The Nikon name evokes powerfully passionate emotions from photographers and even those who don’t know cameras, they know the Nikon name. Same as the one being sold in this eBay auction. My very first Nikon experience actually was being in Rockefeller Center in NYC and seeing this huge Nikon telephoto/telescope which was a 2000mm f/11 Cassegrain telescope. I believe it was one of my first encounters with a Nikon camera. They went downtown and came back with a camera, the Nikon EM. I remember in 1981, as a kid, my Mom’s brother came from overseas with a couple of friends. If the camera is too small for you, you can “bulk it up” by using the MD-14 motor drive which not only makes the camera grippier, but also has the added benefit of being about to do about 3.2 frames per second.Ĭameras, like music, are objects that have the very good ability to bring you back to another time in your life. The fact that it has no manual override, well that I don’t like. This is a Nikon that you wouldn’t mind carrying around all day.Īnd while Aperture Priority may seem limiting, it is in fact the mode that seems to be preferred by most photographers. I mean, even for me, when I thought of what to profile tonight, the Nikon EM came to mind and I said…oh yeah, that cute little Nikon from the 80s □ĭespite the negatives, when you actually use the EM, it feels nice in the hand. While there is nothing particularly special about the EM, I believe that time has helped the EM to achieve a “cute” status when people think of it. I have used the Series E 50mm f/1.8 and the 75-150mm f/3.5 zoom and they are both excellent lenses, optically anyway. While lower priced than Nikon’s AI or AIS equivalent lenses, these E series lenses have developed cult following for their price to performance ratio. These lenses were called the “E Series” lenses. With the EM, Nikon also introduced a set of lenses that matches the EM’s position for price and lowered quality. However, it does have something lacking on many Pro cameras and that is an emergency 1/90 mechanical shutter which can be called upon in case of battery failure. The camera features aperture priority only camera with no full manual mode. It relies on two S76/A76 or one 1/3N battery. The Nikon EM is basically an entry-level camera. In addition, it alienated some hard core Nikon users who felt the lower quality build of the EM was a sign of bad things to come, especially for a company known for their tough and heavy duty professional cameras. You got to remember, this was the late 70’s early 80’s! □ Apparently, many women avoided it with the belief that Nikon’s position of selling them an “easy to use” camera was sexist and insulted their intelligence. The camera was supposedly meant to be marketed to beginners and women in particular, but it wasn’t a hit for either targets. It was at the time, considered the smallest SLR Nikon had ever produced, and also the cheapest. The Nikon EM is a 35mm SLR introduced by Nikon Corporation in 1979. Nikon’s smallest, lightest, and cheapest 35mm SLR from 1979 seen here with the 50mm f/1.8 Series E lens, which is a great match for the camera.
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