Nikon FM + Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F1.8

The Nikon FM is where Nikon's compact mechanical line began. Launched in 1977 alongside the AI lens standard, it packed a professional-grade titanium-bladed shutter and a proper TTL meter into a body far smaller and cheaper than the F2 — and because the shutter is mechanical, it fires at every speed with a flat battery. Thousands of photographers bought one as a backup and ended up using it as their main camera. Paired here with the Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Nikon's compact, sharp and famously good-value fast normal.

Specifications

• Body: Nikon FM — mechanical 35mm SLR, introduced 1977
• Shutter: Titanium-bladed vertical-travel focal plane, 1s to 1/1000s + Bulb, fully mechanical
• Metering: TTL 60/40 centre-weighted GaAsP photodiode, with +/o/- LEDs in the viewfinder
• Viewfinder: Shows the metering LEDs, set shutter speed and lens aperture; split-image and microprism screen
• Flash sync: 1/125s, hot shoe
• Mount: Nikon F, AI-coupled
• Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 — focused manually on this body, with open-aperture metering via its AI coupling ridge
• Filter thread: 52mm
• Format: 35mm film
• Weight: 590g body only
• Power: 2x LR44 / SR44 — meter only

Condition

• Cosmetic: Body in excellent+ condition with minimal to no signs of age or use. Lens in excellent+ condition with no fungus, haze or scratches.
• Functional: Fully working, including the meter. Lens fully functional and smooth.

Included

• Nikon FM body
• Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens with front and rear caps
• Strap
• Lens cap
• UV filter

Everything works, including the meter. The AF Nikkor is an autofocus lens, but it carries both an aperture ring and the AI coupling ridge, so on the FM it simply becomes a manual-focus 50mm with full open-aperture metering — and it moves straight onto a Nikon autofocus body later if you add one. A mechanical Nikon with clean fast glass is one of the most durable ways to shoot film.