Nikon F4S for slides??

[Ihmemies]

Question:
When shooting in Automatic with the Mirror Locked Up. Will it give the wrong exposure or will it use the last meter reading? I looked but I can't seem to find any info about this particular item.

This is a bit late since you bought the camera, but you need to use manual mode with MLU.

 

[Paul Goutiere]

This is a bit late since you bought the camera, but you need to use manual mode with MLU.

Thank you for this. I'm OK with it.

 

[Paul Goutiere]

Well, I've had the thing now for better than 2 weeks now. My arm is now a lot stronger but my neck has a strange crook in it from hanging the camera around my neck.

The camera is a brute, no question. With the MB-20 and a 50-135 zoom it weighs in at 4lbs 5oz. whereas the F3HP weighs in at a mere 3lbs 6oz. The F3HP seems a tad lighter. My shutter tester tells me that the shutter on the F4 is very accurate, I'm amazed because it is smack on at 1/1000 sec. consistently. (I can't go higher than 1/1000 sec. with the tester.)

My next test will be a couple of rolls of Velvia, which I'll start by underexposing by 1/2 stop and work up to no stop. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[gamincurieux]

I can't bear the thought of hanging any camera around my neck straight down to chest/belly. I don't even do it with a Leica. Ewww, an awful way to carry a camera!

For me it's almost always over one shoulder then down diagonally across to the other side of my body... you know, like a seat belt. It's far safer for the camera, even with two, and FAR more tolerable for your neck. Provided you've let the strap out long enough you can quite easily and quickly bring it up to shoot with. If you're trying to be a little incognito, for want of another way to put it, you can easily tuck the camera away behind your back then stick your hands in your pockets and carry on whistling and acting cool & nonchalant If you've a big lens like an 80-200, you put it upside-down, more comfortable and reduces stress on the mount.

If I'd done it straight up-down all this time I would've had to consult a neurosurgeon long ago to repair some acquired cervical nerve damage - bugger that!!

 

[Paul Goutiere]

I can't bear the thought of hanging any camera around my neck straight down to chest/belly. I don't even do it with a Leica. Ewww, an awful way to carry a camera!

I agree.
My main passion is hiking in the mountains. (I'm surrounded by some very nice mountains) I will carry a tripod and a camera, usually my Hasselblad 501cm and extras, in a Lowepro Nature Trekker. The pack takes up all my back and a lot of my sides. I cannot carry my 35 anywhere but the front. I've been taking a Nikon F3HP in this configuration often and have developed quite a neck for the job.
The F4 will finish me I suspect.

 

[gr82bart]

I have several Nikon F4's. One I had since highschool. Great cameras. Mostly shoot slides with them.

Regards, Art.