Nikon F100 Body Only 35mm Film Camera

Pros: Outstanding Features, Lighter than the F5, excellent metering and AF systems
Cons: It's not the F5. Other than that, NONE!

This is another of the exceptionally well designed and thought out cameras provided to photographers by Nikon. It is a very capable camera that takes advantage of Nikon's years of experience, exceptional quality lenses, the world famous "F" lens mount ...

Pros: Light yet rugged and robust, loads of features for serious amateurs & pros
Cons: After 2 yrs, I'm still trying to find a good one, worthy for mention.

**First Impression on Features, Handling and Operations**
The Nikon F100 is an incredible camera! It is rugged, but light (about the same in weight as the N90s, yet thinner). It’s very comfortable to hold, much better than the N90s, in terms of...

Pros: Fast accurate Auto Focus, Compact size, Professional Quality
Cons: None at all

Pro and serious amateur photographers like to call the F100 the F5 “lite” or the “Baby” F5 but I think the F100 is a solid camera in its own right. The F100 was designed as a professional l camera with a truckload of features packed into...

Pros: Looks, feels and works great
Cons: It still ain't cheap

The Poor Person’s F-5!

By Frank Van Riper
Professional photographer, author, and photography columnist of The Washington Post

To everyone like me who can’t afford to spend three thousand dollars on a camera body—not...

Pros: Evolutionary camera in a long line of great Nikon bodies
Cons: It still can't read my mind yet!

Well, what can say about the F100 that hasn't already been said in numerous other opinions? Having owned Nikon equipment since 1978, I guess my perspective is that of a professional who has upgraded his Nikon equipment over the years and seen the...

Pros: Nikon is the best; Superb Quality photos
Cons: high pricetag

This camera is predominantly for the professional. The pricetag is high, but the camera is of superb quality. The up and rising novice may want to think about investing in this camera. It is well worth the money spent.
The Nikon F100 has autofocus...

Pros: Features, Speed of unit, Balance of unit.
Cons: No mirror lockup. Could be $200 less.

There a lot of recommendations on the F100, so I’ll try not to focus too much on what other people have said. Instead, I’ll discuss the camera and bring in some of the similarities and differences between the F100 and the N80, N90.

Before my...

Pros: Very study, relatively quiet, competitive feature set, an excellent auto-focus system, and feature customization.
Cons: Not as configurable as the F5

The Nikon F100 is, without doubt, a professional level camera. It's ruggedly built, not too heavy, well sized, and very reliable. It's certainly a much closer relative to the F5 than the N90s/F90x, and is comparable to the EOS 3 in the Canon line-up....

Pros: WELL BUILT, FAST FOCUSING
Cons: SHOULD HAVE MIRROR LOCK UP

I have been a NIKON fan for over 30 years. Starting with the original f model [which i still own] right up to the f100. As age has reduced my focusing ability a bit the switch to auto focus became an interesting option.

I must admit i was a...

Pros: Great body
Cons: no manual shutter release

We (my wife Bettina and myself) love photography since over 25 years and we did all our work in a traditional darkroom. Then 1981 we lost interest in working in that dark room (you ever smelled the Cibachrome chemistry?). On the other side photography...

Pros: The camera is fine
Cons: The reviewer is way off-base

28471's review is really a strange one! He/she buys an expensive camera and then blames the manufacturer for charging so much for it but confirms that it works well and produces fine results.

He/she blames Nikon for building a fine optical...

Pros: Responsive, control placement, features, metering
Cons: Autofocus loses subject at times, metering not good in extreme light conditions

I purchased the Nikon F100 after I improved greatly in photography. My first SLR camera was a Minolta XTsi with two lenses. They were slow to focus and sometimes I had trouble getting the shots that I wanted. The viewfinder was dark, and the camera ...

Pros: Super-fast (re)focus tracking, sturdy magnesium alloy framing, Professional quality photos.
Cons: A little heavy, and usually a bit expensive, and a lack of a vertical grip.

When I bought my F100, I was making a switch over from a (really old) Nikon FE that I had been shooting with for several years. Since, at the time, I worked in a camera shop and had to chance to play with it on a daily basis, I had the chance to place...

Pros: Fast and sure auto focus, metering accuracy, takes AA batteries, overall build quality, chunky grip.
Cons: Auto exposure/focus lock button hard to get at while looking through camera.

When someone is in the market for a 35mm SLR of the F100's price bracket, they expect a lot. They have a right to, as it costs nearly £900 here in my native England. These demanding snappers want build quality, reliability and exposure accuracy to...

Pros: Rugged design, amazing metering, focus tracking, accurate shutter. F5-lite.
Cons: No built in eye piece blind. No mirror lock up.

I've used Minolta, Canon and Nikon cameras since 1975. I finally settled on Nikon because they kept the lens mount compatible with all earlier lens, and as time went on, they had the features and ruggedness I desired. Minolta and Canon make fine...