Pandas aren't from Germany!

Huss · Dec 29, 2020

My Nikon F2 Panderized cuz I'm bored working from home...

The panda thing is popular amongst Leica doods and is a result of mixing bits of chrome and black Leicas together. Thus the panda. Of course pandas aren't from Japan, but, ya get the point!

(Is it 2022 yet?)

AgX · Dec 29, 2020

Without your hint I was clueless about the german thing.
And without the photo even about the Panda thing...

Andrew O'Neill · Dec 29, 2020

Black and white makes it a Panda thing? If that's the case, then most of my gear is...

madNbad · Dec 29, 2020

Is that the expensive grip that's not as good as the Buttergrip?

Chan Tran · Dec 29, 2020

The MD-2 motor drive isn't avaiable in all black version so using it on a black F2 would make it panda too.

ic-racer · Dec 29, 2020

That reminds me of something I came across doing some research for the Nikonos thread. The "White Nikonos."

Huss · Dec 29, 2020

madNbad said:
Is that the expensive grip that's not as good as the Buttergrip?

Yep. Looks cooler but not as comfortable to use.

Ariston · Dec 29, 2020

Huss said:
My Nikon F2 Panderized cuz I'm bored working from home...

The panda thing is popular amongst Leica doods and is a result of mixing bits of chrome and black Leicas together. Thus the panda. Of course pandas aren't from Japan, but, ya get the point!

(Is it 2022 yet?)

That actually looks pretty cool. It doesn't look nearly as good the other way around - with a chrome body and black finder.

Alan Gales · Dec 29, 2020

Reminds me of George Jefferson. It's a Zebra marriage!

Huss · Dec 29, 2020

Ariston said:
That actually looks pretty cool. It doesn't look nearly as good the other way around - with a chrome body and black finder.

Hmm, not so sure.

Ariston · Dec 29, 2020

Not as appealing to me... of course, that's how my F has been, by necessity, for a long time, so maybe I am just jaded.

mshchem · Dec 29, 2020

Chan Tran said:
The MD-2 motor drive isn't avaiable in all black version so using it on a black F2 would make it panda too.

Yeah, and you don't have to carry 10 AA batteries

Huss · Dec 29, 2020

I'd like to see a panda Pentax LX. I have the technicolor haggis one.

RLangham · Dec 31, 2020

There are some from Switzerland, aren’t there? Some of the later Alpas seemed to come like this by default.

BradS · Dec 31, 2020

The real thing.

lecarp · Dec 31, 2020

For a true Panda you must change the advance lever as well!
Oh! don't forget to feed it Bamboo leaves.

Patrick Robert James · Dec 31, 2020

Somewhere around here I have a Voigtlander Bessa RF from the 30s with white leather.

Not a Nikon guy but that F2 looks pretty sharp like that.

Huss · Dec 31, 2020

Patrick Robert James said:
Somewhere around here I have a Voigtlander Bessa RF from the 30s with white leather.

I have the Pink Panther

And the White Russian

As well as The Flying Scottsman, Blue Blood etc etc

Pandas aren't from Germany!

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