Does your F2 make a loud "ping" when you fire it?

[CMoore]

Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.

If you oil the hinges on Your Wallet...i guarantee it will stop the "ping" in your Nikon F2.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

Obtuse:
adjective
1.
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.

 

[chip j]

If you oil the hinges on Your Wallet...i guarantee it will stop the "ping" in your Nikon F2.

Sure, I'd buy a Leica M-A & oddles of lenses.

 

[chip j]

Obtuse:
adjective
1.
not quick or alert in perception, feeling, or intellect; not sensitive or observant; dull.

This must apply to yourself, since you are SO unaware.

 

[Willyekerslike]

Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.

I do not think Nikon will worried about your opinion of them interesting though it is.

As the 'Book' says Matthew 7:6: "Do not give what is holy to the dogs; nor cast your pearls before swine.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

This must apply to yourself, since you are SO unaware.

Defensive:
adjective
excessively concerned with guarding against the real or imagined threat of criticism, injury to one's ego, or exposure of one's shortcomings.

 

[CMoore]

Sure, I'd buy a Leica M-A & oddles of lenses.

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.
You could have fixed your F2 for less than the cost of one of your oddles.

 

[mshchem]

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.

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 .

 

[Cholentpot]

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...

You shoot .45? HA! I shoot 120!

Do not use the Gun Guru Gramps name in vain.

 

[fstop]

45 Win Mag
and
35mm, 120 and 4x5

 

[Sirius Glass]

Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.

OMG I am going to loose so much sleep because of this post. I have not stopped crying since I read it.

 

[Cholentpot]

45 Win Mag
and
35mm, 120 and 4x5

High capacity, full auto, armor piercing clips? Does your SLR have a shoulder thing that goes up?

 

[Theo Sulphate]

Nikon lost a good deal of my respect w/the F100, and now a little more w/the F2.

Nikon has fixed that: now they want you to buy a D5, or D500, or at least a D7500. That's what they know. They don't know about that "F stuff" any more. Occasionally they hear about an F6 or FM10, whatever those are.

 

[cooltouch]

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.

I 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.

 

[fstop]

High capacity, full auto, armor piercing clips? Does your SLR have a shoulder thing that goes up?

nah just a vertical grip

 

[fstop]

Here Chips F-2 in action

 

[Theo Sulphate]

... spent gases ...

In addition, the heavy Barrett 82A1 action moves rearward about an inch under heavy spring tension. Also is used mostly on bench or other flat support; not held.

 

[CMoore]

I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?

 

[mshchem]

I 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.

.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.

 

[mshchem]

I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?

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 way

 

[Robin Guymer]

...........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.

My nice condition silver F2 pings like a pitch fork, but my black battered, dented and well worn $20 F2 does not. I experimented with small foam blocks where the mirror slaps back down to no avail as the ping is from the mirror, but it seems to be on the internal side of the mirror box. Maybe with a motor drive the silver F2 plays a little tune!

 

[E. von Hoegh]

I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?

No. It's about on par with the .30/40 Krag.
And I don't know where all this "hot" military ammunition is, I have a No.4 MK1* and I've never used anything but surplus, several thousand rounds worth, from Dominion in Canada loaded in 1909, with the 215grn. bullet, to lend-lease 174grn. loaded by Winchester in 1941, to stuff loaded in Iraq, I think, in 1959. No bruised shoulder, metal buttplate notwithstanding, although the 215 grn loads are a bit stiffer in recoil.

 

[E. von Hoegh]

.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.

Considering the Lewis gun was designed for .303...

 

[LeftCoastKid]

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!

 

[cooltouch]

I thought the 303 was more akin to the 30-06......maybe .?

I don't have any data, but based on my own experiences, I'd say the military .303s may well have been closer to a .30-06. But commercial .303 loads are much milder. I haven't done any in years, but I've also reloaded for .303 using a Hornady manual, which lists loads up to maximum recommended pressures. Typically I was loading my .303s in a mid-range value, cuz I was more interested in punching holes in paper targets at a hundred yards than shooting Germans at a thousand yards.