Finally a clear, concise explanation of the F2 finders. Thank you very much.
@sputumtube2 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@robertchestnut33312 жыл бұрын
I have a nikon f2sb that I love and 2 other Nikon f2a models. I have always stated that I believe that the nikon f2 line of cameras were among the best cameras ever made! I dropped mine off a cliff on a camping trip while hiking and after 2 hours of searching I found it with out a scratch.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your comment. F2SB is hard to find.
@Jayysam952 жыл бұрын
Thank you for that detailed but quick description of each finder. You have helped me decide on the F2 with DE-1!
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment!
@kipling19573 жыл бұрын
I used one of those for years back in the 70s. A real workhorse. Brings back memories!
@stevechan55692 жыл бұрын
I am pleasantly surprised by coming across your presentation to learn about the F2 variants. I started shooting Nikon in 1976, and I managed to purchased and kept quite a few different mechanical Nikon includes the very las FM3A. I always enjoy just looking and handle mechanical Nikons.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your watching my video. I like mechanical Nikon too.
@davideades95883 жыл бұрын
Excellent presentation thank you, I wish there were more like this explaining the subtlety lying behind bewildering variety.
@richardsimms2514 ай бұрын
Excellent information
@kohala18152 жыл бұрын
Considering buying an F2AS and this is exactly the video I needed to see. Mahalo!
@newhillroad2 жыл бұрын
Just acquired a F2 with a de-1 finder in great shape for about 230€, absolutely love this camera already. I am however considering buying a metered finder for the sake of convenience at some point.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Congratulations!
@Technical_Audio5 ай бұрын
Thank you for this informative video. Your table summarizes everything on one concise page, which I captured as an image and saved. I am expecting arrival soon of a late model F2AS with plausibly matching late serial numbers for both the body and the DP-12 finder. I already have several variants of the F model, plus a beautiful F3. But I look forward most to running some film through the “new” F2.
@MrJeffbschiu Жыл бұрын
I have 2 F2 bodies,F2photomic and F2A. both of these 2 cameras still working well today.
@Alexandermeter3 жыл бұрын
Very useful introduction into the Nikon F2 system having an unmetered Nikon F2, and on the search for an LED meter for my non ai lenses, you give me the advice. Thanks :)
@EdwardT93 жыл бұрын
Nice video! I joined the F2 club with an F2 and faulty DE11 finder for $200US, incredibly cheap for such a quality camera even with the poor condition meter.
@shademanirvanipour6870 Жыл бұрын
I got one of these classic Nikon F2 cameras black body and it came with the Nikon Motor drives and the DS2 expousre meter reader for use with the motor drive 2 PARTS and I need to buy a expousre meter HEAD and get the camera Repaired and I paid only £10.00 for it from a camera shop in London in 2023
@neilpiper98892 жыл бұрын
I have a Nikon F2 and a Nikkormat ft2 but am tired of lugging bricks around. I use a Voightlander Bessa L with the 25mm f4 lens. Sharp and light. £300 well spent.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Voightlander Bessa is good!
@MJennifer Жыл бұрын
This video was incredibly helpful Thank you
@protestagain2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a informative video. I have a Nikon F2SB, but I think the body isn't matching. Well, it works fine with me, and it's still have some value.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching my video.
@olivierlarcher56412 жыл бұрын
Very interresting video, thank you for sharing, waiting for my F2 As offered by my father
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching my video!
@wings4victory3 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thank-you!!
@cameraprepper79382 жыл бұрын
Be sure to get a F2 AS and one with the "pyramid" prism-finder both in chrome and in black !
@MacOSTen2 жыл бұрын
Great informative video. Really helpful. Thank you.
@KirkDurstonquest2 жыл бұрын
Excellent seminar and very informative. Well done!
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching my video and for your kind comment!
@isabellacookey20173 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much. This is very helpful as have my late husband F2 camara with serial nos F2, 727...... with meter setting and not sure how to use it. This camera is numerous lenses.
@Rick-nc6nd3 жыл бұрын
Have you started using it
@Rick-nc6nd3 жыл бұрын
Hows your experience with it
@photonfantastic Жыл бұрын
A very informative, useful video. Thank you.
@alexblaze88782 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much. Very good explanation!
@AldermanFredCDavis3 жыл бұрын
Good content. In your opinion, what is the brightest/sharpest Nikon focusing screen for the Nikon F2? Not sure which one I have, but it's very dim.
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
I know Type G screen is very bright, but I have not tried all screens and can't say for sure which one is the brightest.
@injeolmi62 жыл бұрын
This came in pretty clutch. Thanks!
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching my video!
@injeolmi62 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 Thank you for uploading! I plan on getting a black F2 soon.
@m0untainm0ney5 ай бұрын
So if it has a non meter viewfinder, it's really expensive, but if it has metered viewfinder that doesn't work, or works but is considered obsolete, but STILL works perfectly, it's worth is less... Collectors make no sense. I have the DP-1 version, and it's perfect. It's my favorite. . And I didn't pay ridiculous collector prices. And rarely sits on the shelf very long.
@Butterfly079492 жыл бұрын
Great review I would like to tell everyone who has watched this that the only fault I have come across in this cameras metering is that sometimes the internal electrical wire that goes from the top plate the the battery positive contact can sometimes loose contact as my dads did making the photomic viewfinders meter useless.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your feedback!
@stevehoffman97353 жыл бұрын
Nicely done, thanks.
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@khanscombe61910 ай бұрын
DP-12 issue! My finder shutter readout isn't moving anymore (to be fair, can't remember how long) either of or odd camera. Pin alignment is &fine & it meters ok. It's a #792 later run & finder #687
@ThePicManiac3 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@matteovrizzi3 жыл бұрын
thank you, great video
@melbournepolytechnicphotog37973 жыл бұрын
that useful chart was 3:08 thanks for a great vid.
@curiosity23148 ай бұрын
Very good.
@TheWeekendStuffs3 жыл бұрын
got the black F2 with great condition almost mint IMO and the nikkor 50mm f1.4 pre Ai for $230, i don't know if it's a good bargain or is it still relatively expensive?
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
I think it's a good deal for a mint condition black F2.
@shademanirvanipour68703 жыл бұрын
You got over £1.000 worth of NIKON OLD SLR cameras from 1970s
@mohammadvarzideh780 Жыл бұрын
Hello and thanks for the useful informations. Is there any chrome F2 with full black de-1 finder with the SN 764xxxx . On the finder is replaced . Thanks
@riversky33 Жыл бұрын
Yes. All F2 finders are fully black; and a de-1 finder matching a body with a SN 764xxxx is totally normal and acceptable.
@mohammadvarzideh780 Жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 thanks for your reply
@TheMiniDiaries2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this wonderfully informative video! I recently aquired a NIkon F2 and went out for my first film shoot on the streets today when to my horror I realised it has an encraving at the back right below the shutter lever which reads DUMMY. Though I m yet to develop my first film on this F2 it seems to be a perfectly good and fully functioning camera... Would you or anyother fellow F2 fan out there know how this might be possibe? The serial number is 738XXX which i was able to track on literature so I m left scratching my head a bit...
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Hmm, that’s interesting. I’ve never seen a dummy F2. Is the engraving like a formal factory one, or a informal private one?
@TheMiniDiaries2 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 hhmmm was my first reaction as well! :-) It looks like a factory engraving, big white letters and all. Nikon quality to the encraving as well. I m baffled!
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiniDiaries check out this website: www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/hardwares/classics/nikonf2/f2/variants/index.htm. It seems that you have a rare version of F2.
@TheMiniDiaries2 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 Thank you for your support! yeap thats exactly the kind of DUMMY encraving I have on mine. Now I really want to see whether the film will come out or not...it really does feel like everything is working top notch...
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
@@TheMiniDiaries Good luck!
@MrPingaw07903 жыл бұрын
thank you! this is really helpful! also what is that orange K sticker on the advance lever cap? coz i've seen it on couple of nikon f2 before.
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
K sticker means there’s a K type focusing screen inside.
@MrPingaw07903 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 thank you very much! that nikon titan looking great! one day i'll get one. are they same price as leica's or cheaper?
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
@@MrPingaw0790 I think the titanium Nikon F2T is more expensive than Leica mechanical SLR R6.2 body only.
@MrPingaw07903 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 apologies i meant compared to Leica M film bodies
@pachu9615 Жыл бұрын
is it possible to use a lens without bunny ears with a DP-1?
@ghw71928 ай бұрын
I own 6 of these beauties, all with motor drives. I collect vintage film cameras but all of my Nikons are users. They are just too good to leave sitting on a shelf.
@EM-km8em2 жыл бұрын
Are the newer lenses on the AS models of higher quality than the regular older ones on the regular F2 ? Do they take better pictures ?
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
I think AI lenses are better than non-AI (auto) lenses in terms of picture quality, at least due to better coating technology.
@EM-km8em2 жыл бұрын
If i wanted the 50mm 1.2 for the as would i just look up ai 50mm 1.2 ?
@quite1enough3 жыл бұрын
How common is dp-12? And how much dp-12 models pricier than dp-11?
@riversky333 жыл бұрын
I think DP-12 is very common among F2 models. I can’t say exactly how much pricier than DP-11, but a rough guess maybe is about 20%?
@CalumetVideo2 жыл бұрын
I have seen the DP-12 run at least 50% more than the DP-11. I have the DP-11, the outside condition is mint but the meter sometimes fails to come on and then when it does it jumps around and starts working. When it works it’s pretty accurate, but it is temperamental. I think finding a good one (especially cds type) is a challenge.
@ishanpaul7448 Жыл бұрын
are both ai and ai-s lens compatible with dp11?
@riversky33 Жыл бұрын
Yes.
@romeovillains2 жыл бұрын
Is this camera not good for someone trying to get into film? Looking for my first camera.
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
F2 is a professional camera, not aimed to beginners. However, if you are dedicated to film photography in the long run, I don't see why it cannot be used by beginners.
@romeovillains2 жыл бұрын
@riversky33 what camera would you recommend for a beginner?
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
@@romeovillains Nikon FE would be a better option.
@romeovillains2 жыл бұрын
@@riversky33 thanks! Any other recommendations?
@wayneandrews59772 жыл бұрын
I watched the entire video expecting some indication on price. Nothing????
@riversky332 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching the video. Sorry for not including pricing information, but price depends on condition and varies from time to time.
@naduncan08 Жыл бұрын
There is NO 'Y' in NIKON, if you don't believe me ask NIKON its their company !!!!