the outlawed 1.3 volt mercury cells. As with all older cameras, keep an eye on the foam rubber mirror pad and the light seals on the back - if you see any signs of deterioration replace them sooner rather than later.

Bottom line? This is a classic, hand built Nikon mechanical camera. Phrases like "planned obsolescence" hadn't reached the dictionaries back then, this camera was planned to last a lifetime. If you buy one, don't keep it in a glass cabinet - it was meant to be used!

No it'll still work fine on the F

The Noct 58mm f1.2 is AI-AIS. In addition you can tell AI-AIS by if the prong has 2 holes 1 on either side of the slot in the middle, and the smallest apperature number is orange, also there's a second row of aperature numbers behind the prong that make the numbers visable when looking looking into the viewfinder.

No Edgar Casey had nothing to do with this, it came along well after he passed.

Kirlian photography, although the study of which can be traced back to the late 1700s, was officially invented in 1939 by Semyon Davidovitch Kirlian. The Kirlian photographic process reveals visible “auras” around the objects photographed. These photographs have been the subject of much myth and controversy over the years. Interestingly, much of which was initially put forth to explain the Kirlian photography phenomena was put forth by the inventor himself, along with his wife. The process of taking a Kirlian photo is a fairly simple one and does not even require the use of a camera. First, a sheet of photographic film is placed on top of a metal plate. Then, the object that is to be photographed is placed on top of the film. To create the initial exposure, high voltage current is applied to the metal plate. The electrical coronal discharge between the object and the metal plate is captured on the film. The Kirlian photograph, which shows a light, glowing silhouette around the photographed object, becomes visible as a result of developing the film. Although the Kirlians invented this photographic process in 1939, they didn’t publicly release information about their experiments until 1958, and Kirlian photography wasn’t a well-known phenomenon to the general public until 1970.
Quarter 3 by nebarnix
The Myth of Kirlian Photography The first mythical explanations put forth about Kirlian photography were suggested by the Kirlians themselves. They believed that these photographs were depicting the actual life-force or “aura” that many people believe surrounds all living things. New Age spiritualists attribute huge importance to the aura and believe that specially trained aura-readers can provide important insights into a person’s spiritual, emotional and physical state. The Kirlians were convinced that these photos could accurately predict emotional and physical states and could be used to diagnose illnesses. The assertion that Kirlian photographs could depict emotional and physical states was quickly adopted by energy practitioners. While the use of Kirlian photography has largely fallen by the wayside as a diagnostic tool these days, there are still alternative practitioners who believe in it as an accurate way to help those who seek their services for healing all kinds of conditions both emotional and physical. Kirlian photography has been a staple of paranormal research for some time as well. In the 1960s and 1970s paranormal researchers connected it to many types of unexplained phenomena, one of which was telepathy. Researchers proposed that telepathy was the result of people's auras communicating together. The Science of Kirlian Photography It can be hard to separate the fact versus the fiction when it comes to Kirlian photography, since these photos are very real and do clearly show some phenomenon at work. However, the fact that these glowing auras are seen around non-living objects as well as living objects in Kirlian photos is often simply ignored by those who want to believe in the supernatural explanation.
fingerprints by nebarnix, on Flickr
So if the glowing auras seen in Kirlian photography aren’t really caused by something spiritual, paranormal or our “life-energy” then what are they caused by? The answer is water. The high-voltage frequency applied to the metal plate rips the electrons off of atoms. The air around the photographed object becomes ionized. If that air contains any water, the resulting image will show the glowing silhouette around the object, which scientists actually call a “corona plasma discharge”. When a person is sweating more due to being overheated, or excited in some way, Kirlian photographs taken of their hands at that time will show a larger more intense glow due to the increased moisture. Conversely, cold dry hands will produce an image which shows a weaker glow. Despite the ready availability of this accurate scientific explanation, New Age proponents of Kirlian photography will still argue that the person whose hands showed a larger, brighter glow is a natural healer when they are really just sweaty.
fingertip by nebarnix, on Flickr
Factors other than humidity which can influence the final image include the pressure and angle of your hand touching the metal plate as well as the amount of voltage. Kirlian photographs taken of the exact same person can be very different taken only minutes apart due to these variables. A very well-known Kirlian photography experiment documents a leaf as it slowly dies. The initial photograph was taken when the leaf was freshly cut and shows a prominent glow. As the leaf gets older more photos are taken, which show that the glow is starting to weaken. This was once explained away with the life-force theory. However, we now know that the weakening of the glow is simply a result of the leaf losing water and drying up over time.
Ivy Leaf by nebarnix, on Flickr
In another experiment involving a leaf, an initial photo is taken which shows the usual strong glow or aura. Then, part of the leaf is torn away. Surprisingly, a ghostly glowing trace of the missing part of the leaf showed up on the film. For years this result was considered more proof of some sort of “life-force”. In reality though, it was simply a result of some moisture residue left on the glass. If the residue is completely removed prior to photographing the leaf again, the phantom glow does not appear. One final scientific observation to point out is that the Kirlian effect simply doesn’t happen in a vacuum since there is no water vapor, which prevents ionization. In Conclusion While the mystical and paranormal explanations for the glow in Kirlian photographs have been debunked, the truth may be just as interesting as fiction to the more scientifically minded. Its potential for studying certain aspects of life are being explored scientifically. Also, there are a few artists using Kirlian photography to create beautiful images of what has been called “living art”. Like other forms of artistic expression such as traditional photography, this should and will be explored to its fullest.

Reminds me of photos in Playboy back in 60's w/soft focus and the color. Nice!!!

In 40 some years never heard prime defined quite that way. It's always been prime fixed format, zoom multiple. Not semantics because two different things not two words for the same or similar.

Found Andersonville on Amazon used about 40 bucks, and ordered sounds like worth reading.

B&H or whoever collects your state sales tax not their state sales tax. So it's going to be difficult to find where sales tax doesn't apply. It'll be coming to ebay too at some point.

Well said! Not PC as some here prefer, but very well said.

He's in focus, she's moving, the door, the lines in the wall, the cupcakes, etc. are all in focus. Looks to me that her moving not the camera or lens is the problem.

You're right.

I've got to check thrift stores.

Too bad it's a "G" lens.