Want to Buy Black Nikon F2, body only

BradS · Jan 1, 2021

Vincent Peri said:
No. The first (and LAST) time I listed something here, someone said I shouldn't try to sell here because I won't sell/ship out of the US

Why let a total stranger in a foreign country have so much control over what you do and how you do it?

Vincent Peri · Jan 1, 2021

BradS said:
Why let a total stranger in a foreign country have so much control over what you do and how you do it?

I did write back to him saying I'm a financial supporter of photrio and I'll post when I want here. However, there are so many new listings every day here that my post very quickly dropped out of sight, so to speak, getting rapidly pushed further and further down the list.

CMoore · Jan 1, 2021

Vincent Peri said:
I did write back to him saying I'm a financial supporter of photrio and I'll post when I want here. However, there are so many new listings every day here that my post very quickly dropped out of sight, so to speak, getting rapidly pushed further and further down the list.

Bump......

logan2z · Jan 1, 2021

Vincent Peri said:
No. The first (and LAST) time I listed something here, someone said I shouldn't try to sell here because I won't sell/ship out of the US

CONUS sales are very common on most of the forums I participate in. Nothing unusual about that at all. I'd definitely list here, and add some photos.

Ariston · Jan 1, 2021

Vincent Peri said:
I did write back to him saying I'm a financial supporter of photrio and I'll post when I want here. However, there are so many new listings every day here that my post very quickly dropped out of sight, so to speak, getting rapidly pushed further and further down the list.

I would buy all your F2s if I could afford it. That is an insane price for an F2 with a working meter.

MattKing · Jan 1, 2021

I've been disappointed in the past when someone restricts a sale to the USA.
It is particularly frustrating for me, who can literally see the USA from the street in front of our complex (I live 13 blocks away from a border crossing).
But I understand how, in normal times, the US post office offers favourable prices and services for within-country sales (including pick-up from the seller) that make it advantageous to apply that restriction.
Good luck with your sale.

Nicholas Lindan · Feb 7, 2021

I had an employee who once gave me the "On time, on budget, or buggy ... pick two" littany.
My reply was "You are asking me if I would prefer your project to be overbudget, late or defective. Should I be asking someone else to lead it?"
As to buying a used black F2 - stay away from anything with a lot of brassing or lots of baseplate scratches. These cameras were standard issue with the press and saw a lot of very hard use and not much love. Get a mint one, even if it means saving up for it; an F2 will last many lifetimes of tender use.

Vincent Peri · Feb 7, 2021

Nicholas Lindan said:
...an F2 will last many lifetimes of tender use.

Hmm... I only need one
lifetime...

Huss · Feb 8, 2021

Nicholas Lindan said:
As to buying a used black F2 - stay away from anything with a lot of brassing or lots of baseplate scratches. These cameras were standard issue with the press and saw a lot of very hard use and not much love. Get a mint one, even if it means saving up for it; an F2 will last many lifetimes of tender use.

I'd disagree with that statement. Press photographers relied on their gear to make a living. So while they may show cosmetic use, they were regularly serviced as they could not afford for them to have mechanical failures.

Buying an old, mint/new camera that has hardly been used can be a very bad thing as mechanical devices need to be used. Otherwise they can gum and seize up.

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