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Earlier this week, Sarah Rhoads (one of my current photography idols) wrote a blog post about her “pocket camera“. Basically, a small camera that goes where she goes. Her post was just the encouragement I needed to get off my butt and get shopping to get my own day-to-day camera.

Today at the St. Lawrence Sunday Antiques Market I found it. It’s an early-model Nikon FM.  It’s probably almost 35, but has excellent reviews.  The best part, the guys at the market gave me a steal of a deal. ($99 for everything you see in the image. Whoa.)

Isn’t she a beaut?

Sarah has four (what I will call) “rules” for a pocket camera.

1. Light and easy to pop into a small purse. {The Nikon FM is a teensy bit heavy, but easily fits into my small purse. Bingo.}
2. Challenges you. {Easy. It’s film. And fully manual.}
3. Nondescript and doesn’t draw attention. {Well, it is an SLR. And vintage-looking. But it’s pretty small. I’ll let you know how this goes.} and,
4. Use it. {This one is all on me.}.

So, here we go. Wish me luck!