They were often shot alongside their F-christened brothers and sometimes even replaced them in the field. These cameras were incredibly well made, well designed, and came to be well regarded among photographers looking for a slightly cheaper alternative to the F-series that could still mount Nikon’s best lenses. Which is weird, because Nikon’s amateur cameras were usually better than anyone else’s. Even the Nikon Compact F series, perhaps the best overall series of SLRs ever made, never toppled consumer-oriented rivals. The Nikon EM and FG were supposed to knock the Canon AE-1 off its perch, but were outsold by a huge margin. The Nikon FA was supposed to dazzle tech-obsessed shooters in the 1980s, but other manufacturers kept pace. If the world of photography is built upon the relationships between camera-makers and photographers, there may be no relationship stranger than the one between Nikon and amateur shooters. Nikon’s history is full of failed attempts to foster this relationship.
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