Analogue Review: Nikon 28ti
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
- The Nikon 28ti is my favourite film point-and-shoot camera of all time, even more than my beloved and well used Ricoh GR-1. Is it the greatest though? I think so and the video explains why. I've returned the camera back to the Darkroom and is currently available to win if you enter their regular photo contests. Thanks to Philip for the long term loan, and wait to see what the next camera they send me to review. Thanks for watching and don't forget to go Ninja on the like button if you want to see more film camera reviews!
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Check out Mike Padua's review of the Nikon 35ti, a sibling camera to the 28ti:
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Here's the link to the Nikon 35ti's manual, including how to change custom functions. It should be the same for the 28ti (with some exceptions):
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*This video was shot with the Fujifilm X-E3 and XF18-55mm f/2.8-4 R OIS lens. Some of the hand held B-roll was taken by Camera Girl (my wife who wishes to remain a mystery). One picture insert of the Nikon 35ti taken by Carmen of Barton 1972.
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Someone needs to start making premium point and shoot film cameras again given how much people are willing to pay for them.
Brian A. Japan Camera Hunter is working on one. Fujifilm can do it if someone within the company champions the cause
Oh man I want one. Though I would prefer the 35mm focal length.
Exactly, and they're way easier and cheaper to make than a digital camera! The mju ii retailed for $99, they could bring it back just like that (or an improved, though similar model) and sell it for $150-200 and it'd still be a steal
Bellamy wants to do one. I don't expect it to be cheap tho.
Also, they could include a screen so all these custom functions could be set more easily? I don't know, a modern compact film camera seems like a good business idea to me, even
Finally a 28Ti review. Great video, BHT, thank you. I love my 28Ti and decided to keep it over the Contax T2. I just loved the shooting experience so much more, and the metering is just amazing.
glad you enjoyed the review and congrats for owning a fantastic film point and shoot with the prettiest top dial on any camera ever made (with Epson RD-1 coming a close second)
I just won this on their last competition! Was looking up youtube videos to learn more about it in anticipation. What are the odds I'd find the video of the exact camera I'm looking into :) Thanks for taking such good care of it. Cheers
congrats on winning the contest and on picking the exact same camera that accompanied me to Japan and Hong Kong. It's a great camera.
I bought a Nikon 35Ti rev.2 from Japan, obviously at that time Nikon were listening to the customers feedback
Since my version is equipped with the same 28Ti flash switch.
Xavier Ancarno oh nice. I’ve only seen the weird button version on the 35ti.
Best intro to a photography-related video I have ever, ever seen. That first minute Is incredible.
thanks. I try and make sure that the photos that I take with the cameras I'm reviewing are solid. I want people to see great photos, not just brick walls and resolution tests :-)
I have a 35Ti and it’s a beautiful camera. I prefer 35mm to 28mm.
Thank you for the review: I bought a second hand 28Ti off a professional photographer that had used it as back up, and it is both scuffed and weathered. Takes perfect shots still, though. Originally viewed in a shop window in ´94, when pushing my sons trolley and dreaming the impossible dream, like you. Later in 2005 buying it on a whim. I cheat though, using the Ilford XP2 b/w film that allows it to be commercially developed via C41 process!! Gotten too old to process myself..
Wow! That film camera should go back into production! it is sooooo cool. Thanks Take for the review.
that will probably never happen, but it would be cool.... Nikon needs to start making money, and building a discontinued film point and shoot camera isn't how they're gonna do it :-) Thanks for watching
This guy knows how to make a review camera. Thanks !
Wow that camera is beautiful. Maybe going to pick one up next..
ダフネサツチェ ha ha. Now I’ll never be able to buy one :-)
Great review as always, but you forgot to mention the panorama mode :)
I actually sold my F5 for this when I was traveling around China. Had it as my only camera for years. Love it, miss it. You are so right about the coolpix A.
Now my digital GR is the only thing that comes close.
ha ha, ya the most important feature :-) Nikon really botched the CoolPix A. First of all it was $300-400 more expensive than the GR, and since it was a 28mm equiv lens, it should have given a nod to the 28ti.
Dream camera!
Nice review. That top plate display is quite cool, almost steampunk! The only issue with this little beastie is the noise! It sounds like one of those wind-up toy kaiju or robots from the 1960s-70s!
Ya most of these point and shoots were noisy, but the Nikon 28ti and 35ti were exceptionally noisy. The Konica Hexar is the only exception. It’s as quiet as a modern digital camera.
Rekishi no Tabi I had one, so loud everyone turns round to look, forget discretion. You start to dread pushing the shutter and invoking the robot. My Nikon Z on silent is about the same weight, and makes no sound at all.
Great video. Surprised nobody mentioned one error in the video about Time mode. You don’t hold the shutter down. You press once to start and once again to stop. You can also use the self timer in conjunction to start it hands-free. Granted you have to press to stop, but that way you cut motion potential in half.
Been waiting for this review for so long! 😃
ha ha, sorry. It was shot earlier but with everything happening in my life it took a bit longer to produce. I hope to have an article up on my blog as well. Thanks for your support :-)
All good Take, I've been keeping up to date with your content and you're a busy guy haha. You deliver quality videos so its worth the wait 🙂
Tony Whitmarsh thanks!!
Tony Whitmarsh watch the vid from LeicaDad too
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A bit of a longevity warning - Like the Leica Minilux, the flexible printed circuit in the 35Ti/28Ti lens to body, does become intermittent 'open' (broken contact). This 'paperclip effect' occurs because of the lens moving in & out everytime the lens is tucked inside the body along with movement from focusing. - Unfortunately it will require a replacement Lens Unit assembly; so good luck finding parts. - To avoid or delay this inevitable failure, let the 35Ti or 28Ti go to sleep on its own. Then just touch the release button to wake-it-up ! - The lens will only need to go IN-N-OUT when the battery or film is changed. - So there you go, less mileage on the aging flex...
Always enjoy your reviews, loved the music on this one.
Nice review. I am seriously thinking of getting a Nikon 35 Ti.. It seems that I can use use focusing.
Thanks for the honest review. I just picked up a near mint Nikon 35ti in Japan for a song at a 2nd hand shop that had no idea what they were worth. It's not easy to get the custom settings made but I finally got the flash in the off mode so I only need to hold that little button to make it fire. I'm looking forward to taking it out for some street shooting, I only wish I could travel down to Tokyo but the COVID has put a halt to travel here.
cool ! - love the analogue top dials on this camera
The flush little buttons on the 35Ti were one of two primary reasons I bought a Contax T2 instead. Whatever is said here, the collection of little watchlike dial readouts in the top plate are hard to read in practice - pretty useless as a manual override option. These Nikons had a massive set of user modifiable options, but they are stacked in a series of multi-level menus (operated by "little buttons") which are so user unfriendly that you must have the manual in hand to use them at all. Bottom line: most of those options go unknown and unused. Undecided, I bought a Contax T2 and a Nikon 35Ti. used each a bit to see which was more practical to use in the real world. I also ran a full lens test sequence using a lens test kit from Modern Photography many years ago. Kept the Contax; resold the Nikon (made $15 on the deal). The 28Ti changed to the switch to control flash modes, replacing the truly useless buttons on the 35Ti.
I still like my gr1s. Snap mode presets the focus and the lens does not move or make noise, quick and quiet. The 28ti can preset focus but the lens move into position on half press, slower and louder. But matrix metering and the obvious cosmetics keep it in the rotation still
Yes that’s the one thing that really slows you down. I wish when you manually focused that the camera actually moved the elements into place. My GR is definitely a quicker shooter.
Thanks a lot for reviewing it, i have not had one - yet - but i may need to start looking! If you like those dials, check out the Epson R-D1, the 1st digital rangefinder ever made, marketed by Epson, built by Cosina Voigtlaender on a Bessa model and equipped with the most beautiful analog dials ever seen on a camera (also by Seiko).
Yes I know the Epson RD1 well. I’ve been buying British, French and Japanese camera mags since the early 1990s so I always knew what was coming out, even if many of these never came to North America.
Love it, bht! That 28Ti, GR21, Klasse W are m favs because of the wider lenses. Though these days for p&s I've stuck to the Contax Tix and a big supply of APS that I came across. Very underrated camera, want a loaner and some film? I have an extra one I can send you if you'd like.
thanks and that's a very generous offer, but I'm backed up with review gear as it is. Yes the Contax Tix is a controversial camera because of the APS format. I was at Kodak when it was launched and I wasn't a fan of the format, but that's nothing against the Tix itself. It's great you came across tons of film though. Kodak Advantix film?
Brought back memories of my 35ti from years ago it was a great performer and so stylish. Still have my Ricoh GR1v and must use it more. Like the photo of your wife (Camera Girl) but she always looks so serious, does she just tolerate being photographed and prefers to be behind her own camera?
Thanks. Yes she tolerates me. You have to remember we’ve been together for a long time and photography can be intrusive at times. We were in Osaka when I took the portrait and I was suppose to not be working at the time :-(
At 1:37 was that a Pulse Point notification I heard? ...great video as usual.
Thanks and yes :-)
Tyler's transplants suggestion : put the matrix metering from the 28ti into the contax t3 with its zeiss lens. Results would be flawless. 👍 Plus i like the t3 look better . O yea and transplant the needle gauges into it as well. Can't forget them!
The Contax T3 is a 35mm lens, not a 28mm lens. I'll take the 28.
don't forget the Rollei 35s with the 2.8 Sonnar lens 40mm....incredible lens unfortunately focus by guestimation or zone
though no built in flash
Yes that's a legendary camera, as is the Olympus XA. I was more focused on the 1990s premium point and shoot category with AF and built in flash. If I had to choose all time compact camera, the Rollei 35 would definitely be in my top 5.... thanks for commenting!
i realized after I wrote my comments that I was off point...good channel by the way
thanks for watching!
Great review
thx!
There’s apparently a way to make the 35ti make the flash work how you want it to work using the custom functions but I don’t own one yet so I don’t know how reliable or good it is. I really want the 35ti due to my preference for 35mm.
Yes I have the link in the video description that gives the downloadable manual to access custom function. However, there is a later version of the 35ti that does have the same slider switch as the 28ti, but all the models are only coming from Japan so I think it was a Japan only release.
When are you going to do a video in San Francisco? Come visit us!
I was planning a trip to San Fran in May, but decided to go to Portland instead.....
I want one! Well I'd go for the 35ti
the 35mm version is easier to find and cheaper anyway, although you can find the later models with the slider switch for the flash control, but most of them are coming from Japan
bigheadtaco thanks
Hello, I like an ambient lights of your night photography so muchhhh. Can I know what film did you use in this example albums pls. Thank you :D
That analogue display on top is so neat. Is there any other cameras that have design like that?
I love the design of the Ti! I would like to review that too!!!! But is so difficult to find here in japan
Most of the 35ti and 28ti's in the world sold on eBay is coming from Japan from lots of small dealers and camera shops. When I was in Osaka, a couple of the shops had one in stock. It's easier to find in Japan than in North America or Europe.
bigheadtaco will have another look then! Thank you!!!
bigheadtaco btw are you coming to japan again?
a couple of shops in Hong Kong had them as well, but super premium pricing. Mr.David Chan has a new in box....
I don't know. I probably won't come in the fall, so maybe early spring next year, unless a job comes up there.
You got one! Congrats!
Edit: Oh wait, this one was on loan?
Yes The Darkroom sends me a camera to review and then I send it back to them to give away for their photo contest :-)
You mention that it adjusts the metering mid-exposure, isn't that OTF metering like on the Minolta CLE and Olympus OM-2+?
Yes sort of, or TTL. Often it’s metered off the film plane via the first curtain shutter, but the Nikon did it twice, once pre exposure and then again during. Hey weren’t the only ones doing this, but it was unique to put in a compact point and shoot.
Thanks mate.
If Nikon built a 24mp FF digital 35 Ti with a sharp lens. I would buy instantly. I need to replace my Olympus Pen F it is getting old and beat up.
wouldn't that be cool?
Ohh I can't choose! Klasse W or 28ti ? What would you choose please ?
Your pictures are glorious
Did you ever get your hands on the Minolta TC-1?
these are so expensive now.
i had the chance to get one of these years ago for cheap and i didn't take the chance :(
great video
Price has been going up on all these premium point and shoots. I would say the least inflated prices are still in Japan.
bigheadtaco good that i am going to japan in october. But was actually looking at buying a secondhand digital M. Do you have any tipps for good camera stores?
can anyone tell me if there’s a way to have the pictures in digital way...so that you have those of your phone for example?
Can you do a review of the contax t2
Nikon 28Ti better than Contax T2?
Wait, first video on the studio?? Is it not the same as the other one?
Same studio. It’s the first video I shot in the studio, but not the first video I edited and posted. This was ore-furniture and pre-painting.
oooh okay nice, thought something had happened!
How do i get a camera on loan??
I love Nikon but it's crazy how thye made the same mistake with the price after decades later with the Ricoh GR digital and Nikon Coolpix A. I bought my Nikon Coolpix A for $300.00 almost brand new at BH photos. Love that camera but it was way over priced when it first came out.
Ya, really bad business decisions at the corporate level, because Nikon makes fantastic cameras and lenses
This is Bigheadhamburger here just wanted to say hi. :)
Hey Terry.. I mean BHH!!
Beautiful but not very refined and I'm sure I've read that the lovely needle display is fragile so if you plan to pick one up check it very carefully. Others classic 😎😎😎
These cameras were built well, but like any physical dial, they can be knocked out of alignment. As mentioned in the video, if it does, there’s a way to reset the dials via a factory reset in the custom function settings.
Exposure compensation needle on mine is almost 1 notch off. Anyone knows if there's a way to fix this?
Yes I mentioned in the video and the link in the description to the manual. It's in custom settings to reset the needles back to factory position.
bigheadtaco Thanks, but unfortunately even after that the needle doesn't point straight at the center. :(
@@AbstractKnife sometimes a strong magnet can do that, or a big drop. You'll need a repair-master to fix it for you. They're everywhere in Hong Kong, but maybe ask a local camera repair shop to do it. Hopefully it'll fix it.
On paper this looks like a terrific camera. In practice... I would not want one. Too noisy and limited. It has obviously been designed by committee (well, that's how I see it). Not to worry, even Leica has made some dud cameras. And nobody has ever made an ideal compact.
Great review though, regardless. I look forward to more.
Steampunk display
Why is there never any "Diversity" in Asia?
I came across this camera on an Instagram account where I purchased a few film cameras, costing a whopping 1087 USD = 9000 Indian Rupees.