NIKON L35 AF 

A lot of Canon and Minolta auto exposure cameras from the 1970s used the practice of mounting the meter sensor inside the lens mount so that it would read through filters, as here. For B&W, filters do not track too well with exposure determined by through-filter metering. True accuracy would require adjusting the ISO per the assigned filter factor, but through the filter is a practical approximation. As for the lens, test's published when it was introduced to the market suggest that it just the 35mm 2.8 made for the Nikon F SLR, remounted into plastic. Nikon used this lens a lot in higher quality cameras, probably the same lens as the 35Ti less the later coating improvements.

Love your videos Robbie, great to follow along with you on your adventures

Absolutely all right with you, incredible sharp lens. And besides i love its design, remenbering the 80’s!!

Lovely video Robbie, thanks !

Been meaning to get back into photography for the longest time. I have this camera and can say it’s one of my faves

Good to see you back in action. Great vid.

By far my favorite point & shoot camera. Love the Sonnar design lens! As for street photography, you can actually use it. Press the shutter button, hold it and release it after you‘ve left the scene. Only now it makes its loud noises :)

Man, Robbie, for ten bucks I’d be havin one of those Nikons also. What a great find you had and some awesome photos you made. Great video.👍👍

Also, this camera is soo easy to take its housing apart. Much props to Nikon!

Placing the meter window inside the filter ring was pretty common among cameras of that era. The Olympus Trip 35 did it with a selenium meter.

Robbie. This video was Amazing. I love the style of your videos and the pictures even more. And I like how cringe you look early in the morning with a cigar and a point and shoot in the field. Awesome. Also your glasses look really good in you.

You are so right this is a beautiful camera. I have had a few die in me though but hey then you get to se the inside of it. Just be aware if you have charged the flash - it does give you a good shock! Saw it compared to the TI35 - its more plasticy and it makes noise - but it REALLY good!

This was my first film camera! Love it

I have this!! Love it much. Shot it with Kodak Pro Image 100. Scrumptious results.

That’s one camera I’ve always wanted. Had a Canon AF35 and I’m guessing it’s very similar. The railroad photo at the beginning reminded me of ‘Stand by Me’

Great breakdown of the pikaichi!

Another camera having a similar light meter right under the lens is the Agfa Optima Sensor from the 1970s. But this camera doesn’t have AF. It has zone focus instead. And the film is manually advanced, what makes it very quiet. And due to its size it‘s very stealthy. It‘s a simple camera, but small and reliable. Perfect for streetphotography.

I bought one of these for my wife over 20 years ago. My wife lent it to my brother, who managed to break it. It powers up, winds, autofocuses, but doesn't trigger the shutter. I still have it. Lovely little camera.

Used mine today. Impromptu visit to a car show so I grabbed my L35 af and a roll of Fuji color film.

Thanks for the video and being different from most of the stuff on here.

Hi Robbie, I've had way to many point n shots in the past but I only own one now & it's this one. It's the Ken Rockwell of point n shots enough said !

Have one of these that has the higher iso and, while it doesn’t seem to auto rewind anymore, it’s one of my go to cameras

Beautiful scenes

Thi Minolta Hi-matic F (and all Minoltas rangefinders) has this "meter-behind-the-filter" layout. Very handy.

I like the glasses yah got in this. camera's nice too. I'd love to get another point and shoot but I already have too many that I don't shoot enough

645 reference!? Damn I can’t wait to get mine now in the mail Nice video Salute

I had one of these years ago and it got stolen along with the rest of my gear. I actually got my gear back from the pawn shop where it ended up, but this camera wasn't in the mix. I assume the pawn dude didn't want it and the person that stole it ditched it somewhere. I've considered replacing it a few times, but prices on them are wild. Great video man... And yeah, this lens is an absolute gem.

Nice review on the Nikon. Makes me think of trying one. Not sure if you have tried one but I would say that the sharpest point and shoot to me would be my Konica Hexar AF with the 35mm F2,Tthey are about 3 times the price of the Nikon but they are worth every penny and the images are just stunning.

Great video! Have you given any thought to making a video on how to clean the L35AF like you did?

Nice video, didn't realize CatLabs was based here in MA. I wonder what it is, I get excited for all these new films only to find out a lot of them are re-packaged Foma. (Not that there's anything wrong with Foma.)

Great video I was missing you already great photo wow that crazy wasn't a body poor Bear

Great video ! While I love these type of cameras my experience is not very good. I have the Nikon L35AWAF but it does not rewind and Canon 35AFML which is similar but has problems with film advance. So lately I am using cameras like Nikon F80 and Canon Rebel in auto mode like P&S and I can use some great Nikon lenses on it. Only P&S I use are Olympus Mu1 and 2 which are really small when I don’t want to use the SLRs

Great photos! I bought one on ebay and I'm having some trouble to have the focus that I want in my picutres. But I don´t know if it's just that I have to improve my aim or there is something wrong with the camera's focus. Could you please give some tips about the focus practice? Thanks!

Just came across this video and you mentioned in the text at the beginning of the video that one of the filters you used was a 46mm Tiffen 85b filter. I was looking into getting one for this camera as I use Kodak Vision 3 500T quite a lot and like the option of warming it up with a filter when I want to. However I can't find that filter in 46mm anywhere, not even on Tiffen's own website. Did you purchase a Tiffen filter in 46mm or did you use a step up ring to attach the filter to the camera?

Banger

honestly, i would have been thinking the opposite. "why would you be shooting color film, you dummy." LOL! we already have way too many youtube "photographers" out there saturating the place with point and shoot color, we really dont need any more of that. Your choice to shoot black and white is perfect, and so so soooo much better than all the rest out there on youtube!

Love this video have a question Is there any way to clean the view finder of debris ? Also is yours clear?

Although with the second version the ISO goes up to 1000 you can't manually set it.

My shutter button is stuck but nothing is broken from the camera. Any help? Also great vid👍

The irony of "enviromental" police dumping a plastic tarp in nature is quite striking

Found one for $4 years ago in a thrift store and holy cow the price for one of these online!

I’m thinking of buying one that’s not working the seller says he can’t turn it on. I’m curious to see if it’s better to tweek around it. Save me couple bucks. It’s for 25 plus shipping

Damn, that thing is cleeaaaan.

Ordered and waiting. What Color Film would you suggest? Something..."filmy".

Great video and I am glad it wasn't a human body wrapped up in that tarp. I think I would have taken off running, especially knowing there was a lone tent nearby. Anyway, your original video on the L35AF is one reason why I purchased one. I have enjoyed using it and felt fortunate to have been able to find a 1000 ASA version in pristine condition. Despite paying a but more than you did (I desperately wanted the one I found), it being loud and a bit of a brick, it takes fantastic photos and is great to take on hikes when I don't want to carry one of my other cameras.

Bought one of these 34 years ago when my daughter was born to take baby pictures.

And a freshly shed Snake skin. You would think they would dump it and remove the tarp so that other scavengers would eat it over time!

lol black and white in the fall againnnnnn

OMG why you didn't take the turtle home to play with jab?! lolllll

I found one at a flea market for a buck 😊

there are actually three different versions of this camera! there are two newer versions, the AF2 an AF3. They use the same lens and function almost exacty the same except with slightly improved autofocus points and some other features. most importantly, you can still find the AF3 super affordably compared to the L35AF

i still don't understand why they would just leave a bear out there to rot, in a tarp? lol

Now why the hell would the environmental police just throw a bear carcus in a random spot, next to random power lines, wrapped up in a tarp?? That doesn't make sense haha

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