Nikon FM2n + Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm F1.8

The Nikon FM2n is the high-water mark of the mechanical 35mm SLR. Nikon gave it a shutter that runs to 1/4000s and flash-synchronises at 1/250s — figures that most electronic cameras of the day could not touch — and did it all with no battery required for the shutter to work. Photojournalists carried these into places where a dead cell would have ended the day. Paired here with the Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8, Nikon's compact and famously sharp fast normal.

Specifications

• Body: Nikon FM2n — mechanical 35mm SLR, introduced 1984
• Shutter: Mechanically timed vertical-travel metal focal plane, 1s to 1/4000s + Bulb
• Flash sync: 1/250s — marked in red on the shutter dial
• Battery-free: Fully mechanical at every shutter speed; the cells run the meter only
• Metering: TTL 60/40 centre-weighted, with vertical +/o/- LEDs in the viewfinder
• 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
• Self-timer: Mechanical, working
• Format: 35mm film
• Weight: approximately 520g body only
• Power: 2x LR44 / SR44 — meter only

Condition

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

Included

• Nikon FM2n body
• Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 lens
• Strap
• Lens cap
• UV filter

Fully working throughout — shutter, meter and timer. The 1/4000s top speed and 1/250s flash sync are what separate the FM2n from every other mechanical SLR of its era: you can shoot fast film wide open in daylight, and balance fill flash against bright sun, neither of which a 1/1000s body manages. The AF Nikkor has an aperture ring and the AI ridge, so it meters at full aperture here and still fits a Nikon autofocus body later.