Nikon EM + Vivitar 2,8/28mm | Analogue camera

The Nikon EM with a Vivitar 28mm f/2.8 lens is a single-lens reflex (SLR) camera for beginners, with interchangeable lenses, for 35 mm film. It was produced by Nippon Kogaku KK (today Nikon Corporation) in Japan from 1979 to 1982 (available new from a dealer until about 1984). The camera was designed and released to the market for the growing cohort of new photographers entering the market who were buying SLRs. The EM uses a Seiko MFC-E focal-plane shutter with speeds ranging from 1 to 1/1000 second plus B and X sync flash synchronization at 1/90 second. It stands 86 mm (3.4 in) tall, 135 mm (5.3 in) wide, 54 mm (2.1 in) deep and weighs 460 grams (16 ounces). Unlike most Nikon cameras of that era, it was available only in black. The EM camera does not have a fully manual exposure mode, but was designed with inexperienced photographers in mind, who could not easily master the complexities of shutter speeds and aperture values. Significant changes were also introduced in the EM’s mechanical and electrical components to reduce production costs compared with previous Nikon cameras: dimensional tolerances were not as strict, the film-advance mechanism did not use ball bearings, and a high-quality titanium shutter was not available.