Great video. I remember my dad buying this camera in 1988 (I was 6) and it’s what I cut my teeth on. This is a fantastic camera and I would not hesitate buying another (if I was in the market).
When I was managing a camera store years ago, a customer brought in an 8008s with a 50/1.4 for us to sell. I was taking my kids to a Haloween party that night, so I took it with the SB24 flash from my F4 and my first gen Canon EOS 1 also with a 50/1.4 and a a Speedlite 420 flash to the party. The Nikon would focus when the EOS hunted. I sold the EOS and bought the Nikon. Excellent quick and easy video!
I’m a bug fan as well. My particular favourite is the metering. Multi-pattern for auto, centre-weighted or spot for manual. It’s a really professional camera.
Hi when I use this camera with a film rated at ISO 400 is that what I need to set the ISO on the camera the whole time shooting with that specific film? Also can you recommend any good film for portraits and a lens? I recently received one but am not keen on how to use it!
If the film has DX coding, then set the ISO setting on the camera to "DX" and the camera will read the film ISO automatically, alternatively just select the ISO of the film manually. So 400 ISO film is set to 400 ISO on the camera. It doesn't chop and change on the fly like a digital camera, unless you get into push/pull film processing. Kodak Portra 400 is great for portraits, but expensive. Try Kodak Image Pro 100 as a more reasonably priced alternative for portraiture. Pretty much any "normal" film can be used for portraiture photography. Just avoid the funky films - unless that's what you are going for. People most often shoot portraits with lenses in the range of 75mm to 135mm, they do this to reduce the influence of the background on the portrait, with a shallow DOF and tighter cropping, but you can shoot portraits even with a standard 50mm lens. There's even a style of portraiture that uses a wide angle lens and a deep DOF to deliberately involve the background in the portrait. So it depends on what you are going for.
I live in Japan and just bought one from a store in shinjuku. There are lots of camera stores here. It’s my first film camera. I didn’t realize how much the film rolls were so I’m a bit nervous.
My only complaint with this camera, is that every time I turn it on, it goes into "beep" mode. It takes some serious manual dexterity to get it into just the "on" position! 😂
Great video. I remember my dad buying this camera in 1988 (I was 6) and it’s what I cut my teeth on. This is a fantastic camera and I would not hesitate buying another (if I was in the market).
I’m amazed by how cheap this camera is. And it gets very little love on youtube compared with Canon AE1, Minolta X700 etc
Perfect video, this is exactly what I needed to figure out this camera.
You’re welcome! Well done for choosing a fantastic camera 😀
When I was managing a camera store years ago, a customer brought in an 8008s with a 50/1.4 for us to sell. I was taking my kids to a Haloween party that night, so I took it with the SB24 flash from my F4 and my first gen Canon EOS 1 also with a 50/1.4 and a a Speedlite 420 flash to the party. The Nikon would focus when the EOS hunted.
I sold the EOS and bought the Nikon.
Excellent quick and easy video!
I’m a bug fan as well. My particular favourite is the metering. Multi-pattern for auto, centre-weighted or spot for manual. It’s a really professional camera.
Extremely informative video. Please keep up the great work!
Thank you! I try to make these as concise as possible 😀
Amazing video, very informative! Thanks a lot
Cheers, you’re very welcome 😀
Excellent video! Very informative. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😀
Really clear no waffle video.thankyou
That was the plan 😀
Thank you for the kind words.
Thanks a lot that is a super video. Mark
Thank you 😀
Thank you for the video. I need a flash for my N8008. Any suggestions? TIA
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thank you, may be you know if it can take more then 36 or 24 exposures?
I really don’t know. Ilford used to sell 72 exposure rolls during the period that this camera was on sale, and I’ve never heard of any problems
Thanks for your interesting video. I'm considering getting one. How will I be sure I'm in focus when I on manual focus? Kind regards.
The focus indicator in the viewfinder will still work with manual focus 😀
@@threeminutepro thanks for the info!
Hi when I use this camera with a film rated at ISO 400 is that what I need to set the ISO on the camera the whole time shooting with that specific film? Also can you recommend any good film for portraits and a lens? I recently received one but am not keen on how to use it!
If the film has DX coding, then set the ISO setting on the camera to "DX" and the camera will read the film ISO automatically, alternatively just select the ISO of the film manually. So 400 ISO film is set to 400 ISO on the camera. It doesn't chop and change on the fly like a digital camera, unless you get into push/pull film processing.
Kodak Portra 400 is great for portraits, but expensive. Try Kodak Image Pro 100 as a more reasonably priced alternative for portraiture. Pretty much any "normal" film can be used for portraiture photography. Just avoid the funky films - unless that's what you are going for.
People most often shoot portraits with lenses in the range of 75mm to 135mm, they do this to reduce the influence of the background on the portrait, with a shallow DOF and tighter cropping, but you can shoot portraits even with a standard 50mm lens. There's even a style of portraiture that uses a wide angle lens and a deep DOF to deliberately involve the background in the portrait. So it depends on what you are going for.
Thank you for the helpful advice 😊 May the Lord Bless you!
Thank you so much. I haven’t dealt with film since high school. That was 12 years ago 😂
You’ve most welcome. This is a great camera for getting back into film photography.
I live in Japan and just bought one from a store in shinjuku. There are lots of camera stores here. It’s my first film camera. I didn’t realize how much the film rolls were so I’m a bit nervous.
Enjoy this wonderful camera!
how do you use flash on this camera?
Hey Abby - just plug the flashgun into the hotshoe on top of the pentaprism viewfinder. Set the shutter speed to 1/250 sec or slower.
My only complaint with this camera, is that every time I turn it on, it goes into "beep" mode. It takes some serious manual dexterity to get it into just the "on" position! 😂
Haha! Yes, agreed 😀