Nikon F2 Flash

ronnies · Feb 11, 2021

bdial said:
I can think of only two, the SB-12 and SB-16(A)

Neither of them will fit an F2 or F without an adapter as they are both for the F3. Similarly the SB800 needs an AS-17 to give TTL flash with an F3.

Ronnie

CMoore · Feb 11, 2021

I believe the Nikon SB-7 was designed for the F2.......an image from The World Wide Web

Chan Tran · Feb 11, 2021

CMoore said:
I believe the Nikon SB-7 was designed for the F2.......an image from The World Wide Web

Yes I had it and used on the F2AS back in the late 70's.

Chan Tran · Feb 11, 2021

ronnies said:
Neither of them will fit an F2 or F without an adapter as they are both for the F3. Similarly the SB800 needs an AS-17 to give TTL flash with an F3.

Ronnie

I know for sure that the F2 and F3 hot shoes are not the same but I am not sure if the F and F2 are the same?

bdial · Feb 11, 2021

CMoore said:
I believe the Nikon SB-7 was designed for the F2.......an image from The World Wide Web

Thank you for the education, I figured there must be at least one, but didn't go check, so I stuck with what I knew about.

Chan Tran said:
I know for sure that the F2 and F3 hot shoes are not the same but I am not sure if the F and F2 are the same?

The F and F2 are the same, the F3 added additional contacts for the newer functionality. As mentioned, the F2 has a pin on the prism for the ready light, but it's not incorporated in the flash coupling shoe.

Chan Tran · Feb 11, 2021

bdial said:
Thank you for the education, I figured there must be at least one, but didn't go check, so I stuck with what I knew about.

The F and F2 are the same, the F3 added additional contacts for the newer functionality. As mentioned, the F2 has a pin on the prism for the ready light, but it's not incorporated in the flash coupling shoe.

I don't remember because my F2AS was stolen in 84 but I think you can't even mount an F2 flash on the F3 and vice versa. I think the dimension of the rails are different.

bdial · Feb 11, 2021

Chan Tran said:
I don't remember because my F2AS was stolen in 84 but I think you can't even mount an F2 flash on the F3 and vice versa. I think the dimension of the rails are different.

I'm learning all sorts of obscure stuff in this thread.
You're right, the F/F2 rails are narrower than the F3's. It looks like it is so the extra contacts can be accommodated. I had always assumed they were the same, but never actually had a reason care.

But, Nikon has us covered it seems, the AS-3 adaptor will couple a F/F2 style flash to an F3, and an AS-5 adaptor goes the other way.

George Mann · Feb 11, 2021

BradS said:
No. That is not correct. With the Nikon AS-1 flash coupler, any electronic flash with an ordinary hot shoe will work

That's good to hear.

Nikon F2 Flash

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