Episode 19 • Icons and Nikons

An XL episode boasting two blockbuster features: Gabe’s recap of his adventures covering New York Fashion Week, followed by our survey of the esteemed camera marque known as Nikon.

• Gabe recounts shooting NYFW and the Met Gala

• Jeff’s new acquisitions: a Canon P rangefinder… and (on the way) the Canon RF 50mm f1.4, the Japanese Summilux

• And now: our Nikon show!

• when did you become aware of Nikon, and what was your first?

• Nikon rangefinders: the SP and its siblings

• the Nikon/Canon wars of the '70s/‘80s

• evolution of the F: F2, F3…

• why no more rangefinders? (till the S3 2000 and SP 2005 commemorative editions)

• spurred by the OM-1, Nikon goes compact: the FM and FE series

• the Nikkormat / Nikomat

• the FM3a — their best ever? 1/4000 with no battery!

• the coveted FM2/T Year of the Dog edition

• consider the Nikonos — they’re so cheap!

• countless point & shoot Nikons, APS cameras…

• the 35Ti, which is not good!

• favorite lenses (e.g. the 105mm f2.5)

• one Nikon to rule them all: which would you choose?