Nikon SLR Cameras

Does this sound like a good camera?

Bobbi
Bobbi

I'm looking for my first high-tech digital camera.based on the description, can any professional photographers tell me if this would be a good one for beginners? I'm kind of skeptical because it's used and i read that they released this particular series in 1982, but i would have 14 days to return it for a full refund. Please let me know what i should look for in a camera and how old of a model i can trust if this one doesn't fit the bill.thanks.

Product Information
The Nikon FG is a 35mm single-lens camera that lets you capture crisp and clear pictures with great ease. Click motion or 3D shots with optimum clarity with fast shutter speed of 1 sec-1/1000 sec in Nikon 35mm camera. You can adjust both aperture and shutter speed of Nikon film camera manually according to your needs. This Nikon 35mm camera is an SLR camera that allows you to attach multiple detachable lenses designed for specific purposes. The Nikon FG weighs just 17.28oz and has a small body which makes Nikon film camera lightweight and easy to carry around.

Product Identifiers
Brand nikon
Model FG
MPN FG

Key Features
Camera Type SLR (Single Lens Reflex)
Film Type 35mm
Lens Mount Nikon F

Focus
Focus Type Manual Focus

Shutter
Shutter Speed 1 to 1/1000 sec

Dimensions
Depth 2.13 in.
Height 3.44 in.
Width 5.35 in.
Weight 17.28 Oz

Added (1). Haha, now i feel stupid for asking if a film camera would be a good beginners digital camera, can't believe i didn't catch that… And yes you guys are right, not a good one for me to experiment on.

Martin Spooner
Martin Spooner

It's 35mm film not digital. It's okay but not one of the best 35mm film SLRs. It's not as old as you think, it's probably from around 1988-ish. It's got electronics in it but it's not particularly high tech.

I always feel, personally, that if you're going retro 35mm film you should go the whole hog and get a fully manual, all mechanical, SLR from the days when they were solid and built like tanks. A Pentax K1000 from the early 70s maybe.

tew3020
tew3020

I'm not professional. In today's camera world, a camera that uses FILM, has many disadvantages. A DIGITAL camera does not use film. It uses internal memory and external cards for storing pictures. You can delete, add pictures without spending any money. You will learn more by taking hundreds of pictures, and deleting the ones you don't like, than a few on film. Nikon FG above says its a FILM camera.
General info: SLR film cameras are known as single lens reflex. You viewed subject through viewfinder, and actually looked through camera lens, with a built in mirror. When you press the release button, the mirror flips up out of the way, and the light falls on the film. Usually able to use interchangeable lenses. (very expensive lenses). You've heard all the click clicks when photographers are snapping pictures of celebrities. That's the mirror flipping up.
DSLR are same type with mirror, but light falls on light sensitive chip, when mirror flips up, instead of mirror. This still makes them a premium priced camera, for advanced amateurs, pros.
The latest thing is to replace the noisy, expensive, fold up mirror with an electronic viewing system.
These are known as pseudo-DSLR. If you ask to see one of these, you may get a blank stare at WALMART,(because the words pseudo are not commonly used) but not at a camera store. In fact, they are now lumping them all together and callling the pseudo-DSLR DSLR's. Go to Walmart. Look at DSLR kind. (digital single lens reflex) They have lots of digital cameras at very good price. Samsung NX, canon g11. You may not get interchangeable lens, but thety usually have wide range of focusing so you get wide angle to telephoto built in without the hassle and high price.
Look online at HSN home shopping network to get ideas. Then go to walmart for best price, return policy.
You can't transfer film pictures to computer. Final thought: Film Nikon or any film camera, not for beginner.