Nº de série Nikon FM2 - 8549567focus type – manualtype – SLRcountry of manufacture - JapanA camera which needs no introductionNikon FM2 is a legend. It’s not the most advanced film camera developed by Nikon but it just means a lot to many photographers including Steve McCurry, who used this camera to shoot the most famous “Afghan Girl” photograph for the National Geographic in 1984, or amateur photographers like you and me who began to learn about film photography in our school hood and always dreamed of having a Nikon FM2. Nikon FM2 is a 100% mechanically controlled manual focus SLR with manual exposure control. That means you don’t need battery at all to shoot, so it’s a truly “all weathers” camera. I remember some years ago when I went to Finland to chase the northern light, my Fujifilm X-T1 suddenly got “stuck” due to the low temperature in the Arctic circle. I had to bring it indoor and keep it warm for a bit, and then the camera went live again. Honestly, I find that quite silly. I wish I could have brought FM2 with me at that time.FM2 has several editions and I happened to acquire a FM2/T camera in perfect mint condition. T means titian, one of the world’s strongest materials and it is also very light, hence titian is also widely applied in space technology. Nowadays FM2 may be a bit overpriced than other Nikon models due largely to its celebrity effect, i.e. perhaps it has just too many famous photographers and celebrities as its loyal fans, even to this day. Well, a legend has its own reasons to be defined as the legend, of course.I thought I am one of the few who decided to go back to the basics and pick up film photography again during the pandemic. The New York Times proved I was wrong. Film photography is now in trend.Last year I also acquired a Nikon F4, which is more advanced technologically than FM2/T. F4 is a heavy one, over 1 kg already including lens, so these days I carry FM2/T more often for street photography. Film photography is like magic, the magic of color, light, and your point of the view about the world. That’s all and that’s how you can also be the master of magic.Though the FM2 was marketed to capitalize on the lucrative advanced enthusiast market of the 1980s, it also served double duty as a light mechanical backup body for many pro photographers. And in spite of its amateur origins, the FM2 shares the self-same ruggedness and reliability of Nikon’s legendary F-series of cameras. As a result, many photojournalists who didn’t need the excessive modularity or wanted to avoid the hefty bulk of the F-series picked the FM2 as a simple, no-nonsense, bare-bones photographic tool.Steve McCurry happens to belong to such a camp, and just as Henri Cartier-Bresson took advantage of the Leica M3’s rangefinder format, Steve McCurry took advantage of the FM2’s SLR format. His documentary-style portraiture lends itself well to the specific abilities of SLRs, and the harsh environs of globetrotting photojournalism almost certainly called for the rugged reliability of a Nikon.The specific camera, lens, and film used to make his most famous portrait, Afghan Girl, is the Nikon FM2 paired with the Nikkor 105mm f/2.5 AIs, exposing on the sorely missed Kodachrome 64. The ability to see exactly what we’re getting with an SLR makes critical framing easier, and because the viewfinder magnification changes along with the lens’s focal length, it makes framing the odd focal length of Nikon’s 105mm much faster than on a frameline-restricted rangefinder.__________________(todos os itens incluídos estão com a revisão técnica em dia e em perfeito estado de conservação e funcionamento): - Nikon FM 2 black body- objetiva Nikkor 50mm f/2 AI manual focus lens_________________________NIKON FM2tipo de câmera: analógica SLR 35mmfilme compatível: 35 mmencaixe para lentes: Nikon Fvelocidade do obturador: 1 a 1/4000, Balimentação: duas pilhas LR44dimensões aproximadas: 14,2 x 9 x 6 cmpeso aproximado: 540 g