It was hard to find, but here it is: Many years in this business and I had never seen an SB-5 in its original box and with all its components and manuals. But here it is, this elusive piece finally becomes part of the Niko-Film
Launched in 1959, the NIKON F instantly won the confidence of professional photographers and recorded sales of over 800,000 units in Japan and overseas. A decade later in 1971, its successor, the NIKON F2 was released. The NIKON F camera was already renowned for its
A tribute to one of the most iconic cameras in history. https://vimeo.com/782988680 Hello and welcome to Nikon Film. Today’s episode deals with an aspect that is rarely considered when looking at a venerable and legendary camera. In today’s world, where people love their oppression and
Before Nikon made cameras there was Nikkor making optical lenses since 1933. Since then Nikkor became the precision optics that the world used to see itself and its surroundings. The quality and precision of his lenses took Nikkor to the top, and his optics brought
In its day, most photographers used color negatives and made prints out of them. They rarely considered the possibility of photographing slides. In fact, slides were —and are— always strange territory, not for everyone… but it shouldn’t be a scary concept either. Shooting slides has
We are the last generation that can experience true wilderness. Already the world has shrunk dramatically. To a Frenchman, the Pyrenees are “wild.” To a kid living in a New York City ghetto, Central Park is “wilderness.” Even travelers in Patagonia forget that its giant,