Nikon F3 HP SLR Film Camera Body 35mm F3/HP High Eyepoint
I owned several of these over the years and loved them. My favourite was a mint F3hp I bought on ebay. Had a couple of titanium bodies go through my ebay trading days and they were a work of stunning beauty--especially the champagne colour bodies. Smoother winder than the F2 and as solid as a tank. The HP viewfinder was excellent and if you looked through one today after your DSLR it would be quite a shock. Pity the film days are over as it was a lot more fun than digital and the stuff was much better made. And they wouldn't change specs every 6 months but about every 6 or 7 years. Nothing like the feel of a F2 or F3 and those awesome manual Nikkors that lasted forever and produced stunning results. Remember the 105mm f1.8? Or the razor sharp 28mm f2.8 Ais? Those were the days my friends! The 70-80's were the decades that Nikon ruled the world. As soon as they started building their stuff in China the mantle fell to Canon (and their MIJ equipment). Things may get better in digital world as the nostalgia is creepng back with Fuji X series and monster expensive Leica and especially Olympus and their OMD-5. Maybe Nikon ought to release a F3d?
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