Nikomat FTn
What a Nikomat FTn actually produces — 8 photographs shot on one by members here.
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The Nikomat FTn is the camera Nikon sold to everyone who didn't need a Nikon F. Introduced in 1967, it was marketed as the Nikkormat FTn in North America and the Nikomat FTn in Japan. It is the same camera under either name.
It is fully mechanical. The vertically traveling metal-bladed shutter runs from 1 sec to 1/1000, and the battery powers only the meter. Shutter speeds are set on a ring around the lens mount rather than a dial on top. The FTn introduced center-weighted metering to the line, shown as a needle in the finder.
Pre-AI Nikkors have to be indexed to the meter when mounted. With the lens on, you turn the aperture ring to its smallest setting and then to its largest so the camera knows the lens's maximum aperture. It takes a second once you know to do it, and forgetting is the most common reason for confusing meter readings. AI lenses mount without trouble.
The meter was designed for a 1.35V mercury cell, so check readings with a modern replacement. Built heavier than it needs to be, an FTn will survive just about anything. Load it with Tri-X 400 and it is a dependable mechanical camera at a modest price.
Images taken with the Nikomat FTn
Call cocaine thinbegin · Kodak Vision3 250D
entered as “Nikkormat FTn”
museum trip II Karvelis · Kodak T-Max 400
museum trip Karvelis · Kodak T-Max 400
mining camp Karvelis · Kodak T-Max 400
union nevada Karvelis · Kodak Tri-X 400
the owl II Karvelis · Kodak Tri-X 400
the owl Karvelis · Kodak Tri-X 400
roadside Karvelis · Kodak Tri-X 400
Lenses people use on it
Taken from what members recorded on the frames above, in their own wording. Counts, not recommendations.
Film shot on it
Each one links through to every frame on that stock, from any camera.