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The Best camera!!, May 29, 2004
Reviewer: Liselotte Frejdig
This is a truly masterpiece!! I've had the Nikon FE, FE2, F-601, F90s and
now I have the F100 and it's the top of the line!!
What can I say more.. The only bad thing is that the camera back is made
of plastic, why not metal, Nikon??
Greetings to all Nikonians around the world!!
The Best picture is waiting to be taken of You!! With the F100!!
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World class film camera - mine goes with me everywhere, February 8,
2004
Reviewer: "v10mark"
I still shoot a lot of film, being a bit of a purist and throwback - I
like the satisfaction and anticipation of waiting for prints. I've used a
lot of Nikon SLRs to include the FM, FM2, N2002, N5005, N8008s, and this
is my current workhorse. It performs extremely well for everything I shoot
from macro to 600mm zoom. I think this will be the last film camera Nikon
makes in this range and I've been looking hard at the fantastic new D2H
and upcoming D70 with excitement, but I think I will always have a film
camera.
I have one comment to make about the doofus who posted in an earlier
review that the camera has a critical mirror defect in that the mirror
does not lock up and the camera may break accordingly. Hogwash. I've
traveled with mine all over the world and it hasn't even flinched in the
travel and varying conditions. I packed it in a Pelican case with all of
my lenses and didn't have a single problem. I've dropped it once and it
didn't even dent.
Great SLR - the best I've ever used.
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Excellent camera, January 8, 2004
Reviewer: D. Richardson "photo guy"
I've had my F100 for just over a year and continue to be impressed by the
handling and abilities of this camera. Very good build quality, good
features, and good layout of controls. I debated between the F100 or a
Canon EOS 3 for quite a while. For me the F100 viewfinder was easier to
see through and the controls are much more intuitive. Both are good
cameras, but for me the F100 was better. While not all my pictures are
gems (due to my own limitations as a photographer), this camera has never
delivered less than expected.
I did try a friend's F5 for a few days, which is an amazing camera. But
given the few additional features it has, and the weight difference, I'd
would still choose the F100 over the F5. It does 95% of what the F5 does
in a much better handling and lighter package.
Finally, regarding the review below that talks about the lack of mirror
lock-up (MLU) causing the mirror to break when traveling - what a load of
trash... MLU has nothing to do with traveling with your camera. It's used
exclusively to reduce camera vibration by flipping the up mirror early,
typically for shots taken with long exposure times on a tripod. The
reference he made to other information on the web regarding the lack of
MLU in the F100 all have to do with vibration, not any travel concerns.
The fact is that some camera vibration can be intoducted in the exposure
range of .3 secs to .75 secs. MLU would help to alleviate this, and since
the F100 doesn't have MLU some people have said that vibration may impact
pictures with exposure times in this range. Any more or less exposure time
than this and vibration isn't a problem.
I've taken many insect pictures using a tripod and macro lens in this
range, and have not noticed any lack of sharpness. And if there were a
problem, it's easy to change settings to get a longer or shorter exposure
time. If you are strapping a camera to a microscope and MUST take pictures
with exposures between 0.3-0.75 secs, get a camera with MLU. For the other
99.9999% of all pictures taken, it's not a problem. Mirror lock-up goes
almost completely unused on cameras that have it - it simply isn't needed.
Bottom line: lack of MLU on the F100 is a non issue.
Finally, I travel a lot for work and have taken my F100 all over the world
in all kinds of conditions with no problems. This is a well built,
reliable camera.
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May be a great product, but with a serious defect, September 28, 2003
Reviewer: An electronics fan
I had a N8008s, and it was awesome. I lost it last year, and replaced with
what I thought a better camera, F100.
I used once at home, and brought it with me on a trip 9 months after I
bought it. By the time I opened the bag, (by the way, the CF-57 case I
bought for F100 was like an old pair of pants for a 150-lbs person who had
just lost 300 lbs - it did not fit and the button and zip were difficult
to use) the mirror gad been jamed.
Because F100 does not have a mirror lck-up, any shock could easily
dislodge the mirror and render the camera useless. I checked the Web, and
there are many similar complaints. I contact Nikon, and it charged me $241
for a major repair, meaning that they have to take the camera apart and
reassemble it. I even don't know when and where I "damaged" the camera. It
is like carrying an egg with you. Anyway, it is in the shop.
I guess I will store it on the shelf and tell all my friends how bad this
product is. If you don't mind spending money on fixing it, and if you have
other similar cameras, then you may try F100, which have some good
features when it works.
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