Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/26/83; site ihuxk.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!hou5f!orion!houca!hogpc!houxm!ihnp4!ihuxk!rs55611 From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP Newsgroups: net.rec.photo Subject: Re: Manual SLRs - (nf) Message-ID: <359@ihuxk.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 16:03:15 EDT Article-I.D.: ihuxk.359 Posted: Wed Jun 15 16:03:15 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 22:26:10 EDT References: <354@minn-ua.UUCP> Organization: BTL Naperville, Il. Lines: 12 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