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The Nikon FA is a great camera. I ran with one for many years. It even had a dedicated motor drive because it allows you to power the camera with AA batteries. Plus, the metering system never let me down.
You will get used to putting the lever out when you go to shoot. Also, holding the camera vertically works both ways but it's a good habit to only shoot vertically with your right hand low. When you shoot with your right hand on top it makes your elbow float in the air and it's less stable. With the right hand low, you can brace your elbow against your body and it helps reduce camera shake with telephoto and slow shutter speed shots
One hundred times yes. Second of Lucy's videos that have discussed this, Trained marksman and daily newspaper picture editor here. Anytime we're flexing our muscles to grip the camera, or hold our other arm in the air, we are introducing camera movement and shake. We should all try to keep our elbows tucked in against the chest, making a bipod with weight of the camera centered on the left palm. The right hand helps "steer" the camera and trips the shutter (without "stabbing" it), but never squeezes the camera to hold it up. Breathe in, release a little, hold it, release shutter, continue to exhale and "follow-through." None of these cameras have body stabilization, lots don't have lens stabilization, they need more help from us than we're now used to giving. I just wish I had Lucy's talent!
It’s very exciting to hear that you’ve been given the opportunity to have a studio and exhibition. Good luck! I’m looking forward to seeing you document the project. Btw, it’s funny that you mentioned the stock Nikon strap, I noticed how the colors of the letters matched the color of your glasses at around 10:00. I thought it was a cool look.
I love the FA, and it is the only one of the early Nikons that I don't have. Good on you for keeping these camera gems alive. Try and keep photography fun whether commercial or personal, otherwise the apathy will soon show up in your photography.
Lucy, congratulations on your personal project and studio space. Thank you so much for the ziiip of the film advance at the beginning! It brought back some of the fun using a film camera that digital cameras lack!
On my FA I use motor drive. It gets you away from having to have the film advance lever out all the time. And I also have a shutter button on the motor drive that is easier to use when shooting in portrait orientation
Good to see how you are developing with your art and the confidence you have in your style. Really happy for you, shame it is too far from the UK to come see your exhibition!
Hi Lucy. I discovered your Channel a view weeks ago. I love your work. Great Job. Also congratulation to your new Studio. I think a Nikon Df Camera would also fit well to your photography style. Greetings from the south-West of Germany.
Heck I need to get out and shoot film. I have a Nikon S2 begging to get out and about. Unfortunately I am still buying 2nds digital cameras 😄 Awesome video. Keep it up👌
The struggle for cool looking but practical camera straps is real! I really love the ones from a Spanish company called Dubblefilm they have cool colours. Other than that I quite like the look of the Long Weekend ones but I haven’t used them. One day I would love to make a camera strap brand of my own!!!!
@@LucyLumen I have since found 'Dead Cameras', made in Portugal and very, very beautiful; I have of course now bought 3! Lots of love from deepest, darkest West Wales x
What lens do you guys use for these videos. It has this perfect combination between vintage glowy highlight, sharp and contrasty color. I don't think you use any "black mist" filter as this looks very organic. I've been hunting for a lens like this for quite a while.
Great, now I want a fat vintage flash on the top of my camera! Also I've heard white light leaks might be from the front of the camera and apparently red is from the back because light has to pass through the orange film to expose the front which is kinda interesting.
NIkon FA is super cool, especially when paired up with the Voigtlander 40mm F2. But you know what else is a super nice pair that nobody talks about on the whole Internet? :) The lightest film SLR with autofocus ever created, the Pentax *ist - paired with the Pentax 43mm HD F1.9 is a set which weighs under 500 grams! How crazy is that?
Yeah, I recall this flop from the 80s. It did bring a lot of functions (matrix metering for one), but it had (according to fellow shooters who used Nikon, I was a Canon shooter back then) according to many, serious tech and quality issues. I believe it was only around for 5 years or so before Nikon discontinued it in the late 80s.
I did not think they had matrix metering in any of the manual focus Nikon cameras. I remember the matrix metering came out when the Nikon F4 was released.
This is brilliant! I’m a big David Bailey fan and my family are English so this is so cool to see. I’ll show them and see if they remember. I wonder if a could recreate this somehow in a more modern way next time I do an advert for a piece of gear
Be sure to check out Ikigai Film Lab and follow them on Instagram to see all the exciting updates and content coming soon! - ikigaifilmlab.com.au/
If you're a film photography beginner I have made a guide just for you - shorturl.at/wowv1
You just have GAS.
"You might be wondering why I bought a new film camera..." Nope. The question never entered our minds. The real question is, "only one?"
lol 😂
I came for the new camera content and film content, stayed for the absolutely funky and fun music and editing. Super well shot, love it.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! This is lovely to hear and I’m so glad that you enjoyed that other stuff as well as the camera. 🙏🏻😘
Used an FA when they came out in the 80s, their metering was mind blowing back then!
I bought a new FA in september 1987. It's great, still have it, still use it as my primary camera.
The Nikon FA is a great camera. I ran with one for many years. It even had a dedicated motor drive because it allows you to power the camera with AA batteries. Plus, the metering system never let me down.
It's a real beauty!
so happy and excited for you Lucy! it's been so much fun following along with you over the years as you grow as an artist!!
You know what your photos reminde me of? Crime scene photos of weapons or places where someone was murdered.
the technique would be the same for photographing crime scenes, i.e. direct flash to properly illuminate details
Hahhahahaha this made me laugh so much and I couldn’t agree more actually. It’s really spot on
I love using a flash in the daytime!
Congrats !! Nikon film cameras are foreverrrrrr
You will get used to putting the lever out when you go to shoot. Also, holding the camera vertically works both ways but it's a good habit to only shoot vertically with your right hand low. When you shoot with your right hand on top it makes your elbow float in the air and it's less stable. With the right hand low, you can brace your elbow against your body and it helps reduce camera shake with telephoto and slow shutter speed shots
One hundred times yes. Second of Lucy's videos that have discussed this, Trained marksman and daily newspaper picture editor here. Anytime we're flexing our muscles to grip the camera, or hold our other arm in the air, we are introducing camera movement and shake. We should all try to keep our elbows tucked in against the chest, making a bipod with weight of the camera centered on the left palm. The right hand helps "steer" the camera and trips the shutter (without "stabbing" it), but never squeezes the camera to hold it up. Breathe in, release a little, hold it, release shutter, continue to exhale and "follow-through." None of these cameras have body stabilization, lots don't have lens stabilization, they need more help from us than we're now used to giving. I just wish I had Lucy's talent!
Beautiful camera 📸
It’s very exciting to hear that you’ve been given the opportunity to have a studio and exhibition. Good luck! I’m looking forward to seeing you document the project. Btw, it’s funny that you mentioned the stock Nikon strap, I noticed how the colors of the letters matched the color of your glasses at around 10:00. I thought it was a cool look.
I love mine too! I have a nikon f2 with plain prism and nikon f with waist finder too for 100 percent analog experience.
Lux's video is looking amazing, and always love Lucy's insights
Thank you so much! He is amazing right!?!
I love the FA, and it is the only one of the early Nikons that I don't have. Good on you for keeping these camera gems alive. Try and keep photography fun whether commercial or personal, otherwise the apathy will soon show up in your photography.
Lucy, congratulations on your personal project and studio space. Thank you so much for the ziiip of the film advance at the beginning! It brought back some of the fun using a film camera that digital cameras lack!
Thank you so much! That sound is the best hey!?!
On my FA I use motor drive. It gets you away from having to have the film advance lever out all the time. And I also have a shutter button on the motor drive that is easier to use when shooting in portrait orientation
Congrats on the new FA. I love the FA, it has become my goto film camera.
The Nikon FA: A wonderful camera, that IMO is one of Nikon's best manual focus cameras.
Good to see how you are developing with your art and the confidence you have in your style. Really happy for you, shame it is too far from the UK to come see your exhibition!
You can use the smaller SB 23 flash, works with FA in full matrix TTL, same power as the SB 18 and cheap !
Congratulations on your new FA and the studio, that's great.
Thank you so much lovely! Exciting way to end the year 📸
I look forward to the cool camera strap video :)
Bought mine earlier this year untested for $90 threw in fresh batteries and works almost like new I’ve gotten some good results with it so far ❤
Amazing deal!!!! Love that for you!
Looking forward to seeing the progress towards the exhibition
The strap is supercool! And it will soften up with use
Yes looking back on the video now it actually looks cool 😎
Congrats on the studio space ❤🎉 ...and yep, gotta hate a stiff neck strap 🥴🤣
not gonna lie, this vid made me miss my FA after selling it to fund my F3
🥰👋👋👋 BRAVO ! All the best in this new adventure!
Thank you so much!
Hi Lucy. I discovered your Channel a view weeks ago. I love your work. Great Job. Also congratulation to your new Studio. I think a Nikon Df Camera would also fit well to your photography style. Greetings from the south-West of Germany.
Thank you so much! ☺️ I’ll look into that model haha not that I need any more cameras haha
Hard to go wrong with an FA!
I know right! So happy with this purchase and now the light seals have been fixed by good old lux lumen I’m excited for the next roll through it!
Heck I need to get out and shoot film. I have a Nikon S2 begging to get out and about. Unfortunately I am still buying 2nds digital cameras 😄
Awesome video. Keep it up👌
Hallo die nikon Fa ist eine von meinen Favoriten Kameras. Das Video hat mir sehr gut gefallen. Weiter so .
Thank you so much ☺️
Hey Lucy, can you recommend a groovy camera strap seller, cos I am with you on straps and their comfort and funkiness x
The struggle for cool looking but practical camera straps is real! I really love the ones from a Spanish company called Dubblefilm they have cool colours. Other than that I quite like the look of the Long Weekend ones but I haven’t used them. One day I would love to make a camera strap brand of my own!!!!
@@LucyLumen I have since found 'Dead Cameras', made in Portugal and very, very beautiful; I have of course now bought 3! Lots of love from deepest, darkest West Wales x
Haven’t tried FA. but I have a FG20 that I adore
What lens do you guys use for these videos. It has this perfect combination between vintage glowy highlight, sharp and contrasty color. I don't think you use any "black mist" filter as this looks very organic. I've been hunting for a lens like this for quite a while.
I love your accent, as well as your content.
Great, now I want a fat vintage flash on the top of my camera! Also I've heard white light leaks might be from the front of the camera and apparently red is from the back because light has to pass through the orange film to expose the front which is kinda interesting.
NIkon FA is super cool, especially when paired up with the Voigtlander 40mm F2. But you know what else is a super nice pair that nobody talks about on the whole Internet? :) The lightest film SLR with autofocus ever created, the Pentax *ist - paired with the Pentax 43mm HD F1.9 is a set which weighs under 500 grams! How crazy is that?
Nikon FA top camera.
Yeah, I recall this flop from the 80s. It did bring a lot of functions (matrix metering for one), but it had (according to fellow shooters who used Nikon, I was a Canon shooter back then) according to many, serious tech and quality issues. I believe it was only around for 5 years or so before Nikon discontinued it in the late 80s.
Is it true that pantex working on pantex 17 second gen ?
I’m not sure on this but I hope so!
I did not think they had matrix metering in any of the manual focus Nikon cameras. I remember the matrix metering came out when the Nikon F4 was released.
The FA is the only one I believe
I’m a total Nikon Fan Boy
Me too! Nikon for the win!
@@LucyLumen congrats on the Lumen studio
What lens on the FA ?
1.4/50mm Ais ?
Yep 👍🏼
@@LucyLumen you sure it doesn't have fungus? They aren't usually hazy like this
what film did you use?
Fuji 400 (Kodak Ultramax)
Your words on the dorky camera strap reminded me of this Olympus Camerad advert from the 80's. th-cam.com/video/axCVcyDF7Ms/w-d-xo.html
This is brilliant! I’m a big David Bailey fan and my family are English so this is so cool to see. I’ll show them and see if they remember. I wonder if a could recreate this somehow in a more modern way next time I do an advert for a piece of gear
More like Lois Lane...
Haha thanks 🙋🏻♀️
Did you visit the cat cafe?
I didn’t because I’m very allergic to cats 🐈 but I love them!