June 2026: Updated links, below, to the new filmbodies.com site.
Camera gear, and thus reviews, is typically handled on Thom's sites specific to the type of gear (mirrorless, DSLR, film). Film SLR camera reviews are published on filmbodies.com, for example; links to those reviews can be found below (the camera name link). If I have a book for a film SLR, you'll also find a link to that in the list below. Finally, I have short, concise instructions available free for many film SLR bodies (again, links below).
Film SLR Reviews
- Nikon FM2n — free concise instructions
- Nikon N90s — free concise instructions
- Nikon F100 — Complete Guide to the Nikon F100 — free concise instructions
- Nikon N65 — no book, no instructions
- Nikon N75 — no book, no instructions
- Nikon N80 — no book, no instructions
- Nikon F4 — free concise instructions
- NIkon F5 — Complete Guide to the Nikon F5 — free concise instructions
- Nikon F6 — Complete Guide to the Nikon F6
You'd be buying used to get a film SLR these days. The best choice is probably the F100, but F4 and F6 models are also logical choices. Be careful buying further back in the SLR era: make sure that whatever you choose can still be repaired.