Weeks ago, I decided to try film - something that I never thought I'd go back to ever since I went digital. And so, I dug out my dad's old Nikon EM that has been long stashed away in a drawer. I found a receipt for a repair dated more than 10 years ago -_-"





Together with the camera were 2 lenses - 50mm f/1.8 and 100mm f/2.8. I think my dad was probably into portraiture back then -_-" There was also an external flash but I don't know if it's still working, and I have yet to try that.





All my life, the only film camera I've ever used was an automatic. Point, zoom and shoot. So this Nikon EM SLR seemed pretty alien to me. The first time I took it out for a look, I was like "um..." and didn't know how to really operate it. The only things I could try to guess and make out were the shutter release button and a lever for advancing the film. Yah, you have to manually advance the film after taking a shot :D



And thanks to the o'powerful Internet, I was right with my guesses :P Haha, not too bad eh!!! I also managed to find a site that provided a really detailed guide on how to operate this camera.

Ring to set the ASA (ISO) of the loaded film, and the dial and knob to rewind the film.

And yes, you have to manually turn that knob to rewind the film back into its canister after you're done with the roll -_-"

This camera works like the Aperture-priority on most digital cams nowadays >_< You select the aperture (on the lens), and leave it to the camera to determine the right shutter speed. This is pretty neat since that's the primary mode I work around with on my digicams.

My initial idea was actually to try out B&W film photography. But not being able get my hands on a roll back then, I tried with colour film. I have yet to finish this roll, and I'm surprised at the speed that I'm going with this 36-exposures roll. Given if it was digital, 36 frames could have been easily shot away LOL. But I've managed to get my hands on a B&W roll (Kodak 400CN) a few days back, and am waiting to finish off this current roll. Let's see how it goes. Hopefully the camera is working fine!

Seeing into the lens mount and reflex mirror.

Seeing into the viewfinder.

Oh. Did I mentioned I also found a roll that was already loaded in the camera when I first took it out of the drawer? LOL, I didn't know about that and went on to open the back of the camera. Gone case!!! Film exposed! But then I decided to close it back and went on to finish that roll, hoping I'd get some really cool and weirdo effects considering that the film was more than 10 years old!!! But no lah, nothing came out of it! The developer even refunded my money when I sent it for developing because the negative came out blank (exposed) LOL. But don't try, won't know right?!! -_-