The Nikon FM10 has all the features necessary for creating vibrant pictures. The incredibly lightweight 35-70mm zoom lens, which comes with the FM10 kit, covers a broad range from wide-angle to normal to telephoto. At the wide-angle end, you can take spectacular landscapes or group portraits. The mid-range setting has a natural perspective and is ideal for general photography, while the telephoto end brings you closer for those beautiful, detailed portraits. The choice is yours: you can take dramatic sports pictures where you "freeze" the action with a fast shutter speed, just when your favorite player scored a goal, for example, or you might use a slow shutter speed to highlight the movement of water flowing over rocks in a river. A variety of compatible, optional Nikon Speedlights are available for those brilliant nighttime portraits of your favorite people or fill-in flash for daytime photography with back-lit subjects.
STAY AWAY from this camera! It is very cheaply made and prone to breaking. My high school bought 30 FM10 bodies with 35-70mm lenses 18 months ago for use by photography students. Over half are now broken, most with stuck shutter release buttons. I also had my own FM10 for a short while (5 months) before I sold it and bought a Minolta; mine luckily did not break on me, but it broke a month later on the friend I sold it to. These cameras are NOT made by Nikon; they are made by either Tokina or Konica (sorry but the two names are very similar and i get them confused.) The camera is also at least priced double its worth, if not more.
Strength
fully manual for beginners.
Weakness
cheaply made and very prone to breaking
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Written By
Rick(Unregistered User)
From
Machesney Park, IL
Date Created
02/07/2000
Summary
Excellent beginner camera
Strength
All manual so if you mess up it is your fault. Comes with 35-70 f/3.5 and a strap and case and batteries for a great price
perfect for the beginner such as myself
Weakness
Plastic Body feels kinda cheap because it is so light
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Written By
ARAVIND R(Unregistered User)
From
BANGALORE, KARNATAKA INDIA
Date Created
01/28/2000
Summary
Overall it is the best of its time and I find who are using manual Nikon cameras out of 10 6-7 are having FM10.
Strength
I am a begineer and I have nikon fm10 with 35-70 lenses. I find it very easy to handel & the best in manual handel in nikon series.
Weakness
There is not much problem in it. Except it is a fiber body.