Holy Trinity of Manual Focus Nikon SLRs...

[ic-racer]

Nikon F "Apollo," Nikon F2AS and Nikon F3:

 

[Horatio]

Nice set. I have one of each as well.

 

[ic-racer]

Nice set. I have one of each as well.

Which is your favorite?

 

[Horatio]

F2.

 

[mikestr]

Plain F2 Photomic: I prefer a needle in my light meter. Probably the best made SLR from Nikon, or perhaps by anybody. I'd prefer my F without any meter, as mine, like most, stopped working decades ago.No camer that requires removal of the back to load film makes any sense to me. This is not 1959. The F3 is a more functional camera than either, but it's a bit cheaply made. Anyone want mine?

On balance the F2 gets the most love. They are all larger and heavier than they need to be.

 

[skahde]

What a beautiful trio. I picked the F3. I really like cameras with a basic AE-feature but don't tell my Leicas (IIIf, M3, M4). In addition the F3 handles very well and find it to be less top-heavy than the cameras with metered prisms (I used to have a F2Sb), especially with the more compact DE-2.