Need Help Identifying a Nikon Body

[ztriola]

Hi,

I just got a Nikon body from a friend, and she has no clue what it is. The body is the classic black leather and chrome style. There is a PC port on the upper right corner of the front of the camera. It also has a a black box/device/fixing on top of the prism, I assume it is some kind of meter assistant. However, this does not make sense because the camera (I am guessing) already has a meter, why would it not? The prism reads Nikon, not Nikomat. Other features include a depth of field preview button, a self-timer, a film box-top holder on the rear, shutter speeds up to 1/2000, and it looks like a mount/screw/place for a winder on the bottom. Thanks in advance for your help.

Zak

 

[BrianShaw]

The picture will help a lot!!

 

[Sirius Glass]

Nikon F1, or F2 et al.

Steve

 

[BrianShaw]

F2 Photomic


http://imaging.nikon.com/products/i...mcamera/slr/1975-1979/f2_photomic_a/index.htm

 

[resummerfield]

Yes, an F2A Photomic...... one of the best cameras ever made.

 

[ztriola]

thanks a bunch. zak

 

[BrianShaw]

... one of the best cameras ever made.

I was about to comment that you forgot the "IMHO", but then I noticed you said "one of..." so I guess I have nothing more to say. I agree, the F2 and the F3 are the best cameras ever made.

 

[Sirius Glass]

Yes, an F2A Photomic...... one of the best cameras ever made.

Yes, for manual focus; auto focus I would say F100.

Steve

 

[elekm]

Right, F2A. One of the great cameras of all time. I bought mine in 1979 and still have it. I shot a lot of film through it, and the only service that it's required in all of those years are new foam seals.

 

[MattKing]

That "black box" on the top is the meter. In the days of the F2, it wasn't unusual for metering prisms on 35mm bodies to be accessories.

 

[Les Sarile]

You can read about the F2 at http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf2/index.htm or more specific to the F2A at http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf2/f2/nikonf2a/index.htm.

 

[2F/2F]

Nikon F2 Photomic!

Treasure it or die!!!!

 

[lxdude]

Nikon F1, or F2 et al.

Steve

Nikon F1???

 

[George Collier]

Yeah, what's an F1? An F?

 

[elekm]

They had the F and then the F2. Sort of like Nikon had the Nikon S rangefinder and then the S2.

Like Zeiss Ikon had the Contax and then the Contax II. In the early days, the Japanese spent a lot of time copying the Germans.