Nikon N75 (F75, U2) First Impressions shot on Kodak Ektachrome E100S and Elite Chrome 200 

The N80 F80 is what you need. Nice video!!

The N80 will have all the specs you want as it's like the little brother to the F100. Those two are my primary and back-ups.

Azriel Knight and David Hancock are the big daddies of RU-vid film photography. While the kids are playing with their expensive toys, taking pictures of toilet bowl, abandoned buildings, cars and gas stations; Azriel come into the room and show them how things are done. “Kids, I am going to use this rusty knife and craft a beautiful spoon out of this shitty piece of rotten wood.”

Hello Azriel. Thank you for sharing the your passion for photography journey. I'm going to repeat what several have already written, the right camera for your requirements is the F80. It looks and handles similar to the F100 but very light and quiet. With the MB-16 battery pack it has the right size and grip. I believe the only cont is the focus indicator does not work with manual lenses but, not an issue to you The F90x (N90s) is a top camera but from another era. Nikon F80 allways a pleasure to use. Best wishes

I'm surprised this camera doesn't have iso control cause I have a Canon Rebel T2 from 2003 and you can change the ISO in the dial settings

BTW. Custom 7 makes the AE-L button into a Spot Meter.

Bulk film loading is the best! 🎞 I use the AP Bobinquick and right now it's loaded with a bulk roll of Fomapan 400.

I use Nikon F80 as main film body and love it. Even more than my Pentax MX

Try the f90x or n90s. Cool look, and most functions of f100. Yes it can to all exposure methods!

I've been bulk-loading for years. You don't really get any extra dust specs that I've seen. What you do get if you aren't careful, is grit that gets stuck in the felt of the cartridges. This leaves long fine horizontal scratches in the emulsion. Blowing through the felt from the inside of the cartridges with an airduster before reloading, will mostly eliminate this.

You can get Arista DX code stickers to put on canisters. Also the Nikon n90s has been my main camera for awhile, you can get a body for super super cheap

The Nikon F 100 in my opinion is the best 35mm film camera ever made I had 4 of them at one time.

@Azriel. The F80 is good, I have used it and I really like it. I have one with the battery grip, but actually I like the F80 without it. The only issue on F80 is the same what F100 has - crappy plastic lid latch that brakes just from watching at it 😆

3/13/22 Welcome to the world of bulk loading, my preferred method of keeping film costs down, and the Ilford HP-5 film is my preferred BW film for shooting, always great negatives. As long as you keep the reloadable cassette felts clean you should have no issues. Like you with your preferred Nikon cameras & Lens, my Prefered camera is the 90's Minolta Maxxim series cameras and AF lenses which I have been able to carry over the AF A-mount lenses for my Sony digital SLT A-55 covering all 3 zoom lenses mm ranges and fix mm lenses at no additional cost along with the heavier beer can AF lenses that have superior optics. For the dx coding, I have heard of making overlays for the different ASA speeds for cameras film cassettes without being able to adjust that feature.

I recently bought a Nikon F90 for £50 and that is a superb camera. It's impressed me so much so that I'm now selling all my canon and olympus equipment.

Nikon N90S has the best shutter sound out of all cameras I used. I think they use it as camera sound effects in the 80s movies.

Have you considered bulk rolling Ultrafine Finesse? It's $53/bulk roll from Photo Warehouse. I've heard it's like Ultrafine Extreme with maybe just a touch less exposure latitude. That's a $11 savings over Arista EDU 400 and $37 cheaper than 100 feet of HP5.

I use the F75 with a 50mm D Lens as Backup for my F80 with 24-85 VR. Thats a really lightweight Travel Package.

This is my favorite consumer SLR. I gave mine away to a friend but ended up buying another one. 😄

Great video

I've been curious about the F75 and the F55. They're some of the last models produced before things shifted over to digital and should offer some of the best technology available for 35mm, theoretically speaking. Strange that they removed ISO control, though. I guess latest doesn't mean greatest. But if they're lower end cameras it should be no surprise if older, but more professional, models outperform them. I did something similar to you. I have modern EF lenses and got a Rebel Ti to shoot film with them. The plastic is cheap feeling but as you said it still gets the job done. I had the opportunity to get an Elan 7, which I would have preferred, but my enthusiasm for the camera made the seller change their mind and they decided to keep it. lol

Cool video, i am waiting for my F75 and my F80 that i bought off of ebay to arrive in the next few days the F80 comes with an ERROR message so i am going to put some effort into that camera to try and find out the problem i picked up the F80 for only £29.99 so if i can fix it it'll be kind of a bargain of some sort the F75 was £35.00 i want to develop my own Black and White Film I haven't done this since 1984, i have bought some Kodak D-76 and 500ml bottle of Ilford rapid fix a tank i will be scanning in the negatives i yet to work out that one lol probably will use my Sony A6300 with a macro lens, i think I'm going to do a video on this its my first time shooting film since the 80's i have bought a roll of fomapan 200 creative, at the moment i have a Praktica MTL3 with the fomapan loaded up i think i really need to do a video on all this.

Print off some bar codes and silver tape you can shoot whatever iso suits you. Especially now you're bulk loading....One or two canisters with each iso label and you're good to go.

ISO control is certainly nice, but you can buy stickers for it. I bulk load all my film and try to generally use cartridges with appropriate dx coding. You can also just use exposure compensation - i.e. if it defaults to 100, and you want to shoot it at 400, just set the exposure compensation to -2. All that said, it should not be hard to get a camera with ISO control. Another thing to look at is which batteries are used - I prefer AA. Can get them anywhere and they are cheap, and you can use rechargeable. Lastly - note that there are a few cameras from the film world that support VR, which is really nice. That includes the F6, F6, F100, N80, N75, and N65 - and I think that’s all. I would consider that an important feature if you are shooting with VR lenses (I think the 24-120 f/4 is VR).

The F90x will fill all your requirements. It is basically an F100 in a smaller package. It's fully featured and rock solid. I bulk-loaded film for years and never had problems with dust. You should be fine, and HP5 is a great choice with lots of flexibility.

I am 1 minute in and am hoping you will get to the n80 dead last, because it is exactly what you describe that your'e looking for in a camera, but hope you get through the entire list first. There are some real gems in there.

Comparing your development routine and equipment and darkroom with my own makes me sink into the ground. You do have a rocket science and a lab there. I'm living with 2 cats and a dog and my film dries beside the laundry dryer. But you would be surprised how clean I get my negs .. (I love my F65/N65)

Дякую!

My main gripe with this camera is the no ISO control. I had a thought to make DX stickers to put on bulk rolled film cannisters, but seriously, why Nikon?!

Sugestion for next video: Ukraine lenses for Nikon (Arsat factory). Helios 81N, Mir-24N, Mir-20N, Kaleinar-5N, very cool lenses! The Pentacon 6 lenses too (with adapter)!

Greetings from India, Azriel. A friend of mine gifted me a 2003 model of Nikon N75 with the kit lens which has been retired for a while. I plan to get it repaired and start my journey with film. However, I have one question: Can I not use a higher ISO film like Ilford Delta on this to get better results if the ISO control is an issue. Also, if I am not wrong, the lab should be able to push it by two stops if the native ISO is not satisfactory. Please correct me if I am wrong. (After all, I have not even started my journey in film.) Thank you for such an indepth, personal video.

HP5 is better than TriX for a lot of things anyway. If you want finer grain try bulk “Rollei” Retro 80s. It’s also extended red/IR which means a lot of doors open WRT filtering.

Try the N90s it’s a great option

Unless you're loading inside an active grain mill, dust during bulk loading isn't an issue. At least it's never been for me or anyone else I know.

Nothing can back up the F100 it’s a great camera. I had 4 Nikon F100 cameras at one time. I now have 3 Nikon N75 cameras but the are not the Nikon F100.

6:12 In the 1990s, Japanese camera manufacturers started using silly names for the domestic market like "Canon EOS Kiss (Rebel XS)" and "Minolta alpha Sweet (Dynax 5)" and so on hoping they sounded more appealing to moms and dads😁. "Nikon U (=You?)" series were such cameras too.

Nice! :)

F80/N80, a F100's little brother. I prefer F90X/N90S, very superior camera (like a pro), but... only speed priority on G lenses. F80 = Only D and G lenses, no meter on Ai and AIS. F90X = AI, AIS and D its OK, G only in S mode.

Holy shit Azriel!!! You paid $2000 CAD for these Nikon AF-S lenses. I got the prices for these lenses below from Ebay sold listings. These price ranges aren't the least or the most that people have paid for these lenses, but a general middle ground of pricing. I even did the currency conversion from USD to CAD. Nikon 35mm f/1.8G ED - Full Frame - $275-350 USD - $350-440 CAD Nikon 50mm f/1.8G - Full Frame - $130-150 USD - $$165-190 CAD Nikon 24-120mm f/4G - Full Frame - $350-450 USD - $445-575 CAD These lenses cost between $960-1200 CAD. That doesn't include shipping, of course, or any import tax. I think you really could have gotten these lenses for less. Maybe you made a choice to support a local shop that is selling these lenses, fine. Maybe you got a good warranty with these lenses that you bought, great. But I really think you overpaid for these lenses.

Cool videos on this inexpressive nikons , not a lot of people are interested this days because they are not as sexy as older mechanical cameras. I love this F75 for its lightweight . Pair it with an 50mm af and for like 50-60 euros at 500grams you have a setup that beats most of the overrated and over expensive point and shoots.

F80s, the "s" model will print exposure date in-between frames giving you valuable information on how to adjust future exposures, and well... if you just want your data. I have one and it's like budget F100, also the F100 won't allow you to print in-between frames.

F90x is also an option, but its also quite heavy and loud.

I have Canon EOS 300 (Europe notation) and EOS 500 with manual tuning ISO. I find EOS system much simpler but maybe Nikon has sturdier cameras and better optics. The only advantage Canon has is that it can use M42 adapted lenses but those are manual lenses and my eyes are now too tired. Anyway, I appreciate the autofocus on Canon and Nikon cameras but I hate the automatic advance of the film - another thing that can break more easily than a mechanical, manual film advancing. And there is no EOS camera with manual advancing. I might end up returning to all metal film cameras (with no stupid plastic gears inside - do you believe that even Minolta SRT 101 has one that actuates the mirror and if it breaks you can't replace because all are already too brittle?) but this time, rangefinders that can be easily focused even for tired eyes. And a software exposure meter on a smart phone.

Try the F/N80

ASA is the proper designation when referring to film.

great camera, but I hate that silver color. I have a black version N65 as backup for my F100.

the N80 is the camera you want 85% of the F100 @ 15% of the cost. a true gem

Hmmm technically the F4 is still the best.....

Lovely little camera. Seemingly manufactured for the ladies at the time. Hence the small grip? Don't really see any advantages shooting expired colour film... Can get away with so much more from shooting black and white... Seemingly has a better shelf life. Just because it's plastic and cheap doesn't mean it can't be useful. Still a box with a hole in it at the end of the day. Can't wait to see your next venture. Maybe the f65?

$33 a roll of slide film? wow that is crazy

Hi, Azriel. What do you mean when you say you need a “complement” for your F100? Why do want a camera that can perform only 75% of the functions of the F100. I LOVE my F100-so much so that I plan to buy a second, and possibly even 3rd body, that I can set aside until the one I am currently using breaks beyond repair (an unfortunate real possibility for all electromechanical cameras.) Is the F100 to replace yours going to be available in 20 years? Maybe, but only at a ridiculous price. Buy another one now!

This is expensive to you use, film wise you say?

Consider the Nikon F6. It is the best Nikon 35mm film camera I have (and I have a lot).

Where has the creative process gone?

I’ve decided that I will never buy Kodak film again. What they did to Patrick Wack and his documentation of Uyghurs in China was disgraceful. Wack was using his photos as a political statement, and Kodak censored it after China told the company to take the photos down.

I think the cameras you are testing too low quality compared with the F100. I got back to film a couple of years ago after 20 years pause (but I was 42 when I got my first digital). My first new film camera was a F601 and I was amazed over the quality for €30. Unfortunately it got me infected with the GAS syndrome. Soon after I got the F90 for about double the cost, and then F100 and F6. Of course the F6 blows anything out of the water (and it was expensive), but the F90 is close to the F100 , and sometimes I think I should just have been content with the F601.

i've had 2 N80/F80 during the past 15 years, every body became extremely sticky, i sold it, rebought it, etc. Both of my copies are that sticky, that you really can't use them. Clearning with 95% isopropyl alcohol showed no real effect. I use instead my F75 as AF SLR mostly, besides Pentax, and life with one dial - it's okay. For everything else, i use other gear, for instance Minolta...which i am shooting for >3 decades with film. The N75/F75 is fine. Cheap plasticky build, small pentamirror (instead brighter, bigger pentaprism) OVF, but it does get the job done. IQ correlates to your used Nikon F mount lenses, and further which film one does use. One thing that irritates me - whileas all my SLRs are via (manual, not electronical) filmcounter counting forward, my F75 does count the avialable frames, exposures backwards. About the ISO code, yes, i must always hack the ISO (100) b/w films to DX code 200, for added contrast, and a bit more (film) speed. The N80/F80 does have ISO control, but all copies i've ever had, have been way sticky, so it was pretty un-useable.

Nice touch with your title graphic in the gold and blue. Slava Ukraini!

Why do people spend a fortune on equipment and then skimp on film?

Зачем политику мешать с обзором отличной камеры?

Lol wants advanced professional features, complains when advanced amature camera doesn't have advanced professional features. Just get the n80 already. Love your videos though.