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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rec.photo
Subject: Re: Manual SLRs - (nf)
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 16:03:15 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 16:03:15 1983
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The Nikon FM IS the manual version. It's the FE that's the "equivalent" 
semi-auto (aperture-preferred), but with full manual match-needle metering.
Both of these use metal bodies, and the same metal shutter.  Perhaps you 
were thinking of Nikon's substantially cheaper EM, which is auto-only
(I think)  Then there's the newer FG model, which has most of the FE
features, but adds a full-auto (program) mode.  As it typically sells
for slightly less than the FE, it either has a slight reduction in quality,
or the technology advances allow lower cost with no sacrifices in quality.
>From what little I've seen of the FG, it looks like the latter.
(I'm ignoring completely the top of the line F3)

Bob Schleicher ihuxk!rs55611