{"id":762,"date":"2022-11-26T02:08:08+00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T02:08:08+00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iso3200.org\/blog\/?p=762"},"modified":"2024-03-10T00:36:09+00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-10T00:36:09+00:00","slug":"nikon-f801-the-most-influential-forgotten-nikon-camera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iso3200.org\/blog\/2022\/11\/nikon-f801-the-most-influential-forgotten-nikon-camera\/","title":{"rendered":"The Most Influential forgotten Nikon camera"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’d try to name a few most influential Nikon film cameras, I can bet you’d completely forget about this one – Nikon F-801 from 1988.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Nikon F-801 film camera<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Overshadowed by its bigger brother, the mighty F4, introduced half a year later that same 1988., not as glamorous as its mechanical (and not-so-mechanical) brethren of the yore, the F-801 and F-801s remained in production for less than five years but pushed Nikon ergonomics and way of thinking into the modern era – era spearheaded by Canon T90.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve stumbled upon a great blog post which inspired me to write this post. Read about why is Nikon F801 such an important camera at 678 Vintage Cameras: Nikon F-801 – A Nikon in name only?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Personally, I’m not much of a Nikon owner, yet somehow, a total of five AF Nikon cameras passed through my possessions – way more than the AF Nikkor lenses I ever had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve had F-801, F-801s and F90x, I’ve loved the ergonomics of F-801(s) a bit more than the ergonomics of F90x, despite having big hands. It was a good camera, but somehow, the older camera simply felt easier to use, laying better in my hands. I’ve sold F90x and kept F-801s for quite some time. I’ve acquired the F100 and F80 in the meantime, and since I had only one AF Nikkor lens, I had quite a lot of redundancy, and something had to go. Finally, only the F100 remained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of my everything, Nikon F801(s) remains one of the best Nikon cameras I’ve ever used, it is well built, well-thought-out camera, with great ergonomics; it is a solid choice for any photographer using Nikon F lenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nikon F-801 from 1988 was an important camera and a precursor to modern-era cameras. Its ergonomics were great, but it was overshadowed by its bigger brother, the F4 which was introduced half a year later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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