On Tue, 24 Nov 1998 15:04:26 -0800, tired.of.spam@nospam.com (Rudy Garcia) wrote:
>In article <365B328C.AC4A1718@edromney.com>, romney@edromney.com wrote:

>> Someone said that the Nikon FG is limited because it lacks a mirror lock
>> up and a stop down preview. This is true. But you can get around these
>> problems easily. In place of mirror lockup for a slow exposure, simply
>> use the self timer. To view the image stopped down, simply unscrew the
>> lens a bit on its bayonet mount. It will stop down for you. It's quite
>> easy to do this right once you get the knack. Be careful the lens does
>> not drop off. This is quite a camera, the Nikon FG... light, compact and
>> all most of us really need. I use mine more than my FE --which is very
>> fine too..I always sell the more "professional" Nikons that pass through
>> here. Don't need em. And I distrust shutters faster than 1/1000. Blades
>> too light! These simple Nikons, FE, FM, FG and the Nikormats are true
>> classics of the future..highly reliable too! Best wishes..Ed Romney

>Couldn't agree with you more about these classics Ed. Though I really
>love my FE.

When the FG first came out, I hated it as a junky piece of
plastic crap (how COULD Nikon put this thing out???! ;-). Now,
I also prize it as a tiny, light, relatively nicely made/finished
Nikon with lots of useful features and nice controls. Gosh, how
our standards change! ;-) (But, heck, Nikon doesn't even bother
to paint the plastic anymore...;-)