For Sale FS Nikon F time capsule kit...

vpwphoto · May 3, 2011

This is a pretty neat kit.
Nikon F #67####
50mm f2.0 that is very very clean.
135mm f 3.5 that looks unused with Hood and "bubble case" and box
Fan flash with a few bulbs box and instructions.
A couple old rolls of slide film and a national parks photo tip map thing.
Nikon close-up filter and box and case and instructions.
The black case is NOT Nikon, but is cool.
Half Nikon F case, and unused Nikon strap in box.. front half of case missing.
The kit takes you back to 1964,
THe F looks mostly unused... there is some "browning" to the silver finish, I suspect a smoker used it. I have not tried to clean it in any way.
If I own an F, I will use it, this kit is just too cool to abuse too much.

I would like $425 shipped to the cont. 48 USA.
--- elsewhere shipping needs to be considered.

2F/2F · May 3, 2011

Ah, what a mighty camera. My favorite 35mm SLR. Both those lenses are great. Wish I needed this kit, but it is all redundant for me except for the cool fan flash!

Eric Rose · May 3, 2011

Wow that puppy brings back lots of memories!

daleeman · May 5, 2011

You need to look up some of the movie props suppliers. they may pay more than you are asking. I had 17 Press 75 flash bulbs a while back and forget who I sold them to... they paid $ 40 a piece for them and resold them to a movie production at $100 a pop. Wish I could remember who it was. fire up Google and start looking.
Lee

And the flash unit in the picture.... That is cool.

vpwphoto · May 5, 2011

I really don't think the fan flash is too rare... the leather case, box, and instructions are another story.

vpwphoto · May 6, 2011

Bump $385 now else I keep it for a few more years or decades.

vpwphoto · May 15, 2011

Bump ..cheers

vpwphoto · Sep 9, 2011

BUMP!!! I WILL TAKE $325!!!

mollypeck · Sep 9, 2011

This is the camera I learned on, and terribly regret selling to Adorama about six years ago... I am very interested (and registered here just now in order to reply to your post). How might I go about purchasing if nostalgia gets the best of me?

nsurit · Sep 9, 2011

Any idea if the meter works? Thank you

Surrealistic · Sep 10, 2011

Those meters are pure average meters instead of the far better center weighed so I don't think it matters if it works or not.

CGW · Sep 10, 2011

Surrealistic said:
Those meters are pure average meters instead of the far better center weighed so I don't think it matters if it works or not.

Only if it's a Photomic T. If it's a Photomic Tn, it's center-weighted.

Surrealistic · Sep 10, 2011

You can tell it's a T in the picture.

CGW · Sep 10, 2011

Surrealistic said:
You can tell it's a T in the picture.

How can you tell a T from a Tn in that picture? Just asking...

Surrealistic · Sep 10, 2011

I have had many, many F cameras. The T has the battery door on the side and no release lever in front, just like yours in the picture. The front of the T is also longer than the Tn. They look very different, it's very easy to spot.

2F/2F · Sep 10, 2011

Surrealistic said:
I have had many, many F cameras. The T has the battery door on the side and no release lever in front, just like yours in the picture. The front of the T is also longer than the Tn. They look very different, it's very easy to spot.

In your time with your many, many F cameras, it sounds like you didn't pick up on the difference between the Tn and FTn Photomic heads. There were four Photomic heads for the F: Photomic, Photomic T, Photomic Tn, and Photomic FTn. You are talking about the difference between the T/Tn and the FTn. The only cosmetic difference between the T and the Tn is that the Tn has an N on the top, so you cannot tell from these pictures. Functionally, the T is an averaging meter and the Tn is center weighted. The Photomic FTn is the one with the "claws" on front that grasp the Nikon nameplate, and that is semi-auto-indexing.

As for the T's meter being near useless, this is not only incorrect as stated (it really depends on how the shooter uses it, not on some technical spec such as metering pattern), but it is splitting hairs in the wrong place, I think. Why make the big division of usefulness between a meter that is averaging and one that is slightly center weighted? The division belongs between in-camera TTL reflected meters and stand-alone incident meters. I think that direct reading of in-camera reflected meters in general often does more harm than good, regardless of what metering pattern is used. If there is any Nikon F meter that is heads and tails above the rest, it is the first one: the Photomic (followed by no additional letters). That is because it is not a TTL meter (more like a coupled external clip-on meter), and it has a disc attachment that turns it into an incident meter.

2F/2F · Sep 10, 2011

P.S. Based on the serial number of the body alone, and assuming this is the original Photomic prism, this could be a T or Tn, but without the third number of the serial number, it is hard to tell. 678xxxx's and 679xxxx's were the most likely 67xxxxx's to have the Tn finder. Having only the first two numbers on the serial gives us an approximately 80 percent chance that this is the T head.

Better yet, the OP could just tell us whether or not there is an "N" on the top of the meter near the on/off switch. If so, it is a Tn (center weighted). My guess is that it is a T, just based on the probability, given the serial number. But it is not possible to tell from these pictures.

My number one Nikon is an F Photomic T. (Number two is a black F Photomic FTn.) I don't use either of the meters as my main meters, but that is not due to the metering patterns. It is due to my aforementioned opinion of in-camera meters in general. The T is certainly not a useless meter, though. I pop it on sometimes to get a quick reading of a shadow or a sky in addition to my incident reading/sunny 16 guess. Even new Nikons have averaging metering as an option, so it must be in demand by some people at the very least.

CGW · Sep 10, 2011

Thanks, 2/F. Thought I'd let someone else have the first bite--maybe two...

Surrealistic · Sep 11, 2011

I think you are wrong. That's the old T photomic. I just sold one two weeks ago. First off they work fine for just a prism, second off they need mercury batteries. I've had several rebuilt for 1.5 and they are never anywhere as good as any meter on later Nikon cameras like the F3.

Not getting into a spitting match with you but your brain and eyes make the best light meter. Of course a working T meter can be useful to someone who understands a lot. So can a spot meter if you are trying to spit farther.

nsurit · Sep 11, 2011

Hmm, I wasn't really interested in anything other than the answer to a simple question, "Does the meter work?" Guess the better question might be, "Does the work as it was intended to work." Regardless of one's opinion on the meter when it was working properly, the meter working or not working would help me to establish a value. Oh, I still don't have an answer. Bill Barber

2F/2F · Sep 11, 2011

Surrealistic said:
I think you are wrong. That's the old T photomic. I just sold one two weeks ago. First off they work fine for just a prism, second off they need mercury batteries. I've had several rebuilt for 1.5 and they are never anywhere as good as any meter on later Nikon cameras like the F3.

I am not wrong at all. It isn't about what meter it is. My point was that you, or anyone else, cannot tell whether it is the T or the Tn from the photos, as you stated that you can. In fact, I said that it is in highest likelihood the T. That is not the issue. The issue is that you stated that in your vast expertise, you could see from the pictures that it is the T and not the Tn. The fact is that unless there is a pic of the top of the meter, you cannot tell at all. You neglected to notice the existence of the center-weighted Tn meter, which looks just like the T except for an N on top.

Surrealistic said:
Not getting into a spitting match with you but your brain and eyes make the best light meter. Of course a working T meter can be useful to someone who understands a lot. So can a spot meter if you are trying to spit farther.

Of course. MY point exactly, not yours (though I don't see where spitting fits it). But if that is how you feel than why did you state:

Surrealistic said:
Those meters are pure average meters instead of the far better center weighed so I don't think it matters if it works or not.

In other words, "if you have an averaging meter, you might as well just have no meter."

Completely opposite statement as the one about the spitting match. That is what I took issue with.

vpwphoto · Sep 12, 2011

Wow first thing I do is look at it in the morning.

Maxwell · Sep 13, 2011

Not wishing to get hit by spit, I believe that the Tn (besides having the letter "N" behind the "Off" button) has a battery test button (very small and thin) at the front of the top "off" switch - this should be visible in the first image >)

But besides all that - this is a lovely collection and a good price

2F/2F · Sep 13, 2011

Maxwell said:
Not wishing to get hit by spit, I believe that the Tn (besides having the letter "N" behind the "Off" button) has a battery test button (very small and thin) at the front of the top "off" switch - this should be visible in the first image >)

But besides all that - this is a lovely collection and a good price

Yes, in highest likelihood this is a T meter (I cannot tell from the pic or not whether there is an N or a battery check button; perhaps your eyes can see more detail in the photo), just based on the serial number...but not for the reasons the other guy so all-knowingly stated in his attempt to school us. He was speaking of the "very easy to spot" differences between the FTn meter and the one in the picture, though he called the FTn he was talking about the Tn. In fact, the T and the Tn are very similar in appearance, and are not easy to tell apart at a glance.

Surrealistic said:
I have had many, many F cameras. The T has the battery door on the side and no release lever in front, just like yours in the picture.

So does the Tn.

Surrealistic said:
The front of the T is also longer than the Tn. They look very different, it's very easy to spot.

No, the front of the Tn is not longer or any different in shape or method of attachment than the T. It is easy to spot the differences if you have a shot from the right angle, but the differences are not as stated. The Tn is being confused with the later FTn here.

vpwphoto · Sep 13, 2011

2f/2f are you in solitary confinement or something... can't believe the time you spend typing.
---cheers

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