Randyfrieder wrote:
I too purchased my first Nikon “nikkormat” with the 50mm f1.4, about 51 years ago.
Since then, except for Hasselblad, I have used nikons, exclusively.
I still have all of my nikons and my hasselblads.
And, so amazingly, even after 50 plus years, every camera in my collection works, and most look like new.
Although, my collection does include other brands, the nikons and hasselblads, are the ones that I used.
The others are for historical reasons.
I bought my first 35 mm camera in 1970. the Nikkormat FTN with 50mm 1.4 Nikkor lens. About 2 years later I had a friend that owned a camera store and someone traded in a Nikon FTN with a 28mm, 105mm f2.5 and a 200mm f4,
He sold them to me for $500. I still have them all. I use the 50mm with an adapter on my Lumix m4/3.