Nikon F2 mirrorless

benjiboy

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I thought such was only done with Leicas (and maybe Zenits).
Well, I saw such once and it was a Leica M-something with a Noctilux.
A lot of London photojournalists who used Nikon cameras in the 1960's as far as I remember started doing it because they had some issues with Nikon U.K's advertising about Nikon being the camera professionals used, I forget exactly what it was, it was a long time ago.
 

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True but only if one wants to indulge in digital photography, and plunder the technology that digital has all but destroyed, all it does for the rest of us who are film photographers is put the prices of analogue lenses up.

Or, as it did in my case, bring me back to the world of film photography.

I bought a number of M, LTM and Konica AR lenses to use on my micro-4/3 camera. As it turned out, I ended up not much liking the angle of view of the Summicron (because of the sensor "crop") and rather than sell it, bought a nice Bessa R2A to put it on instead. Subsequently I have moved almost entirely back to film. And I have obtained more film cameras on which to use those other lenses, all of which have needed servicing and thus have helped keep the companies and technicians that do the servicing alive and employed.

New technologies very often "plunder" older ones, it's part of how the technologies develop. You may like the new, or you may not, but it is what it is.
 

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I assumed this was going to be about a f2 with the mirror removed and the use of a frame viewfinder and a wide angle lens.
 
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...naaah, he juss wanted to look like a bandit : or mebbe a ninja
 

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I cover the Wehman name plate on my 8x10 with tape so my camera doesn't draw unnecessary attention.
 

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I cover the Wehman name plate on my 8x10 with tape so my camera doesn't draw unnecessary attention.
I'm sure it's very effective!
 

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That Deardorff V8 must have been a big camera-- I didn't even know they put engines in them!
 

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I like that they only came with manual shift.
 
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