Nikon F5 Should be your First 35mm Film Camera Photography Class 185
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- Why the Nikon F5 Should be your First 35mm Film Camera at $250.
Today we will discuss why buying a Professional Nikon F5 will Save you money in the long run.
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I have two F5 bodies and a matched set of F1n bodies. The nice thing about the F5 body is that it works with all my D and G series Nikkor lenses that I also use on my D810. I agree with all you said, nice video, thanks!
You are Nikon... Awesome :)
The price/performance of the current F5s is probably the best out there. It is very difficult to take a bad picture with the this camera.
F5 now runs for around 450 to 500 in California at least. Just picked up a F100 for 250. Very similar features and runs on 4aa with an option of putting a battery grip on.
F5 probably the best camera ever made.👍😻😻😻
I absolutely agree :)
Have you tried f6?
You are absolutely correct sir. The F5 is epic. It makes film a joy.
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As a relatively new to film photography camera guy (long time Fuji XT user) I kind of went off the deep end of buying Nikons from Japan on eBay… an F, F3, F4, F5 and an F100 later I do mostly agree with you but personally I reach for the F100 the most. I believe the slightly cheaper and slightly better F100 is the best bang for the buck advanced 35mm camera. Cheers!
New subscriber here and also new / learning photographer. I purchased a MINT F5 last night on eBay with a 50mm F/1.4 lense for $480 from a 100% feedback seller in Japan and this video was such a breath of fresh air to know I made the right decision. I’ve always preferred buying once and growing into something, so I’m glad I made the right decision, it sounds like. Very informative video and I can’t wait to do some digging though the rest of your channel throughout my into to photography. I can’t thank you enough for the free knowledge you’re providing for everyone. ESPECIALLY us newcomers. 📸⚡️
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Your energy is awesome, and for that, you get a follow, keep it up, please. My friend heard your channel and how you were explaining without even seeing your content, and you were able to capture our attention, just from your energy alone. Awesome informative content as well = )
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Good. The modern camera is easy to use. Put everything in auto and you have a point and shoot camera. Simple. Now the newbie can easy go and take photos and get interested. This will stimulate them to get inventive after a while if they're finding they do actually like photography, and gradually want to take control, e.g. put the camera in Aperture priority mode and see what happens. Now we're learning. Starting off with a K1000 may be way too hard for them because they have to be in control of everything which means they have to know everything from the get go. But eventually they'll put the F5 in manual mode and now they have a Pentax K1000. It takes time and hard work to work your way up from a F5 to a K1000
I totally agree with your comment..New photographers stop taking photos when they get frustrated over the fact there shots, while we'll composed, are not exposed correctly or tack sharp. (As with the K1000 or Spotmatic etc) As you mentioned, the Nikon F5 will "hold there hand" and give them Sharp and perfectly exposed pictures. Joy of photography comes from "a pride filled image" that a person took. Thusly, a photographer is born.
I started with a K1000 in 1979. Cut my teeth on Pentax and then stepped up to Nikon in 1983 (FE) and have never looked back. D70, D200, D300s, D700 and a D5500.
Also F100, F5. Maybe going back to an F100 or an F6. A true Nikonian if there was one!!!!
Sound advice on a great camera!
The ASA and DIN film speed standards have been combined into the ISO standards since 1974. International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Absolutely agreed with you( sitting all my life on Nikon )
Well said, Carmine. Great photos BTW. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you very much
That Nikon would be a great film camera for anyone, Carmine. Good info here.👍👍
Thanks so much 🙏
I have two F4's. I opted for the F4 because there is a knob or button for every setting without going through all the menu's of the custom setting screen. Grant it is older than the F5 but still just as robust. I hope to try an F6 one day but for now I'm enjoying my F4's. Big thumbs up Mr. Carmine. I just found your channel and am learning a lot.👍
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I have been handed down two Nikon f6 (one with grip and one without) and I can stand behind this video fully. These cameras were made to last for an eternity and just feeling them in your hand will make you wanna go out and shoot. I get home, put mine on my desk and literally stare at it while I work. I think something worth mentioning is that the matrix metering on the F5 (and f6) is IMO the very best metering money can buy, especially for color photography. My gf has a contax T2 and I have a 35ti (with matrix metering), and our hit rates with proper exposure are always very different, which certainly affects the quality of our pictures despite these two cameras having very similar lenses.
I totally agree with you, the Nikon matrix light meter system is undeniably the most accurate amongst all the top camera brands. Photojournalists like me rely on Nikon to be the best.
Have two of them!! Amazing beast and reliable camera!! Totally agree with you! Subscribed!
Thank you so much
Carmine, great suggestion. It is a solidly built film camera and for the first time film shooter, especially if coming from nikon digital slr, it will feel IDENTICAL. It works the same. After being away from film from 2003 to 2013, I decided to try a mamiya rb67 that had fantastic resolution and tonal transitions. I don't remember how many rolls were wasted with backs that had light leaks, double exposures. bad exposures, missed focus. That was at THREE DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS A SHOT. If someone wants to try film photography, you are so right, just buy an f5. If you don't like it you should be able to sell it for what you paid. Now I had purchased one, and am selling it. I have an f100 that does all I need and unlike the focus confirmation on the f6 located in the upper r of the view finder that is hard to see and easy to lose while focusing, the f100 has it in the lower view finder. I shoot numerous manual focus zeiss and voigtlander lenses so this is a deal breaker for me, hence i am selling mine. My main 35 mm is an f6. Smaller and lighter than the f5 but costs over 1000. It is my perfect camera. Focus confirmation lower center of view finder, bright and huge. Makes using my zeiss glass wide open a breeze. Still shooting mamiya 645 and RB67, but with finer grain portra and tmax, I can make 20" prints with these 35 mm cameras and great glass that I already have for my portrait work. I agree, start with one of these more modern cameras, the meter in matrix metering is incredible. If you want the totally manual experience you can but if you NEED auto focus, auto film advance, auto exposure for run and gun or street, you have the choice. Now I do all my ownd developing and scanning but with the older cameras, folks are spending about a buck a shot and screwed up shots add up quickly. I TOTALLY AGREE with starting with a modern film camera and then if you want to use a vintage camera, do so after you have been successful with an easier camera. Oh, and give my regards to Broadway... worked off wall st in 1972-5. An Italian from Syracuse, then NYC then CA now FL. Same wander lust as my Italian ancestors.
Hello and thank you for your Nikon Film Camera journey, from coast to coast. Long live the Nikon f5 and F6 :)
Hi Carmine, Love my F5 , hate the weight. Still is a bargain for what the camera offers. thanks.
True it is a heavy beast...but worth it
Thank your Sir for this inspiring video! This body has been my dream for like 30 years... I couldn't afford it, so I bought a new F60 back in 1998 (still have it). I switched to DSLRs in 2004 (and to be honest, soon after to the rival brand, too - mostly because of awesome video features). Now it might be time to get back to the roots. (Although the prices you mentioned are seriously higher in Europe.) I really appreciate your wisdom and fascination about photography. Really motivating video. Cheers from Hungary.
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a buddy of mine tryin' to get into film photography and he was hooked by those fancy premium point and shoot cameras although i advised him to get a modern SLRs such as the F5 or F100. dude's ended up buying the Contax point and shoot and guess what 😎 after the 3rd roll, the camera seems to give up. and the costs of repairing it was phenomenal too, not to mention the time. wasted 😅
Last year I bought a Minolta XG-1 with two lenses 45mm/28mm everything absolute mint condition as if it was taken out of its original packaging for 80 bucks. Sometimes you just get lucky and I agree with your reasoning on recommending the F5 for first time 35mm film users. With so many film cameras skyrocketing in price getting a F5 for 250-500 bucks is a steal, I think the only thing holding this camera back is it’s sheer size and weight when fully loaded and a lens attached. Aside from that it is probably the best 35mm film camera you can get still.
The Minolta XG-1 & NIKON F5 are both wonderful cameras...thanks for watching my channel
To use an F5 you have to carry it. Respect to the camera but you can get an F100 and do everything that an amature would likely get into while still using the same lenses. Enjoyed the show +1.
The F5 is a beast: heavy, fast, rugged. It whips screw-drive AF lenses into focus faster than any camera I own. The biggest drawback is the AF points don't light up - the active one appears as a dark box on the focusing screen and gets lost in low light. Not a huge deal since there are only 5, and the top LCD alsoshows which one is active. Lithium batteries last me for about 50 rolls. Subjectively I think the metering is a bit better than the F100.
The F100 is smaller and lighter but by no means compact. The focus points light up like modern Nikons, but still only 5. Film advance is 4.5 frames/sec vs 7 fps for the F5. It does not have 100% viewfinder coverage like the F5. Takes 4 AA batteries. If it still feels too small get the MB-15 battery grip.
Thanks for the reply. Though I don't own an F5 and believe you on it's qualities. I do own an F100 (and a couple of N90s/F90xs, 8008s and more lesser bodies that I can really count having bought the lenses that were on them and not the camera but was left with them) and for beginners easier is better since if you don't carry the camera you won't use the camera.
Also, if I'm not mistaken the menu for customization is easier to use on the F5 but again for beginners who will maybe use them once or twice...
If you only use AF/ AF-D lenses I'd suggest an F90s which can be had for about a third the price of the F5 and was second in the lineup behind the F5 until the F100 was introduced. They may not have the frame rate but goodness, with the price of film that's a plus.
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F5 is an amazing camera, the shutter sound is so satisfying, will work with vintage manual focus lenses, the shutter gets more accurate the more you use it. It's an incredible machine and possibly my last Nikon film camera.
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Great Video, love my F5 as well as the F6 and F100, Ted
Thanks so much
I want to get it but i got f90. The price f5 much expensive than f90. Perhaps later date after when i got more money in my pocket and after i sell my f90
Love Nikon! F100 is a great camera too and the next best thing. I've gone out with a 20mm, 50mm and 105mm lens and gotten some great stuff
Nikon's F100, is a 35mm film classic. Thousands of press photographers used the F100 for years
Both of my first cameras since my high school days (1980's) were Pentax, including the ME Super, and I loved them. The metering was still accurate (measured against readings with my Seikonic light meters) and everything was still top notch, fully functioning when I gifted them with a set of really nice lenses to my wife's niece a few years ago when she showed a sincere interest in photography. I didn't "upgrade" to a Nikon/Nikkor setup, including a Nikon F5 pro camera and some expensive pro glass, until years later after leaving law enforcement, then working for a local television news channel and a local newspaper company. The F5 was highly coveted by me and others, but paying over $3k for just the F5 body alone, not including pro lenses, in the very beginning was just not possible for me. When I finally purchased my very own F5, let me tell you, I was on Cloud Nine...and I still have my first F5 body and original pro lenses. And, yes, I still use it right alongside my Nikon D810 and other Nikon cameras and equipment. Luckily, where I live in the U.S., I have a choice of awesome pro developing labs and repair shops near me, as well as, elsewhere across the country, a select few, trusted developers and other reliable sources for film media supplies from 35mm to most everything else for my other film cameras. I cannot imagine ever giving up my F5 or letting it collect dust on a shelf somewhere. I love it too much and will continue shooting with it, so long as I can find 35mm (Kodak, preferably) film for it and can get my rolls developed the way I want them processed. I rarely get a paid gig, unfortunately these days, where the client wants film. As for me, I prefer the look of film over digital, mostly, depending on what I am shooting, but my bias may be from shooting film for almost four decades. Thanks for recording your video above.
Hello, you are a true Nikon fan and F5 fan...ME Too! Be well.
Good to know, nice photos.
Thank you so much
Great video. Can you do one on film scanners please?
Done, here you go; czcams.com/video/OFrktMk_pWI/video.html
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I’ll have to put this on my list. My Pentax Mx light meter just went out. Which Nikon lenses does this take ? I’m sure my current g lenses are to new
If you purchase the Nikon F5, this is my go-to link for lens compatibility..
www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/NikonF5/compatibility/index.htm
just bought an F100. hopefully that has your blessing! i didn't want the bulky F5
The F100 is among the best 35mm film cameras Nikon ever made. Nikon produced it from 1999 until 2006 because of its huge popularity. It's a wonderful camera 😃.
I would like to procure the Nikon F5. What are some places in Japan that you would suggest. Thanks in advance.
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How about the Nikon F100, aka the F5 Junior?
The Nikon F100 is a professional 35mm film-based single-lens reflex camera that was introduced in 1999 and discontinued in 2006. It has a good build, accurate auto focus, and effective control layout.
Solid advice, What 35mm rangefinder would you suggest?
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This camera is absolutely brilliant.
Awesome 👌
I recently got an Eos1 for £20. Its all the camera anyone ever needs. I jave aleays wanted to try an f5 tho.
If you truly want to jump in the World of excellent film photography with a Nikon F5...
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@@CarmineTavernaPhotographyand now I have one. Very impressed. "It doesn't come with a professional photographer" - best line ever.
I have this camera but it’s got a bad advance motor, I’m planning on replacing it hopefully soon.
Hello, I absolutely advise to get another F5. The repair will be more than replacing your camera. I found this out in 2018..the hard way.
hi, looking at getting an F5 and a 50mm, which lens exactly is it?
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D
I had no idea an F5 was affordable. I still thought they cost thousands.
100
The Nikon F5 is a great camera!! I think I would suggest a Canon AE-1 Program also. Great camera's about the same price as the F5 but with a decent 50mm 1.4 lens.
Sorry Carmine but I would not recommend it to anybody who was a beginner looking for their first film camera unless they had strong arms and they were used to heaving boat anchors around all day...my niece who is 14 and just started learning film photography could hardly even hold mine...I gave her my $50 N80 which does just about everything the F5 does but in a smaller, lighter package...and if it doesn't do it she most likely wouldn't need it anyway.
True...However...admit it...the Nikon F5 is awesome (ok, maybe for the over 18 crowd).
@@CarmineTavernaPhotography for sure it is awesome - the best I have ever used.
F6 due to weight!!
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Good point
I sold my 20 year old F5 a few weeks back for £400 to raise some funds but will replace with a mint F100 or F6 to go with my D700 and array of pro lenses!