Hey! This video is about the mighty Nikon F3. Made from 1980 until 2001, it was a real evergreen in the Nikon program! So let's shoot it and find out why this camera became such a legend!
0:00 Intro
0:47 In your hand: Buttons, controls & loads of features!
6:06 Stop-down aperture mode
6:48 Shooting
7:19 History of Nikon F, F2 & F3
8:21 More shooting
9:25 Giorgio Giugiaro
10:13 Using the exposure lock button
11:23 The most compact single-digit Nikon
11:50 The F3 viewfinder
13:06 Verdict
15:34 Last sample shots & outro
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All photos shown here were taken on Ilford Delta 100 black&white film and were scanned using a Fuji X-E3 camera (24 megapixels) and Olympus macro lens.
Whenever it says "... zoomed in" in the video, that's a 100% crop (if you watch the video in 4k!) of these 24 MP scans.
Thanks to Takahiro Oda for filming this video! VIsit his channel here:
https://youtube.com/takahirooda
Many thanks to Flints Auctions for granting me permission to use their product photos in my video:
https://www.flintsauctions.com
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Here's where I develop my film:
http://www.kontrastlab.de
(This is no affiliate link or anything like that. I'm just very happy there's still a dedicated analog development & printing service in Cologne!)
My instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/my7views/
My photo & camera gear blog:
https://tomscameras.wordpress.com
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Music score:
Church of 8 Wheels – Otis McDonald
Diskofunque – Francis Preve
(all available via YouTube Audio Library)