I've been shooting from the confines of my car the last several months. Not ideal and quite frustrating at times, but it's better than nothing. Although given the latest lockdown in CA I've decided to focus on darkroom printing until things improve.
It is not worth the health risks to go out and shoot film. So I would rather help other people with photography until things get better. People helped men in the past and now it is time for me to help others.
I've been shooting from the confines of my car the last several months. Not ideal and quite frustrating at times, but it's better than nothing. Although given the latest lockdown in CA I've decided to focus on darkroom printing until things improve.
Ah, a very nice looking camera. I've never seen one in person. Is the body casting similar to that of the F-series Nikkormats? I know it corresponds to the body casting of the later Nikon rangefinders.
I sold an F2AS that lacked the exit wound, but in every other way was in worse condition than Taizo's F. It still worked perfectly.Taizo Ichinose's F...
That DE-1 finder is a bit rich for my blood. They can actually be as expensive as the DP-3!I’ve had an F, several F2’s, an F3, and an F5. I like them all but really prefer the F and F2. I have no problem with electronic shutters like in the F3 but I prefer all mechanical bodies. I don’t really carry for auto focus and power wind/rewind for the stuff I do but I make an exception for the F5.
If I cared about built in metering which I don’t I’d go with an F3. Otherwise a plain prism F or F2 is my first choice. I’m currently waiting on the plain prism I ordered for my F2. I’ve used a plain prism F but not an F2, yet.
That DE-1 finder is a bit rich for my blood. They can actually be as expensive as the DP-3!
I'm waiting on an F2S in the mail. It was supposed to come yesterday. I'm gonna set it up as an F2SB and set my first F2 up with the DP-2 off the new body. Eventually I'm gonna try to find some of the other unmetered finders... probably don't care about the action finder but the chimney finder would be nice, especially with my macro bellows.
See, I just bought that F2S in working shape (with an ugly wind lever) for less than that. I'll probably never own a DE-1!I lucked out and found a nice DE-1 for $120. It has some brassing but so does the camera. Even that seemed somewhat expensive for what it is but I’ve seen them go much higher. It seemed like a better idea than taking a gamble on another metered finder. I’d really like to have a DP-12 but I don’t currently have any ai or ai-s lenses.
That DE-1 finder is a bit rich for my blood. They can actually be as expensive as the DP-3.
I'm not sure what this proves if anything. The older stuff was built like a tank.
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I was looking for a plain prism for my F2 so was perusing my local CL listing in search for one when I spotted a complete plain prism F . . . I already had one but the price was right. I went to pick up the F when a complete plain prism F2 showed up on the listing. Well I figured I would just sell the other F . . .
Ended up keeping the extra F as it was a Nippon Kogaku while the other was a Nikon . . .
You had a great job.....if you like baseball and photography.I used Nikon professionally for years, mostly while working as a league photographer for Major League Baseball and the NFL. I'm too young to have used the F or F2 but started shooting with the F3, F4 (which I didn't like for some reason) F5 and then the F6. I thought the F6 was the best of the bunch. It's just too bad it came out when the world had switched to digital and few photographers took advantage of the features. It's a wonderfully built camera.
That has to be the most duty cycles I've ever heard of any shutter or similar small electromechanical device enduring. Do you know how many it's rated for in actual use? And for that matter what some other cameras have done in similar tests for comparison?The F5 shutter is reputed to have endured 1 million trips. That's pretty stout.
Most of us just can't afford a pristine F-series. I mean have you seen the market prices?People who choose so. or know no better, will always find a way to destroy the most durable piece of engineering. There is no cure for careless use of anything, camera or otherwise. I take no pleasure in using a beat up piece even if it works. Others feel the opposite, it must be giving them a sense of freedom of expression.
Most of us just can't afford a pristine F-series. I mean have you seen the market prices?
Most of us just can't afford a pristine F-series. I mean have you seen the market prices?
Not exactly what I meant and if F's case there are hardly pristine ones out there, and those are in "collector's" price point.Most of us just can't afford a pristine F-series. I mean have you seen the market prices?
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