Nikon FE10
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The Nikon FE10 is a manual focus 35mm film SLR released from Nikon in 1996. It accepts Nikon F type lenses. As of April 2012, can still be purchased from many retailers new and usually bundled with a 35-70mm zoom lens.
The FE10 has aperture priority and manual exposure modes. It has a electronic metal focal-plane shutter with speeds from 8s to 1/2000 in A mode and 1 to 1/2000 and B in manual mode. The flash sync can be synced at 1/90 sec. in auto mode and 1/60 sec. and slower in manual mode. Settings the speed faster than 1/60 in manual mode it will automatically set it to 1/90. The hot shoe is compatible Nikon Speedlights including SB-16B, SB-22, SB-23, and SB-27. The self-timer is electronic with a delay of approx 10 sec. It features TTL full aperture, center-weighted stop down metering system. There are 13 LED's in the finder for shutter speeds along with A, X90 and B lamps. Proper exposure is obtained by a match LED type system. The meter has a range of 1 to 18 EV at (ISO 100), settable to film speeds from 25 to 3200 ISO. Exposure compensation of ±2 EV as well as AE lock is available. Focus is aided by a split-image rangefinder spot surrounded by a micro-prism collar. It uses two 1.5 volt silver oxide SR44 or one CR-1/3N battery. The film transport uses a manual film advance lever and rewind crank.
As with the Canon T60 it appears the FE10 was produced under contract by Cosina, based on that company's C2 and C3 SLRs for K-mount lenses. However the FE10 has several enhancements not found in those models:
- Depth-of field preview
- Multiple-exposure option
- Locking shutter-speed and ISO dials
- AE Lock
- A full range of manual speeds from 1 to 1/2000 sec.
- Indications on the ISO dial for +/- 2 EV of exposure compensation
- Higher, automatic 1/90 sec. shutter speed with compatible NIkon Speedlights
These photographer-oriented differences may indicate Nikon had a greater influence than typical on Cosina's design.
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