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I started to look at which Nikon camera I wanted to carry every day. Already owning a F3 and a FE2, I knew Nikon made a more compact camera, the EM and the FG and FG-20. I wanted simple, compact, inexpensive and durable. I read about the EM and purchased one and started carrying it. In short, it is much like Ken Rockwell says, Nikon’s first crappy camera. Mass produced and inexpensive, on my third one, servicing each, light seals replaced, cleaning, ugh, they all broke. I had purchased the flash and motor drive for the EM and I read that the FG and the FG-20 would mount these accessories. So I started to research the difference between the FG and FG-20.
The FG had nearly everything I wanted in a camera that I was going to carry every day. P mode or Program mode, the camera does everything for you, aperture and shutter speed settings. It had A mode or Aperture control, you set the aperture and the camera set the shutter speed. It has a M mode or manual mode where you set everything. The metering in the viewfinder is a series of red LEDs that indicates shutter speeds. It also has a little beep that sounds if you are about to take a picture out of metering range for a good picture.
I’ve now shot about a dozen rolls of film through my FG. It’s a nice camera that has a lot under the hood.
My FG has a MD-E motor winder attached and I choose a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 AI-S Japanese pancake version. I used to use the ill spoken about Series E 28mm f2.8 AI-S but I really want a Nikkor 20mm f4 AI for it, I am currently looking for one.
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Resources
Nikon FG Review and How To. Nikon’s Smallest SLR?
David Hancock: Nikon FG Beginner Tutorial Walkthrough and Review - part 2
Below are a few photographs that I took with my FG cameras.
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