If you oil the hinges on Your Wallet...i guarantee it will stop the "ping" in your Nikon F2.
If you oil the hinges on Your Wallet...i guarantee it will stop the "ping" in your Nikon F2.Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.
Sure, I'd buy a Leica M-A & oddles of lenses.If you oil the hinges on Your Wallet...i guarantee it will stop the "ping" in your Nikon F2.
This must apply to yourself, since you are SO unaware.Obtuse:
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not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.
Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.
This must apply to yourself, since you are SO unaware.
That is fine, so here is your chance to put your money where your keyboard is. Post lots of pics of your "oddles" of lenses and Leica M-A.Sure, I'd buy a Leica M-A & oddles of lenses.
Beautiful lens , gotta love that lens cap . Nikon used to stand for something , they still do, just different . No offense intended re: 50 BMG . When I was a kid I had a WWII , camera machine gun . It sorta looked like a real 50 cal. I think they used it for training gunners . Didn't make a good impression with my folks so I traded it back to my buddy. I always wanted a Lewis gun . I always liked carousels , whether slide projector or machine guns .The 85/1.4 AF-D is a beautiful lens. In appearance, it may be the nicest lens Nikon has ever made and I'm sure it performs very well. Even though I've stopped buying AF lenses, I've wanted one ever since I saw it on Rockwell's site, but I've never found one for sale.
As for the 180/2.8, mine's manual focus:
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The fewer motors, sensors, and custom chips in my cameras and lenses, the better.
Yeah, whatever. Seals, Rangers, and the Special Forces of the world's militaries don't care.
I use shooting techniques to improve my hand held photography, people are amazed at the sharpness on my hand held low speed shots.
If you shoot steel plates like hickok45 targets will ping...
Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.
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Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.
No comment on some nitwit who shoots 50 Cal BMG, my rule of thumb is any cartridge that was used on fighter aircraft machine guns, is likely to bruise my delicate physique.
High capacity, full auto, armor piercing clips? Does your SLR have a shoulder thing that goes up?
... spent gases ...
.303 would be right at home in a Lewis gunI couldn't resist commenting on this. The Brits outfitted their Hurricanes and Spitfires with .303 British caliber machine guns -- at least early on, certainly during the Battle of Britain, where they managed to shoot down more than their share of Luftwaffe aircraft. The .303 British is roughly the ballistic equivalent of the .30-30, which is a fairly mild round. But I'll say this, the Brits loaded their military rounds hot! Maybe that's why an Enfield No 1 Mk III's open sights extend out to 2,000 yards. I've shot surplus .303 through a couple of my Enfields and one predictable result was a bruised shoulder. Something I've never experienced with any other shoulder-fired weapon. But that might be at least partially due to the brass Enfield butt plate. Nonetheless, the .303 British military load pales in comparison to a .50 BMG. But most .50 BMG rifles that I know about have a muzzle brake, which uses the spent gases to actually pull the rifle away from the shoulder, drastically reducing recoil.
And that's all I have to say about that.
I'm not an expert but I think you're on point here. 30-30 is a good brush gun because the bullet is slow and doesn’t mind a few twigs on the wayI thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?
...........My first guess would be a rotted or missing mirror damper, as there's nothing in the F2 shutter that promotes a pinging noise. Unless you're convinced it's a shutter sound, I'd look in the mirror box.
No. It's about on par with the .30/40 Krag.I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?
.303 would be right at home in a Lewis gun. And to your point the British certainly made good with what they had in 1940. Thanks those folks for helping to save the world.
OMG I am going to loose so much sleep because of this post. I have not stopped crying since I read it.[/QUOTE
As will I as well, Sirius! Curiosity compelled me to check on the "pingishness" of the six F2 bodies in my Nikon stable; imagine the distress when I discovered that one of my beloved F2AS bodies (a 79xxxxx specimen) was so afflicted!! Utter shock and disbelief quickly gave way to anger then denial; I fought back tears for the rest of the afternoon. The fact that the said camera's mirror damper looks, upon close examination, to be in excellent condition, has only added to my stresses! What to do? Maybe just become a chronic malcontent, and start complaining about all cameras in general to hide my grief?
That the OP has lost respect for Nikon, only added to further my anxiety. Does he not realize the consequences of his statement to that effect?!? He might very well be the causal agent for a rash of suicides at Nikon Inc!! At the very least, his might very well cause a great many photographers to switch systems! The loss of sales could well be catastrophic for Nikon!
I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?
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