Chris Williams.'s Review of Nikon F2 35mm SLR camera
26th Nov 2002
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Features
Solid and reliable
Bad Points
Shutter release button difficult without soft touch release
General Comments
Let's see, I've used Minoltas, Leicas (rangefinders and SLRs), Pentaxs, Mamiyas and Cannons, yet the Nikon F-2AS has been my consistent favorite. Now many people say that it isn't the camera that takes a great picture, it's the camera's lens. That is true to some extent, but here's an important point they often overlook. When you push the shutter release of a F-2, something is going to happen. Either a good or bad picture will be taken, but click the shutter will, irrespective of whether the battery in the F-2 is new, old, or even gone (and I mean, 'totally absent' as the F-2 only needs a battery to run the light meter and nothing else). This also allows the photographer quite a bit of artistic control over exposures and lets the photographer get photographs that many modern point and shoot cameras won't take because the camera doesn't 'think' it should take a picture. I like autofocus and all that, but if I had to choose just one camera, it would be the Nikon F-2AS.
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Extension Tubes - Nikon F2 Macro-photography
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Nikon F2 Professional Series SLR camera - Index Page
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Nikon F2 Finders
The Nikon F appeared in 1959, followed by the Nikon F2 in 1970. They are generally considered the most reliable of all mechanical 35 SLRs. The F2 is an improved F. Together they are the...
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Nikon F2 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Nikon F2 is a professional level, interchangeable lens, 35 mm film, single-lens reflex (SLR) camera. It was manufactured by the Japanese optics company Nippon Kogaku K. K. (Nikon Corporation since 1988) in Japan from September 1971 to June 1980. It used a horizontal-travel...
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Nikon F2 Specifications
Viewfinder: Nikon F2; Eyelevel finder DE-1 as standard; interchangeable with 8 other types, including 5 metered prisms ... Accessory shoe: Provided; special Nikon F2-type located at base of rewind knob;
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NikonLinks - Home Page
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Nikon F / F2
Nikon F2: The F2 was designed to fix some of the ergonomic and mechanical flaws of the F. The finder doesn't vignette with long lenses, the prism finders now lock on, the wind lever is...
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Nikon F2 Reviews
; Sample Images ; More Products from Nikon; Link to this ... -Many of the photomic finders are at the end of their lives, and lack of repair parts means having to cannibalize other F2's for parts.
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Nikon 14-24mm f2.8 G First Test: Introduction
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Nikon | Imaging Products | History of Products
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