Nikon - Old School Camera(inc pics)

[Jay_clio]

cleaning out under the Bed and found this Old Nikon berried in dust

Can anyone tell me if its anygood or worth anything ? my great grandad gave it to my brother before he died and he passed it on to me, and i forgot about until today,

As you can see in the pictures its proper old, gutted it hasnt got the Flash in the Bag, would have been very interesting to play around with it.

 

[Andy.]

You might be able to get something for the lenses but not sure about the body.

There is still quite a market for the old Nikon lenses, assuming they are good ones.

 

[dick]

go get some film and get playing!

 

[Jay_clio]

^ What sort ov Ffilm Though :s, 1 think is i dont kno how to open it

 

[Laura]

go get some film and get playing!

 

[Moz168]

Nice! what camera is it? should say 'F65' or something...
35mm film btw.
http://www.dummies.com/WileyCDA/DummiesArticle/Loading-35mm-Film-Like-a-Pro.id-866.html

 

[Jay_clio]

^ doesnt say F65 or nothing on the camera, and i cant get it to open, but for some reason it has batterie's .. why on earth would a camera this old need batteries for

says on the back. FM 2280425

 

[Andy.]

Try pulling the dial up on the left hand side of the body (with the lens facing away from you). Some of them used to have the door release there.

Battery could be for the display in the viewfinder (exposure meter?).

 

[Jay_clio]

Theres no door release on the left hand side, i have manged to figure out how t release the ffilm from insde by lifitng the (notch the turns clockwise) but nothing else, door still seems to not open .. theres like 1 button underneth that just click's but does nothng to the door ..

 

[Andy.]

If you pull the film release one a bit higher, does it open?

I had an old Minolta SLR so have no idea about Nikons.....

 

[Jay_clio]

Yes it does, good man Andy
btw why has the camera got a Cable that you can connect to something, maybe the flash connector? :S

All i need now is 2 new batteries and a Ffilm

 

[planetx]

the reason the camera needs batteries is for the light meter display to work, although you can meter manually.

Looks like an early Nikon FM2....the very camera I learnt on.
Not all early Nikons had the model number written on the body.

Also looks like you have a Nikkor 135mm F2.8 lense
50mm F1.8 lense.
Which to be honest I would keep hold of as they are still very good (pin sharp) lenses.

http://www.bythom.com/fm2n.htm

hope that link works.

If you need any help give us a shout.

 

[Moz168]

Yes it does, good man Andy
btw why has the camera got a Cable that you can connect to something, maybe the flash connector? :S

All i need now is 2 new batteries and a Ffilm

The cable is more likely to be remote shutter release. Does it have a screw type thread on th end? Is there a hole on the shutter button? If so, it should screw in there and you can do long exposures without touching the camera.

 

[Jay_clio]

Ye, look on the 4th picture, top right hand corner above were the lens connects, thats were the cable goes to.

 

[Brown.]

Olympus OM-10 FTW lol

 

[Moz168]

Does the wire look like that?
Im not sure now, it might be a sync lead for the flash.

 

[Jay_clio]

no, this is the cable, both parts join together and 1 end goes into the camera, but were does the other go is a mystery.

 

[Moz168]

Ahh yeah there for the flash so you can have it off camera.
Like this guy...

Have you got a flash with it?

 

[Jay_clio]

nope no Flash Gutted and how big is that lens lol.

 

[planetx]

yep that is a flash sync lead attaches to the left of the lense.
That camera will also accept a cable release this will screw into the shutter release button.

 

[john172]

That's a Nikon FM by the looks of it, if you want to sell the whole lot can I have first refusal?

 

[Lagerlout]

Old School? Meh. That's not old school... This is old school

 

[JoelDee]

Ooooh looks fun