It’s almost as if Nikon was embarrassed to make an amateur’s camera.Įven today they don’t get the shine that the F-cameras or even the compact FM/FE-series gets, despite their freakishly impressive build quality and clean design.
And the Nikon name appears on them in a very shy way – small font, odd placement.
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They were marketed as mid-range cameras – not for the beginner, but not for the professional either.
By most metrics, they were successful and beloved cameras.īut despite their obvious quality and stellar reputation, Nikkormats have always existed in a no-man’s land in Nikon history. They were often shot alongside their F-christened brothers and sometimes even replaced them in the field. These cameras were incredibly well made, well designed, and came to be well regarded among photographers looking for a slightly cheaper alternative to the F-series that could still mount Nikon’s best lenses. Which is weird, because Nikon’s amateur cameras were usually better than anyone else’s. Even the Nikon Compact F series, perhaps the best overall series of SLRs ever made, never toppled consumer-oriented rivals. The Nikon EM and FG were supposed to knock the Canon AE-1 off its perch, but were outsold by a huge margin. The Nikon FA was supposed to dazzle tech-obsessed shooters in the 1980s, but other manufacturers kept pace.
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If the world of photography is built upon the relationships between camera-makers and photographers, there may be no relationship stranger than the one between Nikon and amateur shooters. Nikon’s history is full of failed attempts to foster this relationship.
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