My FE was a black body, but the FE that was on sale had a silver body.

This camera looked like a nice upgrade from the FE, and I eventually bought one when a local camera store had them on sale. 47 th Street Photo offered a kit bundle with the FE, which included the series E 50mm F1.8 lens, a cleaning brush with air bulb, a battery for the camera, and a roll of film.Ī few years later, Nikon introduced their model FA camera that featured some advanced metering modes (‘matrix’ metering, and programmed automation).

The series E lenses had good glass, no serious compromises here, they lacked the coupling shoe, so they would only work with the newer ‘AI’ cameras (which the ‘FE’ was). These were low cost entry level equipment, using a lot of plastic instead of metal in their construction. Nikon had recently come out with their introductory model, the Nikon “EM”, along with the ‘Series E’ lenses. Back then, the camera makers didn’t offer a bundle with a ‘kit’ lens included, the camera bodies and lenses were sold separately. I bought it at 47 th Street Photo in NYC. Upon the advise of my father, and a fellow ham, I decided upon a Nikon FE 35mm SLR.

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