How much is a film camera worth?

How much is a film camera worth?

Classic camera values range from worthless up to $8,000 or more, depending on factors like brand, condition, film format and popularity. Many are worth around $15, though it’s impossible to place an average value on classic cameras.

What is a Nikkormat camera worth?

Nikon: Nikkormat FTN (same as Nikomat FTN)

Average Mint
Body only $40-50 $140-160
With lens $60-70 $180-200
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Is Nikkormat the same as Nikon?

Nikkormat (Nikomat in Japan) was a brand of cameras produced by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K., as a consumer version of the professional Nikon brand.

When was the Nikon ELW released?

1972
Nikomat ELW was introduced in the early 1976 as a minor change model from the Nikomat EL (See Part 7.),which was released in 1972.

What lenses work with Nikkormat?

Manual Focus Camera Body Lens Types Compatible
Nikkormat FTN / FT / FT2 OK stop down
F2 / F2S / F2SB OK stop down
Nikkormat EL / ELW OK stop down
Nikkormat FT3 stop down OK

When was the last Nikkormat EL camera made?

The last of the Nikkormat series in May, 1977 (FT3 was launched a few months earlier in March of the same year). Officially discontinued in 1979, a year after the debut of the more compact FE in 1978. It is essentially the Automatic Indexing (AI) that made the difference – note the lens coupling as compared to the EL and ELW.

Is the Nikomat EL Tim Rogers a mechanical camera?

The camera is based on the Nikkormat mechanical body chassis, although its exterior pentaprism design is looks different from the mechanical Nikkormats (the larger prism housing design accommodates the non-flexible circuit board inside). The control interface has been changed, though, to the style of the future FE/FM series of cameras.

What was the original price of the Nikon EL2?

It is extremely well-made, with a list price at introduction for the body-only of $2,000, in today’s dollars. The Nikon EL2 was announced at PMA in the spring of 1977, along with the lower-priced Nikon FM and the state-of the art Nikon F2AS.

What was the shutter speed of the Nikkormat EL?

The Nikkormat EL camera introduced an electronically timed shutter as well as having a conventional hot shoe for the flash. The flash sync speed was a relatively high 1/125 second, this was a result of Nikon introducing vertical moving shutter curtains.