I’m in my 50’s and use 3 of them regularly. The camera slowly grows on you. Be careful not to touch the LCD in the finder. You will grow to appreciate the finder as you get older. The shutter mechanism has a magic that is better than more current cameras.

@SathyaPeacock

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving your thoughts here Steve :) glad you enjoy using your F4. I look forward to using mine for years to come. The entire package is magic to me, every time I pick it up hard to put down :) hope you have a lovely weekend!

I've had my F4 for 2 yrs now and am very happy with it. Mine came with the MB-21 holder and have recently picked up a very nice MB-20 holder and now love the camera even more ,if that is even possible. I like that it is the grandfather of all the SLR and DSLR bodies that followed. It is the last Nikon body that had all switches, buttons and dials and that is nice for those of us that started in photography in the film only days. I'm now 71 and have been shooting since I was 18.

@SathyaPeacock

4 ай бұрын

Hi, that’s great to hear! I have come to appreciate it even more now too after 3 years of use. It’s a well rounded tool 👌🏽

@edwardm.boland

Ай бұрын

I’m 73 and have been seriously shooting since 1973. My first SLR camera was a Petri FT-II, purchased from a relative’s military catalogue, for a little over $100.00. My favorite subject matter, in fact the reason why I got what I considered to be a “serious” camera, was to take pictures at rock concerts. I purchased a Petri 135mm tele lens from one of the then 3 camera stores in lmy town. But it was a slow lens, f5.6 or something like that. I traded it for faster Vivitar lens, an f2.8, at one of the other camera stores. As my interest photography gree

it is always a treat to watch your videos 😁

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

ah that’s kind of you to say, thank you!

great review and calm style - excellent!

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hey thank you! Glad you enjoyed it :)

Superb presentation - very well put together and really enjoy your photography. Many thanks!👍👍👍

@SathyaPeacock

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

Great review Sathya! Really enjoyed the video and is certainly helpful!

@SathyaPeacock

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! Glad it was useful :)

Thank you for that really nice review or loveletter to that outstanding camera. The look of your video and matching photos, the surrounding music that gave that situation it’s own feeling, your photographic-eye…just amazing and on a high level! I’m touched… 👍 I own and use a F3… 😉

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the kind words. F3 is a beautiful piece of equipment :) hopefully I can try one day.

Great review

Ohhhh my guy thank you for the walk through. If we ever meet in person I would love to try this camera out. This camera is built like a tank wow. Great and beautiful photos

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

thank you bro :) yes would love for you to try it out !

nice vid excited for mine to arrive

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Thankyou! Excited for you :)

worth mentioning that the F4 has a diopter for us with poorer eyesight built into the viewfinder and a curtain to flip shut for "B" long auto exposures. The "T" mode is for long manual exposures as it conserves the battery by switching the camera off until the cable lock is released. 250th second flash sync is useful for balancing with ambient exposure. I hope one day someone will create a digital back for the F4 (especially an infra-red digital back).

@SathyaPeacock

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for all that information! Truly appreciate it :)

@GirdHerd

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for mentioning the difference between the B and T modes. I bought the F4s mainly for long exposure tripod-mounted landscape shots.

Great video!

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

The F4(s) is NIkon most versatile SLR camera, able to work with Non-AI, AI, AI-S and AF lenses. Even in the F4 configuration (With the MB-20 battery holder) it works with the two auto-focus lenses the AF 80mm f/2.8 and the AF 200mm f/3.5 from the F3AF era (Not specified in the manuals but it works, but only with the F4 camera, not the F4s version) [the AF 80mm f/3.5 is optical excellent from wide open f/2.8 to f/16, a hidden gem of a lens]. Every F4(s) function has a dial, so photographing with it is a very tactile experience.

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hi Albert, I did not know about the compatibility with F3AF autofocus lenses. Thanks for sharing! And I couldn’t agree more about its tactile experience with all the dials, buttons and levers, a joy to use for sure! Have a great day!

@philosimot

Жыл бұрын

@@SathyaPeacock We stupid Germans say 'isso!' - that means > so it is! You're fully right!

Great video. It reinforces the reasons why I wanted to buy an F4s last week (for $169.99 on ebay) and another F4s with MF-23 data control back this week (for $199.99 on ebay). I bought two because the first F4s won't auto focus with my G lenses in P or Ph modes so I'm sending it back. I'm actually glad I'm able to return the first one because the second one has the MF-23 back which is currently selling for $99.99 on ebay.

@SathyaPeacock

7 ай бұрын

$199 with an mf23 is a great deal! Hope you have fun shooting with it 😊

RE: flash. Absolutely! This being 2nd gen TTL & Matrix Fill (now called "Back Lighting" BL) & 1st HP 250 sync makes for amazing experiences.. I used it w/ SB-80DX in multi master / slave optical trigger (pre CLS), Macro SB-21B & SB29. It still works fine w/ newer iTTL digital in regular TTL or A-Auto. Utilizes advanced HP & Slow sync for front or rear shutter curtain. New electromechanical drop leaf shutter for smoothness. I don't know what these were rated for but I had it in family for 35 yrs & I had it 20 yrs of my life & its been used nicely since. As for dropping, Yes, I had a 2nd & 3rd cause of their amazing used price performance even back in 2002 ($400 or so). I've fallen off a moving off road vehicle. SB-28 snapped off & rolled down but the F4E took a spill & kept going. Those SpeedLights last forever as well. Ordered hot shoe section & after that its working again. You're right, they may take some battle scars as these were a true working horse in the pro field but besides looks, they keep going. The F4 broke new records, it went to space on a shuttle, deep sea, the Super bowl & so much more. If you dont believe this camera is good enough, ask the old timers of yesteryear. This was a money maker.

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Wow that’s a tonne of info, thank you! Also glad to hear your experience with its durability. No matter what 35mm cameras I shoot with, I now compare them to this one and I haven’t found one that’s better than the Nikon yet. 😊

It's a very good contribution to this outstanding camera. For my purposes, the F801s is sufficient - till nowadays. But in former times, I was satisfied to use a 250exp. film attachment to the F2. The F4 has been "The Camera of the Year" since, and I had the honour of shooting with it (the device of a pro & friend of mine) for half an hour:-)) Thank you!

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Reinhart! A 250exp attachment to the F2! Must’ve been quite the experience to work with it :) O need to try my hands on the earlier F versions too!

@philosimot

Жыл бұрын

@@SathyaPeacock It's worth, indeed! The Nikon F eye level as a 'black beauty' for instance, or my beloved Nikon F2S 'black beauty' ;-))

Dear Sathya, Since some more then a year, I own an F4, attached lens was a 35mm /1:2 nikkor D AF. O did not took it out to take pictures. My aim was to sell it seperately and earn some money, as I bought it moderately cheap. But as I took it to mu hands O loved it. The diaphram of the lens was oily. But I could clean it, any how three times. I hope it won't again. Then I started to gather some other AF lenses of Nikon. Because O loved the body. Although it is very heavy to carry. The Real manuell buttons are charming. But I still have some ..... . Some of the buttons are unneccesary. For examplesome lock buttons. On off drive button lock, and so.

@SathyaPeacock

4 ай бұрын

Nikon F4 is a special camera yes :) even when I went through an overhaul of selling a bunch of cameras I couldn’t bring myself to sell the F4. I took it out recently and sure enough I was glad to have kept it, it’s a joy to use! Thank you again for watching :)

Amazing camera, I just bought one on eBay, it's coming from Japan! I'm looking forward to getting SB-28 flash to go with it for some nice flash photography. Thanks for a great video!

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

It is indeed! Glad you enjoyed the video, happy shooting with the camera and SB-28 combo :)

Thanks Sathya. Outstanding review. I am a F4E user with a MF-23 using the Nikkor 20-35mm F/2.8 D almost exclusively for street photography.

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one Aristo. Pretty sick combo you got there, love that about the Nikon F4 series - modularity that matches functionality

I am a very big fan of the vintage video look that you have! Looks very authentic👌is that like your own custom grading? Or is it an in-camera profile? Or a lut?

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hi Yamen, thank you! serr’s filmvision pack is the base for it - serrvillasano.com/store

@kaminobatto

Жыл бұрын

@@SathyaPeacock thanks you for sharing❤ the look worked great with the video subject. Your video really motivated me to take the F4s out for a shoot👍

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

@@kaminobatto that's awesome to hear Yamen!

I have and love this camera. I actually have 3 of them (F4s). I also love the look of it!!

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hey Joe! Glad to hear! it is a great piece of equipment indeed

Excellent review - thanks. Gonna snag a pair while they're cheap. Couldn't afford them back in the day 😂

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Couldn't go wrong with its prices at the moment - it's a steal in my opinion. Enjoy shooting!

I’m head over heals in love with my F4s

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

I can relate :)

I want to Clear something. Actually we, for photography entusiasts there is no need for a pro camera. More over perhaps it would be good enough to carry a F301for taking pictures. Since you are using manuel lenses. But it does not work in this manner. We actually like some precious tools. O have a small collection. The cameras I like, from Compact fixed lens like minox, Olympus xa, xa2 then Zeiss ikon's, Kodak's to Mamiya medium formats. But mostly I take compacts with 35-40mm with me. Any way I am looking forward to take pictures with my Mamiya press23 with 90/3,5 and 75/5,6 lenses. Thank you so much for your works. I am glad to watch.

@SathyaPeacock

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and leaving these comments Erhan! That’s a nice collection of cameras. I have been intrigued by the press cameras for a while now, hope you enjoy using the kit :)

Snagged one yesterday for £45 on Ebay. Seller doesn't know much about it, it was her partners who was a photojournalist and sadly passed away some time ago - aparantly it's been in the loft/attic ever since. Listed as 'for parts' but she doesn't know if it's working or not. Decided to roll the dice.. wish me luck. Looks a bit rough cosmetically but I'm hoping the photojournalist kept the important bits working and just didn't care about how it looked.. fingers crossed! I really want it to work!

@SathyaPeacock

4 ай бұрын

oh wow that is a steal, Good luck! let me know how it turns out :)

@NeillRobinson

4 ай бұрын

@@SathyaPeacock Gladly! It arrived and I put batteries in it and.. dead as a dodo. Brick. Damn.. ... ... ... But wait, there's more! The batteries I'd put in were rechargables, they'd *been* charged when I unplugged the charger (because they were full) but that was months ago.. cue me searching through our battery recycling bin - Aha, A Duracell.. and an Energizer! Well, they don't sell those individually, so there's at least 3 more of each in there.. more digging.. 8 batteries! Rushing back to the camera, I was filled with 'hail mary' hope. Put them in and.. LIFE! It worked! I took a deep breath, took the old batteries out, calmed my nerves, grabbed my car keys and headed to the store. Fast forward an hour and I'm back with an 8 pack of Duracell AA's. Attacked the packaging and ripped the batteries out like an hungry bear with a happy meal - Put them in and holy - it works....! It all works! Metering, Motor drive, the LCD's have NO bleed.. it works!! ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... With one small caveat - The Autofocus is semi-broken. Basically, sometimes it will 'see' or recognise that there's a CPU lens (an AF lens) attached, a lot of the time it won't. Most of the time it won't. I've tried scrubbing the bejesus out of the contacts, with contact cleaner, isopropyl, using an eraser, all the common tricks. They *look* sparkly clean but I did notice a couple of times that it wouldn't work, then I'd clean the contacts, then it'd work for a couple of hours, until I put the camera down for a bit and coming back to it.. same thing, it can't see the CPU lens. It hasn't worked reliably enough for me to be certain that's causation and not just correlation though, it has started working on its own once or twice as well. Maybe it's not the contacts, maybe there's oxidisation on a switch somewhere inside the body. I tried spraying contact cleaner into the AF select switch and wiggling it a lot, didn't seem to help, but maybe I'll give that another go. I know it's an issue with it 'seeing' the CPU lens because when I put it in S mode, (or P or Ph) it defaults to "A" mode, the expected behaviour if one of those modes is selected but with an AI or AI-S lens attached (instead of an AF-D). Have tried a bunch of "known-good" AF-D lenses, they don't work on the F4, they do work on other bodies, so it's defo not the lens. I am overall super freakin' happy though, if someone had said to me "hey bud, do you wanna buy a Nikon F4 for £45? It works great, apart from there is no AF, it's busted, so Manual focus only" I'd have said Hell yeah! At that price. I guess I could always *try* to find someone who will CLA an F4s in the UK for less than the price of a working kidney, although I fear the outlook is grim on that front. But yeah, overall i'm absolutely loving it ... ... ... Butttt there's this little nagging part of me that really *wants* it to be 'fully working' even if it's a feature I won't use much. (My other nikon film bodies are all manual focus). I've run a few rolls of film through it so far and apart from the AF, everything is lovely. The metering seems great! It weighs a ton! I love it! And that's the full story, up until now, where we're at, and where we might be going!

great video ! i love the lut that you applied on the video' can you tell wich one is it plz?

@SathyaPeacock

10 ай бұрын

Hey! thanks for watching, it's the Film Vision by @serr . He has since released Film Vision II, better workflow and control than the first version.

@danielbatash4707

10 ай бұрын

Thanks ! your great, keep it up !@@SathyaPeacock

Im looking at this exact setup ( camera and lens ) that you have.....but im worried about the vignetting from the 40mm. Any thoughts? Thanks! Wonderful video

@SathyaPeacock

3 ай бұрын

Hi Matt, I don’t remember vignetting being a problem (nothing that can’t be fixed in post anyway). I loved that lens for its image quality and close focussing distance, but had to sell it as I wasn’t shooting enough with the F4 to justify keeping it. This is a regret of mine. I am coming around to shooting more 35mm so I might pick it up again. I definitely recommend if it’s in your budget. Thanks for watching!

Hi Satya can you please share your music playlist. I love your each music you selected for your videos

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hi Muhammed, thank you - the songs in this video are from Artlist.io and here are the links - artlist.io/song/85699/the-queen-and-the-bird & artlist.io/song/5080/breakfast-time . I don't have a playlist maybe I should in the future :) Thanks for your comment

I have them all. The best in my opinion is Nikon FM3a. If look wider then Leica M6.

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

I have not tried that one yet :) hopefully one day

A camera the your unwilling to take a risk with is a limitation that will cost the photo. The F4 is inexpensive enough and touch enough to do the risky thing holding other camera back. And it will mount and use most lenses.

Do you have any lenses that you would recommend for the f4?

@SathyaPeacock

8 ай бұрын

Hi, I only ever shot with 2 lenses on this one - the voigtlander 40mm F2 and Nikon 50mm F1.8D. Voigtlander is a better lens with slightly wider field of view but it's a fully manual lens. So if you are happy with full manual focus and aperture control then I'd say go for the voigtlander, otherwise the 50mm is quite a nice lens and it supports autofocus and auto aperture. I don't have any personal experience with any other lenses on this camera unfortunately. But Nikon made some really good lenses and whatever focal length you're after I'm sure you'll find a version that works for you and is good. That's one of the strong points of this camera, you can get any lens that nikon made over 6 decades and use it with this one :) All the best!

12:20 the designer Giorgetto Giugiaro has designed many cars for many companies, like the VW Golf, DeLorean, Lotus Esprit etc, he's not really known for designing Ferraris

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Good to know :)

What I hate about the viewfinder is that you have to move your head way too much up and down to read all the info. The rest of the camera is a GREAT machine. I'd be a happy man if I could use it with Canon L lenses lol

@SathyaPeacock

Жыл бұрын

I agree with you it’s a little awkward to look through, especially to read the info at the bottom for me. I’ve only heard good things about Canon L lenses maybe one day I could try them :)

still one of best looking cameras... yet, just in middle of mechanics to electronic transformation. And AF is slow... prefere F5 on field

@SathyaPeacock

5 ай бұрын

Objectively F5 is better in many ways so no surprises there; especially if faster AF is important to you :) Thanks for watching!